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Petteri H
Petteri H

Reputation: 12252

application/plain MIME type for text?

I have seen this application/plain mentioned with .text suffix in some sources. Is it valid and has it been used anywhere? Or is this just a case where someone compiled a list and others just copied it?

Upvotes: 6

Views: 19792

Answers (2)

blek__
blek__

Reputation: 120

I think you have described text/plain and .txt suffix. It has been there since 1992, so you should be fine with using it.

Upvotes: 0

johnstok
johnstok

Reputation: 98280

It isn't a valid MIME type according to the IANA: http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application/index.html

Sadly, that doesn't mean you won't encounter it in the real world. ;-)

Upvotes: 5

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