[Users] Changing MIME / Content-Type Attachment Mapping

Michael B Allen ioplex at gmail.com
Fri Nov 18 18:24:23 CET 2022


On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 9:54 AM Paul <paul at claws-mail.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 18 Nov 2022 09:47:09 -0500
> Michael B Allen <ioplex at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > How can I change the Content-Type value that Claws Mail uses for an
> > attachment with a particular file extension?
> >
> > I'm using Claws Mail 4.1 on Fedora 35.
> >
> > I send out files with a certain extension that is getting associated
> with a
> > mime type that does not correctly reflect the true content of the file
> and
> > I would like to change it.
> >
> > Is that something that I can change within Claws Mail or on the system or
> > where?
>
>
> https://www.claws-mail.org/faq/index.php/Installation_and_Configuration#How_can_I_change_the_suggested_mimetype_for_attachments_I_am_sending.3F
>

Perfect. I just changed the content-type for the first mapping of the
extension in /usr/share/mime/globs, restarted Claws Mail and now it uses
the desired content-type for attachments with that extension.

Thanks,
Mike
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