Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-new-httpd-archive@apache.org Received: (qmail 51101 invoked by uid 500); 24 Oct 2000 16:54:13 -0000 Mailing-List: contact new-httpd-help@apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Reply-To: new-httpd@apache.org list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Delivered-To: mailing list new-httpd@apache.org Received: (qmail 51089 invoked from network); 24 Oct 2000 16:54:13 -0000 Message-Id: <200010241654.JAA29055@scv1.apple.com> Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 16:54:02 +0000 From: Wilfredo Sanchez Reply-To: wsanchez@apple.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Subject: Re: gzip encoding in the default configuration Cc: new-httpd@apache.org To: "Jeffrey W. Baker" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.337) Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v337) X-Spam-Rating: locus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N > i am interested in the history behind these two lines in = httpd.conf.dist=20 > in the 1.3.x version of apache:=20 > =20 > AddEncoding x-compress Z=20 > AddEncoding x-gzip gz tgz=20 > =20 > these two line cuase a browser to decompress gz files automatically. =20= No, those two lines tell the browser/agent what the document's MIME = type is. That the file is decompressed is a decision made by your browser, = not by Apache. Presumably, that can be changed in your browser preferences, often in a "Helper Apps" panel or some such. -Fred Wilfredo S=E1nchez, wsanchez@apple.com Open Source Engineering Lead Apple Computer, Inc., Core Operating System Group 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA 94086, 408.974-5174