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    It is probably reasonable to use a type of application/octet-stream, 
    disposition of attachment and have no description for simple 
    attachments.

For most files, the type can be determined from the file name and
contents.  The simple interface should be able to do everything
automatically.  Maybe just accepting mml's default type would
do the right job.  If not, the code to do this is available in Etach.