Antiword Instructions

We have a package called antiword installed for reading word files. You can save the .doc attachment and then run antiword -t file.doc to view the file.

You can add the following line to your .mailcap file to automatically open .doc files inside your mail program.

application/msword;xterm -e /bin/sh -c "antiword -t %s| less";

Antiword does not cope with pictures or other more complex kinds of objects.

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