Nmh uses file(1) to look into a file to determine what the MIME type is
(if you're using a new enough version of file(1)). Why did it think it
was a netnews file? Because of these lines in the magic(5) database:
If I try to attach my .mh_profile, the MIME type comes out as
application/x-symlink: it's a symlink because it makes it easier to
keep it under version control. Otherwise, the file contents are fully
expanded for the attachment. We should perhaps be adding the -L (or
--dereference) option in combination with --mime-type.
Hm. I see David committed a change for that, but at least according
to the man page on my system:
-L, --dereference
option causes symlinks to be followed, as the like-named option
in ls(1) (on systems that support symbolic links). This is the
default behavior.
Ah, I see on another system:
-L, --dereference
option causes symlinks to be followed, as the like-named option
in ls(1) (on systems that support symbolic links). This is the
default if the environment variable POSIXLY_CORRECT is defined.
--Ken
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