Re: (OT) Re: Unisys & GIF

[Bernie]

Clarence wrote:
>No, I don't think that is the first step, because, as you point out, a lot
>of servers send EVERYTHING as text/plain. :((
>I have asked Michael to consider allowing the extension to take priority 
>over mime type so we can get around these server problems in many areas.
>His response was, "that's the way the other browsers do it but it is
>improper use of the standards".

Ahem, that's the way Internet Explorer does it. And pre 4.x (IIRC) versions
of Netscape treated HTML in text files as well. My suggestion is that
Arachne should assume the correct MIME type has been sent unless text/plan
comes along and then check to see what the extension is.
//Bernie