Ubuntu 10.04 Thunderbird 3.04 mime-type

[Basil Chupin]

On 06/06/10 00:58, Sam Przyswa wrote:
> Le 05/06/2010 08:25, Basil Chupin a écrit :
>    
>> On 05/06/10 02:18, Sam Przyswa wrote:
>>
>>      
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I juste upgraded to 10.04 and in Thunderbird 3.04 I would like add some
>>> mimetype as to open .pps .ppt Microsoft file with OpenOffice I tried to
>>> find how to add it but there is no option to do that in Preferences.
>>>
>>> How to do that ?
>>>
>>> Sam.
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>> When you right-click on the file to Open It, you will get a menu asking
>> what you want to do with it: open it or save it. If you want to open it
>> you are given the choice of opening it with either the default
>> application of using one of your choice. Select OpenOffice and tick the
>> "Always Use" (or whatever) button.
>>
>>      
> I know this feature before upgrade to TB 3.0.4 but now the right-click
> on attachment give only one choice, just save the file, and there is no
> way to add mime-type in Preferences.
>
> What's wrong ?
>
> Sam.
>    


I have to admit that this has never bothered me because I always did 
what I describe above.

Are you sure that you are not confusing things with Firefox where you 
can set the mimetypes in Preferences?

BC


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