Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list gopher); Sun, 15 Sep 2002 05:10:51 -0500 (EST) Return-Path: <wzk@happy-ent.de> Delivered-To: gopher@complete.org Received: from um1b.pce.de (um1b.pce.de [213.185.64.7]) by gesundheit.complete.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2F4A644CC for <gopher@complete.org>; Sun, 15 Sep 2002 05:10:43 -0500 (EST) Received: from win98.happy-ent.de (ppp-huerth-16.pce-net-line.de [213.185.65.144]) by um1b.pce.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA20428 for <gopher@complete.org>; Sun, 15 Sep 2002 12:10:36 +0200 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.1.20020915120832.00a083e0@um1b.pce.de> X-Sender: qe-wzk@um1b.pce.de X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 12:19:47 +0200 To: gopher@complete.org From: Wolfgang Zekoll <wzk@happy-ent.de> Subject: [gopher] Re: Encouraging MIME types In-Reply-To: <200209142214.35897.hardburn@runbox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-archive-position: 689 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: gopher-bounce@complete.org Errors-to: gopher-bounce@complete.org X-original-sender: wzk@happy-ent.de Precedence: bulk Reply-to: gopher@complete.org List-help: <mailto:ecartis@complete.org?Subject=help> List-unsubscribe: <mailto:gopher-request@complete.org?Subject=unsubscribe> List-software: Ecartis version 1.0.0 List-ID: Gopher <gopher.complete.org> X-List-ID: Gopher <gopher.complete.org> List-subscribe: <mailto:gopher-request@complete.org?Subject=subscribe> List-owner: <mailto:jgoerzen@complete.org> List-post: <mailto:gopher@complete.org> List-archive: <http://www.complete.org/mailinglists/archives/> X-list: gopher

>2) A new Gopher type, 'm', is to be implemented which tells a client to >check >the MIME type in the Gopher+ space.

As Cameron mentioned non-gopher+ clients won't be able to detect the MIME type. But as long as we are talking about MIME for gopher+ we could add a new subentry to the +ADMIN block which tells a gopher+ client the MIME-type:

+INFO: 0read meF0/readme.txtFgopher.serverF70 +ADMIN: admin: ... lastmod: ... content-type: text/plain

MIME-types that have no direct gopher type mapping should be announced as binary type `9' giving gopher0 clients the chance to make an arrangement based on the extension, gopher+ clients should use the +ADMIN.content-type mapping.

Regards

Wolfgang Zekoll