output from CGI scripts, and byte range responses do not have
this header.</p>
<hr/><h2><a name="DefaultType">DefaultType</a> <a name="defaulttype">Directive</a></h2><table bgcolor="#cccccc" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td>Sets the MIME content-type that will be sent if the
-server cannot determine a type in any other way</td></tr><tr><td><a class="help" href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></td><td>DefaultType <em>MIME-type</em></td></tr><tr><td><a class="help" href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></td><td><code>DefaultType text/html</code></td></tr><tr><td><a class="help" href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr><tr><td><a class="help" href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></td><td>FileInfo</td></tr><tr><td><a class="help" href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></td><td>Core</td></tr><tr><td><a class="help" href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></td><td>core</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
+server cannot determine a type in any other way</td></tr><tr><td><a class="help" href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></td><td>DefaultType <em>MIME-type</em></td></tr><tr><td><a class="help" href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></td><td><code>DefaultType text/plain</code></td></tr><tr><td><a class="help" href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr><tr><td><a class="help" href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></td><td>FileInfo</td></tr><tr><td><a class="help" href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></td><td>Core</td></tr><tr><td><a class="help" href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></td><td>core</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
<p>There will be times when the server is asked to provide a
document whose type cannot be determined by its MIME types
mappings.</p>
<description>Sets the MIME content-type that will be sent if the
server cannot determine a type in any other way</description>
<syntax>DefaultType <em>MIME-type</em></syntax>
-<default>DefaultType text/html</default>
+<default>DefaultType text/plain</default>
<contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
<context>directory</context><context>.htaccess</context>
</contextlist>