>> Oh goodness. I had no idea. And here I have been happily editing >> /etc/mailcap >> every time somebody sends me something I cannot read, adding a rule about >> how to >> read it, and smiling contentedly when nmh starts being able to read it >> properly. >> >> Where should I have been adding such rules, if not there, then? > >$HOME/.mailcap
There's no HARM in you putting entries there. But nmh doesn't read that file either. Really, you want to look at mhn.defaults. That's what nmh uses, and that has been the ONLY thing that it uses. mhshow(1) has the details. --Ken