Alright, thanks for clarifying it's client browser specific :)

Now the final question is, what gets sent in underlying data to the
user to give them this value information?

Is this MaxAge sent like this?
Cache-Control: max-age=2592000

Thanks again!

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 3:55 PM, Alvaro Lopez Ortega
<[email protected]> wrote:
> On 13/01/2010, at 21:16, pub crawler wrote:
>
>> Can someone explain what the MimeType MaxAge does?
>>
>> When populated with a MaxAge time value does this output some HTTP
>> Header or is it used internally for Cherokee?
>
> According to the documentation [1]: “Max Age: defines for how long a file of 
> this type must be cached at the client’s side.”. It defines how long the 
> client's web browser can keep the file in its local cache (memory or files) 
> without refreshing it.
>
> 1.- http://www.cherokee-project.com/doc/config_mime_types.html
>
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