[Gllug] OT: File associations in outlook/exchange (or "Colt s uck")

[Jonathan Dye]

Tethys wrote:
> Does anyone know how to convince outlook and/or exchange to send an
> attachment with a particular content-type?
> 
> The reason I'm asking is that we get daily status reports from
> Colt, but they're sending them from Outlook, which attaches them as
> application/octet-streams, rather than application/pdf. While this may
> seem like a minor thing, it's a pain in the ass, as it means I have to
> save it to a file, and then view it with xpdf/acroread/gv, rather than
> just clicking on it directly from my MUA.
> 
> When we try sending using outlook here (without Exchange), it works
> as it's meant to. Note that is doesn't seem to use Windows file
> associations, either. If we reassociate PDF with another application
> (e.g., Word), then it still sends it as application/pdf, which
> implies Outlook has its own lookup table somewhere. Harry... any
> chance of sending me a PDF to check if it's Colt's excahnge server,
> or just this guy's outlook setup?

You can edit the mime type associated with files in windows
(View\Options\File Types in file explorer on NT 4) I wonder if it is this
that Outlook is using?

> Thanks,
> 
> Tet

JD


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