Comments on: Compressing Web Output Using mod_gzip for Apache 1.3.x and 2.0.x

By: Stephen Pierzchala

Stephen Pierzchala — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:35:11 +0000

This is not good. It sounds as though you have your docs already compressed using GZIP. mod_deflate is designed to do this on the fly as content is generated. When HTML content is compressed using mod_deflate, it should maintain the text/html MIM-type.smp

By: Arabinda

Arabinda — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:59:13 +0000

Hi, This is a great article. Thanks.You have a mastery over the subject.Please help me with an issue I have.I have set – mod_deflate on Apache 2.x I have.And a dynamic content (Actuate report – in Dynamic HTML) is – gzip – encoded while received by the client browser.I am using Internet Explorer 7.x.However IE7 is not unzipping it.It recognizes that the MIME Type – application/x-gzip-compressed.But it says – it is not a recognized Mime Type and opens a window to 'save' the page.Any help will will be greatly appreciated.ThanksArabindaPune, India

By: Stephen Pierzchala

Stephen Pierzchala — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:35:11 +0000

By: Arabinda

Arabinda — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:59:13 +0000

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