Is there any way to tell what type of data is contained inside a PKCS7
signedData smime.p7m file?

I have several emails all with an smime.p7m attachment, but the data
inside the smime.p7m is different:
1. plaintext
2. a MIME email
3. binary data like a word document

When getting the data out of a PKCS7 structure, all I have is an
ASN1_OCTET_STRING; there is no content_type like you find in the
PKCS7_ENC_CONTENT struct.

I can detect #2 easily enough if the data starts with "Content-Type:
", but I can't easily and quickly distinguish between #1 and #3.

Do I have to manually identify the data to determine what it is?  The
reason I need to know is for display purposes, so I can determine
whether it is appropriate to show the signed data right inside the
email or only as a separate file.

Thanks,
Phillip
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