Re: How to set up MetaMail?

Kim Bergman (bergy1@telusplanet.net)
Fri, 27 Dec 1996 05:29:52 -0700

In article <Nt2wyofHDBLK092yn@ix.netcom.com>, wmcs@ix.netcom.com (Wmcs) wrote:
>
>try putting this into your mailcap file ...
>
>application/octet-stream; du:\\viewer\\viewer.exe %s
>
>where du:\\viewer\\viewer.exe is the path and filename of your
>graphics viewer...
>

I didn't have that before. Now my mailcaps is:

application/octet-stream; g:\\myapps\\pmjpeg.exe %s
image/jpg; g:\\myapps\\pmjpeg.exe %s
image/gif; g:\\myapps\\pmjpeg.exe %s
video/mpg; g:\\myapps\\pmmpeg.exe %s

That works a little better but it's still not 100%. When I decode a
message with a gif in it I get:
===============================
From: <an address>
To: <an address>
Subject: <whatever>
Date: <a date>

SYS1041: The name specified is not recognized as an internal or
external command, operable program or batch file.
Content-Description: image/gif

This message contains 'application/octet-stream' -format data.
Do you want to view it using the 'g:\myapps\pmjpeg.exe' command (y/n)?
<I respond with Y>
executing g:\myapps\pmjpeg.exe
==================================

Then pmjpeg executes and I see the pic, no prob. But what is the
SYS1041 all about?

Also, when get a message with an mpeg attached metamail gives much the
same as above. The
SYS1041 happens, the Content-Description shows video/mpg. Then I get:

This message contains 'application/octet-stream' -format data.
Do you want to view it using the 'g:\myapps\pmjpeg.exe' command (y/n)?

Notice it wants to run pmjpeg instead of pmmpeg. Pmmpeg does several
still image formats but not mpeg motion. Yes, I should have tried a
No response to the prompt. Maybe metamail would "rethink" and ask if
I want to view it with pmmpeg. See my next post.

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Regards,

Kim Bergman