On Tue, Jun 06, 2017 at 09:15:23AM +1000, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> Kevin, on the subject of the heuristic, would it be worth getting mutt to
> consult the user.mime_type xattr value? The freedesktop stuff (IIRC)
> recommends that as a place to store a content-type association for a file;
> it has the advantage of (if set) not being subject to the vagaries of file
> naming.
> 
> We could have mutt consult that at a suitable point when determining the
> content-type (ahead of any sniffing, and ahead of file extension inference)
> and for added points have mutt _set_ that value when saving attachements.

I'll look into it.  I think all the ideas mentioned are worth exploring
if the file doesn't have a known extension.

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