With the MIME Types form, you can create or modify a list of file suffixes that you want to bind to MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) content types or subtypes. File contents are packaged using methods defined by the MIME suffixes standard. You can use a list to associate file suffixes with MIME types/subtypes. The server considers any file with an suffix matching an entry in this list to be packaged with the associated MIME type or subtype.
There are two special suffix patterns that you can include in the list:
You can also define whether you want your server to differentiate between upper-case and lower-case letters in file suffixes.
You can define whether you want your server to differentiate between upper-case and lower-case letters on file suffixes. For example, if case sensitivity is selected, the suffix PS would be interpreted as different from the suffix ps.
The setting for case sensitivity applies to all suffixes. If you change the setting on this form, the change also applies to the MIME Encodings form.
It might be useful for you to organize the list of MIME entries in a certain order, for example, to arrange the entries according to suffix or encoding type. To do this, you must maintain the proper index order when inserting, replacing, and removing entries in the list. The index is used for your reference and organization; you should order it so that it is useful to you.
You might also want to arrange entries based on the quality of the MIME encoding by using the Quality field on the form. If there are multiple representations of a file from which to choose, the server selects the file with the suffix associated with the highest quality value. Using the Quality field is optional.