- From: Ian B. Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: 14 Jul 2003 11:33:29 -0700
- To: Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>
- Cc: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>, Paul Prescod <paul@prescod.net>, WWW-Tag <www-tag@w3.org>
On Wed, 2003-07-09 at 13:23, Tim Bray wrote: > 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). Would there be any advantages to sending something like 'application/unknown' as a positive assertion? - Ian -- Ian Jacobs (ij@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs Tel: +1 718 260-9447
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