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The MIME Types file
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) is a specification for formatting documents and messages so they can be sent over the Internet. These documents include server-parsed files and many non-html files such as:
• graphics
• audio
• video.
Using this configuration file, Internet Services maps file extensions and Macintosh type and Macintosh creator information to MIME Types. You can open this file with any ASCII editor (for example Notepad (Windows) or SimpleText (Mac OS X)).
You can use the MIME Types file to:
• associate file types with particular programs
• render non-template documents
• enable browsers to display files that are not in HTML format
• inform Internet Services of which types of files to parse.
The MIME Types file can be stored in the Internet Services folder (or cluster equivalent) on the administrator's Desktop or in the FCServer/Config folder on your hard disk. If you store this file on the administrator's Desktop you can access it remotely and you don't have to do a Reload Config with every change. The server file overrides the file in the Config folder, if both are present.
Although you can make changes to your existing Mime Types file, it is usually not necessary for most standard FirstClass systems. By default, the Internet Services Mime Types file is configured to handle most widely used file extensions.
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