Re: Caching pages...again
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It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 36970
interpreted = N
texte = Christer Olsson wrote: > > >YMMV. Your best bet is to make sure that Expires == Last Modified > > Probably not, since the major use for the Expires=0 is to get > Explorer not to cache. > Except that properly set Expires == Last Modified prevents IE and all of the webcaches I am aware of to not cache that page. In fact, Expires=0 appears to be stricly a M$oft abomination (it is not a legal response according to the standards) and the _recommendation_ is that caching/proxy servers accept this kind of nonsense (or at the very least expect to see it).In addition, see the following: http://www.web-caching.com/mnot_tutorial/how.htmlfor lots of information about why Meta tags are usually not useful and why the only consistent way to control caching is to use the HTTP headers (Expires in particular).HTHJohn-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Christer Olsson wrote: > > >YMMV. Your best bet is to make sure that Expires == Last Modified > > Probably not, since the major use for the Expires=0 is to get > Explorer not to cache. > Except that properly set Expires == Last Modified prevents IE and all of the webcaches I am aware of to not cache that page. In fact, Expires=0 appears to be stricly a M$oft abomination (it is not a legal response according to the standards) and the _recommendation_ is that caching/proxy servers accept this kind of nonsense (or at the very least expect to see it).In addition, see the following: http://www.web-caching.com/mnot_tutorial/how.htmlfor lots of information about why Meta tags are usually not useful and why the only consistent way to control caching is to use the HTTP headers (Expires in particular).HTHJohn-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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