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-rw-r--r-- | alot/helper.py | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/alot/helper.py b/alot/helper.py index f14c2c94..6fc3a970 100644 --- a/alot/helper.py +++ b/alot/helper.py @@ -307,11 +307,12 @@ def guess_mimetype(blob): :param blob: file content as read by file.read() :type blob: data - :returns: mime-type + :returns: mime-type, falls back to 'application/octet-stream' + :rtype: str """ m = magic.open(magic.MAGIC_MIME_TYPE) m.load() - return m.buffer(blob) + return m.buffer(blob) or 'application/octet-stream' def guess_encoding(blob): |