read /usr/share/mutt/mailcap as fallback by default. This allows to set some useful defaults specifically for mutt. For example text/html Index: mutt-1.5.21/init.c =================================================================== --- mutt-1.5.21.orig/init.c +++ mutt-1.5.21/init.c @@ -3011,8 +3011,8 @@ void mutt_init (int skip_sys_rc, LIST *c MailcapPath = safe_strdup (p); else { - /* Default search path from RFC1524 */ - MailcapPath = safe_strdup ("~/.mailcap:" PKGDATADIR "/mailcap:" SYSCONFDIR "/mailcap:/etc/mailcap:/usr/etc/mailcap:/usr/local/etc/mailcap"); + /* Default search path from RFC1524 plus fallback for mutt specific defaults */ + MailcapPath = safe_strdup ("~/.mailcap:" PKGDATADIR "/mailcap:" SYSCONFDIR "/mailcap:/etc/mailcap:/usr/etc/mailcap:/usr/local/etc/mailcap:" SYSCONFDIR "/mutt/mailcap"); } Tempdir = safe_strdup ((p = getenv ("TMPDIR")) ? p : "/tmp");