[Zope] Zope and mime types ???

[kosh@aesaeion.com]

On Sat, 6 Oct 2001, Frank Stephan wrote:

>
> > You probably cannot do anything to make sure that you get this MIME type
> > unless you map it yourself at the server.
>
> I understand, that there must be a mapping of the file extension to the
> appropriate
> mime type. I found in the mime.types file of my Apache config that
> there .doc is mapped to application/msword. But why does it still depend
> on the fact, that word is installed on the client or not?
>
Remember not all .doc files are word documents. You really need something
to analyze the document and tell what kind of item it is. It is kind of a
pitty that extensions where ever invented and I hope for the day when they
finally die the death they deserve.


> Mime/content types do not really make sense to me that way. Am I wrong
> or is there a way to control this on the server machine?
>
> TIA
> Frank