Greetings!
Paul Messer wrote:
> Some I've discovered use the application/octet-stream so I'm confused what
> makes a .doc a octet-stream rather than a /msword surely the mimetype is
> applied due to the extension ?
It's the mail client. Most Windows clients rely on an internal MIME table (instead
of a global one) which then is more or less complete. If less complete, than you get
an "application/octet-stream" for DOC and XLS files.
Bye
Volker
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