I have the following in my mailcap file:

multipart/alternative;; x-java-view=sunw.bean.mail.msgviewer.display.Alternative
multipart/*;; x-java-view=sunw.bean.mail.msgviewer.display.MultipartViewer

multipart/alternative;; x-java-content-handler=com.sun.mail.handlers.multipart_mixed
multipart/*;;x-java-content-handler=com.sun.mail.handlers.multipart_mixed


The viewers are differentiated correctly. If I don't specifically have a
multipart/alternative entry for the content handlers though, I don't get the
multipart/* content handler invoked. The result is that instead of getting back
a Multipart object I get back a ByteArrayInputStream.

I shouldn't have to add the multipart/alternative entry. The multipart/* entry
should be sufficient.

I'm using the "latest" source.