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Netscape/Mozilla (setting mime-types)

Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 8:03 am
by Chris Corbyn
Hi,

Can I add mime-types to Netscape/Mozilla so that when an email is sent it has the correct content-type specified?

It must work for sending emails, not just viewing web content.

Thanks in advance :-)

Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 9:41 am
by feyd
yes you can. It's in your header settings when calling [php_man]mail()[/php_man]. Example 4 on the mail function page has an html email, which changes the content-type.

Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 10:20 am
by Chris Corbyn
That isn't what I meant.... I was just talking about the actual preferences within Netscape/Mozilla browsers on the client side.

But, I also am considering writing a script with the mail() function to do the job. Just not sure how tricky it would be to allow attachments to be added? It's just for personal use you see :-)

Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 10:25 am
by Chris Corbyn
Hmm... this would be ok (if it works)....

Can you use the mail() function to send an attachment (its a JAR file) with the content type specified but not as a multipart message? It would essentially be just sending a file through email without any text in the body...

Multipart messages are looking a bit complex to create

Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 10:27 am
by feyd
my bad. There's an option in the Mozilla preferences called Helper Applications that can add mime type handlers.

Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 10:30 am
by Chris Corbyn
Thanks very much :-D Hope it works for sending emails using NS mail and not just for handling web page content (I need netscape to put content-type=aplication/x-java-archive instead of aplication/octet-stream) when |I attach a JAR file.

I'll test it when I get home from work.

Thanks again :wink: