[Mod_gzip] "mod_gzip_send_vary=Yes" disables caching on IE? (1.3.26.1a)

[Christian Kruse]

Hello,

On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 06:36:21PM -0600, Jordan Russell wrote:
> The only reason mod_gzip is sending Vary headers in the first place is to
> prevent Squid from sending back compressed pages to clients that can't
> handle it, right?

No, not right. I wanted mod_gzip to send to all clients the right
response. Clients which can handle compressed data and clients which
cannot handle compressed data.

>  So Squid should still "know" not to send the
> compressed pages to clients that can't handle them. (Correct me if I'm
> wrong.)

But it can even happen that Squid does not know that there is a compressed
version of a document.

> > [...]
> (Sorry, I don't understand what you mean here...)

Sorry... as I said, sometimes my English is very bad. But just have a
look at Kevin's posting, he said nearly the same as me (just more
clearly :)

Greetings,
 CK

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