1.2 Non-MIME

Gnus also understands some non-MIME attachments, such as postscript, uuencode, binhex, yenc, shar, forward, gnatsweb, pgp, diff. Each of these features can be disabled by add an item into mm-uu-configure-list. For example,

(require 'mm-uu)
(add-to-list 'mm-uu-configure-list '(pgp-signed . disabled))

postscript

PostScript file.

uu

Uuencoded file.

binhex

Binhex encoded file.

yenc

Yenc encoded file.

shar

Shar archive file.

forward

Non-MIME forwarded message.

gnatsweb

Gnatsweb attachment.

pgp-signed

PGP signed clear text.

pgp-encrypted

PGP encrypted clear text.

pgp-key

PGP public keys.

emacs-sources

Emacs source code. This item works only in the groups matching mm-uu-emacs-sources-regexp.

diff

Patches. This is intended for groups where diffs of committed files are automatically sent to. It only works in groups matching mm-uu-diff-groups-regexp.

verbatim-marks

Slrn-style verbatim marks.

LaTeX

LaTeX documents. It only works in groups matching mm-uu-tex-groups-regexp.

Some inlined non-MIME attachments are displayed using the face mm-uu-extract. By default, no MIME button for these parts is displayed. You can force displaying a button using K b (gnus-summary-display-buttonized) or add text/x-verbatim to gnus-buttonized-mime-types, See MIME Commands in Gnus Manual.