Re: Metamail

[Ed Greshko]

> On 10/28/2010 09:48 PM, Dave Close wrote:
> > Ed Greshko wrote:
> > > > Certainly, mailcap is used by programs other than metamail. But the
> > > > description seems to imply that metamail is the primary user. So, where=
> > > > is metamail?
> > >
> > > metamail hasn't been packaged in a long time....at least before F11.  It
> > > is *old* and no longer maintained by anyone.
> >
> > Well, then, "anyone" ought to update the info for mailcap -- at least.
> > But metamail doesn't need maintenance so long as it still works, and
> > I have no reason to think it doesn't work.
>
> Well, if you want to, you can build it yourself from source rpm:
> http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/26/dist/12/size/608480/name/metamail-2....

Have you tried to rebuild based on that src rpm, which is for some
distribution called PLD?