<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><title>Reading of Mailcap Files</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.68.1"><link rel="start" href="index.html" title="The ELinks Manual"><link rel="up" href="ch10.html" title="Chapter 10. Managing External Viewers with Mailcap"><link rel="prev" href="ch10s02.html" title="Parameters to Mailcap Entries"><link rel="next" href="ch10s04.html" title="Fields"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Reading of Mailcap Files</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch10s02.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 10. Managing External Viewers with Mailcap</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch10s04.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2520964"></a>Reading of Mailcap Files</h2></div></div></div><p>Mailcap files will be read when starting ELinks. The mailcap files to use will be found from the mailcap path, a colon separated list of files similar to the $PATH environment variable. The mailcap path will be determined in the following way:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p> From the value of the mime.mailcap.path option in elinks.conf; for example: </p><pre class="literallayout">set mime.mailcap.path = "~/.mailcap:/usr/local/etc/mailcap"</pre></li><li> From MAILCAP environment variable. </li><li> If non of the above is defined, the mailcap path defaults to <code class="literal">~/.mailcap:/etc/mailcap</code>. </li></ul></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch10s02.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="ch10.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch10s04.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Parameters to Mailcap Entries </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Fields</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
