- From: Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>
- Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2003 13:23:16 -0700
- To: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Cc: Paul Prescod <paul@prescod.net>, WWW-Tag <www-tag@w3.org>
Julian Reschke wrote:
> 1) If a sender (mail agent, HTTP server, ....) doesn't know the MIME type,
> specify "application/octet-stream" (note that RFC2616, section 7.2.1 [1]
> says "...SHOULD include a Content-Type header..."). In turn, allow
> recipients to override the supplied MIME type if and only if it equals
> "application/octet-stream" and to guess (for instance by peeking into the
> content).
>
> or
>
> 2) If a sender (mail agent) / server (HTTP server) doesn't know the MIME
> type, DO NOT SEND IT. This allows the recipient to guess and/or consult the
> user.
>
> (my personal preference would be alternative 2 because it doesn't require to
> special-case one particular MIME type).
+1.
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Cheers, Tim Bray
(ongoing fragmented essay: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/)
Received on Wednesday, 9 July 2003 16:23:18 UTC