wrong MIME type for jpg attachment: how to fix?

[James Buddenhagen]

When I use Outlook Express version 6.00.2800.1123 to
send email with a jpg attachment it uses MIME type as
follows:

Content-Type: application/octet-stream;
name="mypic.jpg"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-Disposition: attachment;
filename="mypic.jpg"

The "application/octet-stream" causes problems for the
recipient. I would like the MIME type to be like:

Content-Type: image/jpeg;
name="mypic.jpg"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-Disposition: attachment;
filename="mypic.jpg"

i.e change the "application/octet-stream;" to "image/jpeg;"

How can I do this, i.e. change from "octet-stream" to
"image/jpeg;"? This does not seem to be a configurable item.
I fear I must edit the registry, which I have never done
before.

Any help is appreciated. Is the "octet-stream" really the
default for jpg attachments under OE? Or has my registry
been munged by installing irfanview or some other picture
view/edit program? BTW, I am using Windows 2000.
--
Jim Buddenhagen

[Michael Santovec]

It's in the file associations. Depending on you version of Windows, you might be able to
fix it there.

Or you can copy/paste the following lines into Notepad and save with a *.REG name (e.g.
IMAGEFIX.REG). Then double click the REG file to run.

REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.GIF]
"Content Type"="image/gif"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.JPG]
"Content Type"="image/jpeg"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bmp]
"Content Type"="image/bmp"

This fixes the common image types. You can include the ones you need. The content type
is usually screwed up by the installation of an image editing program that doesn't do
things right.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm

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[James Buddenhagen]

"Michael Santovec" <michael_...@prodigy.net> wrote in message
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> It's in the file associations. Depending on you version of Windows, you might
be able to
> fix it there.
>
> Or you can copy/paste the following lines into Notepad and save with a *.REG
name (e.g.
> IMAGEFIX.REG). Then double click the REG file to run.
>
> REGEDIT4
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.GIF]
> "Content Type"="image/gif"
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.JPG]
> "Content Type"="image/jpeg"
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bmp]
> "Content Type"="image/bmp"
>
>
> This fixes the common image types. You can include the ones you need.
> The content type is usually screwed up by the installation of an image
> editing program that doesn't do things right.
>
> --
>
> Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm

That fixed it! MANY THANKS!
--
Jim Buddenhagen