diff --git a/src/doc/user/usermanual.sgml b/src/doc/user/usermanual.sgml
index 86cc1818..83a70a86 100644
--- a/src/doc/user/usermanual.sgml
+++ b/src/doc/user/usermanual.sgml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
       Dockes</holder>
     </copyright>
 
-    <releaseinfo>$Id: usermanual.sgml,v 1.29 2006-12-14 13:53:42 dockes Exp $</releaseinfo>
+    <releaseinfo>$Id: usermanual.sgml,v 1.30 2006-12-18 12:06:11 dockes Exp $</releaseinfo>
 
     <abstract>
       <para>This document introduces full text search notions
@@ -1231,6 +1231,10 @@ RECOLL_CONFDIR=$recollconf $recolldata/examples/rclmon.sh stop
 
       <itemizedlist>
 
+        <listitem><para>Openoffice: supported natively, but needs the
+        <command>unzip</command> command to be installed.</para>
+          </listitem>
+
         <listitem><para>PDF: pdftotext is part of the <ulink
             url="http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/">Xpdf</ulink> package.</para>
           </listitem>
diff --git a/src/internfile/mh_mail.cpp b/src/internfile/mh_mail.cpp
index 13c8b2ed..3d2bba2d 100644
--- a/src/internfile/mh_mail.cpp
+++ b/src/internfile/mh_mail.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #ifndef lint
-static char rcsid[] = "@(#$Id: mh_mail.cpp,v 1.26 2006-12-16 15:39:54 dockes Exp $ (C) 2005 J.F.Dockes";
+static char rcsid[] = "@(#$Id: mh_mail.cpp,v 1.27 2006-12-18 12:06:11 dockes Exp $ (C) 2005 J.F.Dockes";
 #endif
 /*
  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -424,6 +424,7 @@ void MimeHandlerMail::walkmime(Binc::MimePart* doc, int depth)
 	    return;
 	}
 	att->m_contentType = content_type.value;
+	stringtolower(att->m_contentType);
 	att->m_filename = filename;
 	att->m_charset = charset;
 	att->m_contentTransferEncoding = cte;
diff --git a/src/utils/smallut.cpp b/src/utils/smallut.cpp
index ed19f89b..488188aa 100644
--- a/src/utils/smallut.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/smallut.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #ifndef lint
-static char rcsid[] = "@(#$Id: smallut.cpp,v 1.23 2006-12-15 12:40:02 dockes Exp $ (C) 2004 J.F.Dockes";
+static char rcsid[] = "@(#$Id: smallut.cpp,v 1.24 2006-12-18 12:06:11 dockes Exp $ (C) 2004 J.F.Dockes";
 #endif
 /*
  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -77,6 +77,15 @@ int stringicmp(const string & s1, const string& s2)
 	return size1 == size2 ? 0 : -1;
     }
 }
+void stringtolower(string& io)
+{
+    string::iterator it = io.begin();
+    string::iterator ite = io.end();
+    while (it != ite) {
+	*it = ::tolower(*it);
+	it++;
+    }
+}
 
 extern int stringisuffcmp(const string& s1, const string& s2)
 {
diff --git a/src/utils/smallut.h b/src/utils/smallut.h
index 3636d0b1..0fb98169 100644
--- a/src/utils/smallut.h
+++ b/src/utils/smallut.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  */
 #ifndef _SMALLUT_H_INCLUDED_
 #define _SMALLUT_H_INCLUDED_
-/* @(#$Id: smallut.h,v 1.23 2006-12-15 12:40:02 dockes Exp $  (C) 2004 J.F.Dockes */
+/* @(#$Id: smallut.h,v 1.24 2006-12-18 12:06:11 dockes Exp $  (C) 2004 J.F.Dockes */
 #include <string>
 #include <list>
 #include <map>
@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@ using std::list;
 using std::map;
 #endif /* NO_NAMESPACES */
 
+// Note these are all ascii routines
 extern int stringicmp(const string& s1, const string& s2);
 extern int stringlowercmp(const string& alreadylower, const string& s2);
 extern int stringuppercmp(const string& alreadyupper, const string& s2); 
-
+extern void stringtolower(string& io);
 // Is one string the end part of the other ?
 extern int stringisuffcmp(const string& s1, const string& s2);