#### 3.9.2 Configuration of `decodemail`. ¶

The following common configuration statements affect the behavior of `decodemail`:

Statement | Reference
--- | ---
mime | See The `mime` Statement.
debug | See Debug Statement.
mailbox | See Mailbox Statement.
locking | See Locking Statement.

Notably, the `mime` statement can be used to extend the list of types which are decoded. For example, in the file `~/.decodemail` (other locations are possible, see Mailutils Configuration File), you could have:

    # base64/qp decode these mime types also:
    mime {
      text-type "application/x-bibtex";
      text-type "application/x-tex";
    }

Since the list of textual mime types is open-ended, with new types being used at any time, we do not attempt to make the built-in list comprehensive.