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Joachim Schrod <jschrod@acm.org> writes:
> My vm-mime-external-content-types-alist has the entry
> ("application/pdf" "acroread")
>
> When an attachment name has spaces in it, acroread is called with several
> arguments instead of one. Anybody got a patch already for that? Then I won't
> have to look at the issue myself. ;-)

Have you Googled?

http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=400320B7.5060408%40yahoo.com
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=86hdyoc6n9.fsf%40robf.deREMOVETHIS

> Incidentially, that looks as if the external-content program is called via a
> shell. Anybody knows why that is done or if it can be avoided? That behaviour
> opens up issues of shell command insertions which would be more difficult if
> the program is called directly.

It is called via 'start-process', which IMHO is not the shell.

> Also, while I'm at it: Sometimes, VM calls the external-content program for
> application/pdf automatically when I look at a mail. I don't want my MUA to
> call external programs automatically -- after all, I don't use Outlook
> either. :-) Is that behaviour known? Can I prevent it?

It should not happen unless you have added application/pdf to
vm-auto-displayed-mime-content-types, but if you did add it, then
it should happen everytime.

It is not the default and I never experienced something like this.

Robert.