+.PP
+Next, the contents are extracted from the message and are stored in
+a temporary file. Usually, the name of the temporary file is the
+word \*(lqmhshow\*(rq followed by a string of characters. Occasionally,
+the method used to display a content (described next), requires that
+the file end in a specific suffix. For example, the
+.B soffice
+command (part of the StarOffice package) can be used to display
+Microsoft Word content, but it uses the suffix to determine how to display
+the file. If no suffix is present, the file is not correctly loaded.
+Similarily, older versions of the
+.B gs
+command append a \*(lq.ps\*(rq suffix to
+the filename if one was missing. As a result, these cannot be used to read
+the default temporary file.
+.PP
+To get around this, your profile can contain lines of the form:
+.PP
+.RS 5
+mhshow-suffix-<type>/<subtype>: <suffix>
+.RE
+.PP
+or
+.PP
+.RS 5
+mhshow-suffix-<type>: <suffix>
+.RE
+.PP
+to specify a suffix which can be automatically added to the temporary
+file created for a specific content type. For example, the following
+lines might appear in your profile:
+.PP
+.RS 5
+.nf
+mhshow-suffix-text: .txt
+mhshow-suffix-application/msword: .doc
+mhshow-suffix-application/PostScript: .ps
+.fi
+.RE
+.PP
+to automatically append a suffix to the temporary files.
+.PP