Re: Possible directions for mailcap format

Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com> Mon, 07 October 1996 14:17 UTC

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From: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>
To: Daniel.Glazman@der.edfgdf.fr
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Subject: Re: Possible directions for mailcap format
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I'd rewrite your '2.1' ("Define more precisely how ...") to be:

> Specify a new format for registration of new media types by IANA
> such that mailcap entries can be distributed electronically.

and then restrict the mailcap 'improvements' to those that are useful
in a globally distributed context.