Multipurpose Internet Mail Exchange (MIME) types instruct a web browser
or a mail application how to handle files received from the server. For
example, when a web browser requests an item on a server, it also
requests the MIME type of the object. Some MIME types, such as graphics,
can be displayed inside the browser. Others, such as word processing
documents, require an external application to be displayed.
By setting custom MIME types you can determine what applications are
used to open a particular type of file on the client side.
To configure MIME types in Plesk for Linux, go to Websites & Domains
> Apache & Nginx Settings.
To configure MIME types in Plesk for Windows, go to Websites &
Domains > IIS Settings.
Then specify MIME types associating file extensions with file types. For
example: “text/plain .mytxt”.
