Re: Can't display html attachments

[Robert Broughton <rbrought smartt com>]

On Wed, 30 Aug 2000 01:46:55 Carlos Morgado wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 30 Aug 2000 04:25:46 Robert Broughton wrote:
> > I've just started using balsa v0.9.3, and have a recent version of helix.
> (The
> > Gnome control center is v1.2.1.) When I get an email with an html
attachment,
> and
> > attempt to open the attachment, balsa tells me "No view action defined in
> gnome
> > MIME for this content type. Content TypeL text/html." I've gone into "Mime
> > Types" in the control center, and both "open" and "view" are defined for
> text/html.
> > Help!
> > 
> 
> If you feel brave you can try to build balsa with --enable-gtkhtml. it's
> disabled on the rpm spec files. 
> beware i've had gtkhtml crash on me with some mild yet buggy html :)
> so, word of vice, if balsa crashes consistently when trying to view a certain

> message (w/ html attach) try an html less balsa :)
> 
OK, I did this, and have successfully viewed an html attachment. However,
someone else sent me an email with application/msword attachment, and I have the same
problem; I have a program defined for it in the control center, but balsa
doesn't know about it. 

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