--- evolution-2.0.2/mail/em-utils.c.fix-145552	2004-09-24 11:49:29.000000000 -0400
+++ evolution-2.0.2/mail/em-utils.c	2005-08-02 22:42:04.000000000 -0400
@@ -2176,10 +2176,22 @@
 	 * try to do better with the filename check.
 	 */
 
+	/* RH bug 145552:  code based on _gnome_vfs_get_mime_type_internal:
+	 * So many file types come compressed by gzip 
+	 * that extensions are more reliable than magic
+	 * typing. If the file has a suffix, then use
+	 * the type from the suffix:
+	 */
 	if (magic_type) {
 		if (name_type
 		    && (!strcmp(magic_type, "text/plain")
-			|| !strcmp(magic_type, "application/octet-stream")))
+			|| !strcmp(magic_type, "application/octet-stream")
+ 			|| !strcmp(magic_type, "application/octet-stream")
+ 			|| !strcmp(magic_type, "application/x-ole-storage")
+ 			|| !strcmp(magic_type, "text/xml")
+ 			|| !strcmp(magic_type, "application/x-bzip")
+ 			|| !strcmp(magic_type, "application/x-gzip")
+ 			|| !strcmp(magic_type, "application/zip")))
 			return name_type;
 		else
 			return magic_type;