From 19665749270b6bc552104bc18e85c18ab0f1fb24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ken Coar Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 11:44:17 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Whoops; forgot to apply this to the 2.0 docs.. Submitted by: Joshua Slive Reviewed by: Ken Coar git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@85984 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68 --- docs/manual/misc/FAQ-E.html | 20 ++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/manual/misc/FAQ-E.html b/docs/manual/misc/FAQ-E.html index 5ed9b2ecc2..8ed33af5e1 100644 --- a/docs/manual/misc/FAQ-E.html +++ b/docs/manual/misc/FAQ-E.html @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@

Apache Server Frequently Asked Questions

- $Revision: 1.5 $ ($Date: 2000/04/18 17:52:31 $) + $Revision: 1.6 $ ($Date: 2000/08/04 11:44:17 $)

The latest version of this FAQ is always available from the main @@ -594,14 +594,18 @@ Explorer, but show up as source or trigger a save window with Netscape?

- Internet Explorer is ignoring the mime-type you have configured for - the file and guessing the file type based on the filename - extension. IE does this for any file which the web server marks as - application/octet-stream or text/plain. Netscape, on the other - hand, properly follows the directions of the web server and treats - the file as text/plain (displays it in the browser window as-is) or - application/octet-stream (pops up a download window). + Internet Explorer (IE) and Netscape handle mime type detection in different + ways, and therefore will display the document differently. In particular, + IE sometimes relies on the file extension to determine the mime type. This + can happen when the server specifies a mime type of + application/octet-stream or text/plain. + (Unfortunately, this behavior makes it impossible to properly send plain + text in some situations unless the file extension is txt.) + There are more details available on IE's mime type detection behavior in an + MSDN + article.

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In order to make all browsers work correctly, you should assure that Apache sends the correct mime type for the file. This is -- 2.50.1