On Sun, 29 Oct 2000 22:12:42 -0500, L.D. Best wrote:
> Maybe Arachne checks file type in the wrong order?? Today I got an
> attached file which was a JPG [JFIF format] and it kept *not*
> rendering because MS Outlook had declared it to be image/tiff at time of
> encoding. Despite the fact the filename was IRS_MAIL.JPG, despite the
> fact that the first line of the file identified it as JFIF [and I had
> made an addition to mime.cfg to ID image/jfif as JPG], Arachne took
> Outlook's word on the matter, the same way it takes Apache's word on
> "text/plain."
> There oughta be a way ...
I have found that some www browsers and some graphics viewing programs
do not recognize a JFIF or a JIF or a JIFF. I just rename the image file
and give it a JPG extension, and that is the work-around that solves the
problem for me. I don't know if anyone here knows for sure if there are
really any differences among JIFs, JIFFs, and JPGs. We had this discussion
on the list about two years ago, but no definite conclusions were drawn as
far as I can recall. I think it was I who brought the matter up. Opinions
were ample.
All the best,
Sam Heywood
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