Reading of Mailcap Files
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## Reading of Mailcap Files

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:

- From the value of the mime.mailcap.path option in elinks.conf; for example:

      set mime.mailcap.path = "~/.mailcap:/usr/local/etc/mailcap"

- From MAILCAP environment variable.
- If non of the above is defined, the mailcap path defaults to `~/.mailcap:/etc/mailcap`.

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