On 2/1/06, A. Pagaltzis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How about this simple rule? If the request for a feed has a > referrer, which aggregator presumably[1] never do, then serve as > `application/xml` with all cache control headers set to expire > immediately; otherwise, send as `application/xhtml+xml`. (Expiry > prevents intermediaries from caching it with the wrong MIME > type.) > > > [1] My server logs confirm this assumption for at least 20 > different popular aggregators.
Cunning, but the result of presuming aggregators "never do" might mean aggregators never can, and referrer refs. from aggregators may well be useful. Cheers, Danny. -- http://dannyayers.com
