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

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In some respects, this may be less of an issue with your attempts to use compression and more of an issue with IE.

MSIE has a real problem using compression if the protocol is stepped down to HTTP/1.0. You may want to see if another browser -- Mozilla, Opera, etc. -- can handle this; then you at least you know it works.

What happens if you send http://www.foobar.org/index ? What page does multiviews select for you?

smp

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> 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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