application/octet-stream is like the mother-of-all-mime-types. In other words it can really describe any file type since everything can ultimately come down to a byte stream. The two extensions .exe and .bin are the most commonly extensions associated with application/octet-stream. -Shawn ----- Shawn R. Quillman Robert Bosch Corporation RBNA/CIT7 38000 Hills Tech Drive Farmington Hills, MI 48331 (248) 553-1164 (P) (248) 848-2855 (F) shawn.quillman@xxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: Noor [mailto:akesdatabase@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 11:15 AM To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] Subject: [isalist] What type of files application/octet-stream represents http://www.ISAserver.org I was reading the mime types in isa server help file it states that the application/octet-stream mime type represents .* .exe .bin what does that mean. Please advice ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=isalist ISA Server Newsletter: http://www.isaserver.org/pages/newsletter.asp ISA Server FAQ: http://www.isaserver.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Exchange Server Resource Site: http://www.msexchange.org/ Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this ISAserver.org Discussion List as: shawn.quillman@xxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send a blank email to $subst('Email.Unsub')