Andrew Ho wrote: [...]
[...]Sometimes, MSIE will ignore the MIME type specified in a Content-Type header, and instead guess the type of a file based on its extension.
I _believe_ the answer lies in http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/networking/moniker/overview/appendix_a.asp. Basically, MSIE deliberately goes out and tries to figure out the "real" MIME type of 26 hardcoded MIME types.
John
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