where does gnome store the list of applications associated with files

[Bevan C. Bennett]

VJ wrote:
> Hi,
>         I want to know where does gnome store its global list of
> applications
> associated with various file types. The reason for this is that I want
> to associate XMMS with mp3 and m3u files for every user on my linux
> machine. I do not want to ask every user to do it manually but provide
> with some standard applications associated with various files.

Try /etc/mailcap.