Re: [squid-users] Can I create a regex ACL to not cache certain MIME types?

On Fri, 2002-10-18 at 05:34, Joseph Solinsky wrote:

> I realize I could probably write an acl for file extensions, but it seems
> to me more reliable to use MIME types. There are some operating systems
> which don't use DOS file naming conventions, for example.
> Could someone discuss a bit further how the req_mime_type is to be used?

You can *only* check MIME types for replies when the reply headers have
been recieved. The redirector interface only applies to requests. Thus,
you can not redirect based on reply mime type.

The req_mime_type examines the HTTP request headers, which are set by
the client. The headers you want to examine in are the Reply - see
above.

Rob