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NAME
       /etc/mailcap.order - the mailcap ordering specifications

DESCRIPTION
       The  order of entries in the /etc/mailcap file can be altered by editing the /etc/mailcap.or‐
       der file.  Each line of that file specifies a package and an optional mime type.  Mailcap en‐
       tries  that match will be placed in the order of this file.  Entries that don't match will be
       placed later.

   Example
           mime-support:*/*
           gv:application/postscript
           netscape:text/html
           less:text/*
           emacs:text/*

       The above would make any entries provided by  the  mime-support  package  (as  found  in  the
       /usr/lib/mime/packages directory) take priority over everything else.  The gv package will be
       used over anything else when it comes to postscript documents.  Netscape will be used for any
       html  documents  and less will be used for any remaining text documents.  However, since nei‐
       ther netscape or less provide for editing documents, any edit or compose  actions  will  fall
       through to the emacs rules.

       After  modifying  this  file, be sure to run /usr/sbin/update-mime (as root) to propagate the
       changes into the /etc/mailcap file.

       Remember that this files takes package names and not executable names.  If you want to define
       rules  that reference specific programs, the best way is to include them in ~/.mailcap or the
       user section of the /etc/mailcap file.

LIMITATIONS
       There is currently no way to break out a certain type from a wildcard rule.  If, for example,
       both  xv and gimp were to specify "image/*" rules, it isn't possible to use xv for gif images
       but use gimp for jpeg images.

       Also, I would like to add the ability to specify certain actions in the rules.  For  example,
       if  netscape  were  to  have an edit rule but I wanted to use emacs for editing/creating html
       documents, I could place a line like

         emacs:text/* action=edit|compose

       before the netscape entry.  The update-mime program would then spit  out  entries  such  that
       netscape view rule comes before the emacs view rule but have the netscape edit rule comes af‐‐
       ter the emacs edit rule.

SEE ALSO
       mailcap(5) run-mailcap(1) update-mime(8)

AUTHOR
       The mailcap.order specification was written by Brian White <bcwhite AT pobox.com>



Debian Project                              16th Aug 1998                           MAILCAP.ORDER(5)