Convergence Firefox Mime types

I'm trying to download an email attachment from Convergence using FF 3.0.5 on Solaris 10 U4.
I'm getting the following error:
/tmp/<File Name> could not be opened, because the associated helper application does not exist. Change the association in your preferences.
I have to save the attachment and open it using nautilus.
In my testing this applies to doc and odt attachments. I have also noticed the same behavior using FF 3.1b1 and OpenSolaris build 101 and the release of FF in Solaris 10U4.
I have another webmail application (http://www.horde.org) connecting to the same messaging server. I'm able to open the same email attachment without having to save it before hand. Horde lists the mime type as application/msword although I don't know how to verify that.
Is there a way of verifying the mime type that convergence is presenting?
Edited by: karl.rossing on Jan 14, 2009 1:19 PM

karl.rossing wrote:
I have another webmail application (http://www.horde.org) connecting to the same messaging server. I'm able to open the same email attachment without having to save it before hand. Horde lists the mime type as application/msword although I don't know how to verify that.
Horde may be getting the MIME type from the MIME part header. For example when I upload an OpenOffice document using Convergence -04 and Firefox 2.0 on Windows XP I get the following attachment MIME header in the email body:
Content-Type: application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=test.odt
Is there a way of verifying the mime type that convergence is presenting?Looking at the HTTP headers of the response to the attachment GET from the client (using wireshark), I see that Convergence is specifying the Content-Type: as "application/octet-stream" and in the body of the request response I see the MIME Type application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text information.
Regards,
Shane.

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