Re: MIME and weird file names

Ronan Keryell <Ronan.Keryell <at> lit.enstb.org> writes:

> So, who is escaping too much ? /etc/mailcap or Emacs/Gnus ?

Debian is escaping too much.  I think someone reported the bug to
them, but they refused to fix it.

Gnus 5.10 has a workaround for broken Debian mailcaps.

> Another point : what criteria are used to chose between displaying
> internally or externally ?

See the "Display Customization" node in the Emacs MIME manual.
`mm-inline-large-images' could be the option you want to change.