+_notmuch_mimetype()
+{
+ # use mime types from mime-support package if available, and fall
+ # back to a handful of common ones otherwise
+ if [ -r "/etc/mime.types" ]; then
+ sed -n '/^[[:alpha:]]/{s/[[:space:]].*//;p;}' /etc/mime.types
+ else
+ cat <<EOF
+application/gzip
+application/msword
+application/pdf
+application/zip
+audio/mpeg
+audio/ogg
+image/gif
+image/jpeg
+image/png
+message/rfc822
+text/calendar
+text/html
+text/plain
+text/vcard
+text/x-diff
+text/x-vcalendar
+EOF
+ fi
+}
+