The bug has been opened on https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shared-mime-info/+bug/133671 "Binary package hint: shared-mime-info We often receive evolution mail attachments of type x-msword x-mspowerpoint x-msexcel. These types are even explicitly handled by OpenOffice (see files /usr/lib/mime/packages/openoffice.org-calc, openoffice.org-impress, openoffice-org-writer). However, they are not defined as mime types in /usr/share/mime/packages. Because of this, evolution mail only offers "save as" instead of opening the document with an application. The problem is easily fixed by adding aliases to the relevant mime types in /usr/share/mime/packages/freedesktop.org.xml. For instance, for mime type msword, the following line does the trick: <alias type="application/x-msword"/> ..."
Created attachment 11351 [details] [review] add aliases application/x-mspowerpoint and application/x-msword types there is already an alias for application/x-msexcel, the patch lists application/x-mspowerpoint and application/x-msword
2007-08-31 Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net> * freedesktop.org.xml.in: Patch from Sebastien Bacher <seb128@debian.org> to add more aliases for Powerpoint and Word mime-types (Closes: #12231)
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