Temporarily uploads email attachments from mutt to a web-accessible remote directory for viewing.

.mutt-mailcap

image/*; ~/.showinbrowser.sh %s
application/*; ~/.showinbrowser.sh %s
audio/*; ~/.showinbrowser.sh %s
text/*; ~/.showinbrowser.sh %s

.muttrc

Add this line:

set mailcap_path="~/.mutt-mailcap"

.showinbrowser.sh

#!/bin/sh

# Customise these, obviously
REMOTEHOST='jonty.co.uk'
REMOTEPATH='/home/jonty/bits/attachments/'
HTTPPATH='http://jonty.co.uk/bits/attachments/'

FILENAME=`echo $1 | grep -E -o '[^\/]+$'`

clear
echo "Copying file to $REMOTEHOST..."
scp $1 "$REMOTEHOST:$REMOTEPATH$FILENAME"

clear
echo "Changing remote permissions..."
ssh $REMOTEHOST -C "chmod 777 '$REMOTEPATH$FILENAME'"

clear
echo "\nOpen $HTTPPATH$FILENAME to view the attachment.\n"
echo "Press enter to continue"
read wait

clear
echo "Removing remote file..."
ssh $REMOTEHOST -C "rm '$REMOTEPATH$FILENAME'"

clear