--- static_file.orig	Thu Oct 30 13:08:08 2003
+++ static_file	Mon Nov 24 22:50:08 2003
@@ -21,9 +21,15 @@
 # files whose filename extension is in the following list
 # will be ignored in dynamic rendering 
 @exclude_extensions_dynamic = ();
+
 # files whose filename extension is in the following list
 # will be ignored in static rendering
 @exclude_extensions_static = ("$blosxom::file_extension"); 
+
+# This is the MIME type that will be used if nothing else
+# can be found
+$default_type="text/plain";
+
 # --------------------------------
 
 sub start {
@@ -49,7 +55,7 @@
 		header( { -type=>
 			      ( $mimetype ) ? 
 			      $mimetype->mediaType . "/" . $mimetype->subType :
-			      "application/octet-stream" } );
+			      $default_type } );
 		my @data = stat( $fileaccess );
 		# forge some HTTP header stuff
 		print("Accept-Ranges: bytes\nContent-Length: $data[7]\n$blosxom::header");