Shtml

**GingerNut** · Nov 4th, 2002, 12:45 PM

Does anyone here know of any problems viewing shtml files with IE5?

**JoshT** · Nov 4th, 2002, 11:37 PM

Shouldn't be - it's server side, unless the web server isn't sending the correct MIME type in the HTML header (text/html).

**Rick Bull** · Nov 5th, 2002, 06:12 AM

Doesn't IE ignore mime types anyway if it finds html type content? That's what I've heard.

**JoshT** · Nov 5th, 2002, 10:53 AM

Originally posted by Rick Bull
Doesn't IE ignore mime types anyway if it finds html type content? That's what I've heard.

Yes, I think it does, are there are other HTTP headers IE reads as well (Content-Disposition?).

**GingerNut** · Nov 6th, 2002, 05:54 AM

Is there any reason why a firewall would block or cause trouble viewing a shtml page?

**The Hobo** · Nov 6th, 2002, 06:57 AM

Originally posted by GingerNut
Is there any reason why a firewall would block or cause trouble viewing a shtml page?

No.

**JoshT** · Nov 6th, 2002, 10:07 AM

Originally posted by GingerNut
Is there any reason why a firewall would block or cause trouble viewing a shtml page?

Not normally, but if it is an application layer firewall, it could possibly block requests based on file extension of MIME types.

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