## DefaultType

Syntax: DefaultType MIME-type
Default: `DefaultType text/html`
Context: server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess
Override: FileInfo
Status: core

There will be times when the server is asked to provide a document whose type cannot be determined by its MIME types mappings.

The server must inform the client of the content-type of the document, so in the event of an unknown type it uses the `DefaultType`. For example:

> `DefaultType image/gif`

would be appropriate for a directory which contained many gif images with filenames missing the .gif extension.