[Mod_gzip] Serving precompressed static files *without* mod_gzip?

[Nigel Hamilton]

Hi,

	I'm trying to set up Apache 1.3 so it can serve 
precompressed static files (e.g., index.html.gz) that will transparently 
decompress and display at the client, when the client requests index.html. 

	I'm doing this to avoid the latency of gzipping the content on the
fly (albeit relatively small) for otherwise static content.

	I know this can be done with mod_gzip but I'm sure there must be a 
really simple way to do this with vanilla Apache 1.3 by using multiviews?

	I've tried something like this in httpd.conf:

	Options ExecCGI MultiViews
	AddEncoding gzip .gz

	... but when the file arrives at the client (IE 5.0+) the 
'Save As' dialog pops up.

	Any ideas?


Kind Regards,


NIge


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