Name

AddType

Synopsis

                     AddType 
                     mime-type 
                     extension 
                     ...

[server config, or within <VirtualHost> or <Directory>, or .htaccess]

Specifies a MIME type and subtype to be associated with certain file extensions. For example, if you want to serve a Microsoft Word document:

AddType application/msword .doc

AddType directives overrides any extension-to-type mappings in your mime.types file.

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