diff -ur src/htdig-3.2.0b3.orig/htdig/Document.cc src/htdig-3.2.0b3/htdig/Document.cc
--- src/htdig-3.2.0b3.orig/htdig/Document.cc	Thu Feb 22 18:31:30 2001
+++ src/htdig-3.2.0b3/htdig/Document.cc	Mon Jun  4 23:29:40 2001
@@ -492,7 +492,9 @@
     //  eventually be handled by the "file://..." handler, which uses
     //  mime.types to determine the file type.) -- FIXME!!
     char *ext = strrchr((char*)*filename, '.');
-    if (ext == NULL)
+    static String default_type = config["default_type"];
+    
+    if ((ext == NULL) && (char *) default_type == NULL)
       return Transport::Document_not_local;
     if ((mystrcasecmp(ext, ".html") == 0) || (mystrcasecmp(ext, ".htm") == 0))
         contentType = "text/html";
@@ -502,6 +504,8 @@
         contentType = "application/pdf";
     else if ((mystrcasecmp(ext, ".ps") == 0) || (mystrcasecmp(ext, ".eps") == 0))
         contentType = "application/postscript";
+    else if ((char *) default_type != NULL)
+	contentType = default_type;
     else 
       return Transport::Document_not_local;
 
diff -ur src/htdig-3.2.0b3.orig/htdig/Retriever.cc src/htdig-3.2.0b3/htdig/Retriever.cc
--- src/htdig-3.2.0b3.orig/htdig/Retriever.cc	Thu Feb 22 18:31:30 2001
+++ src/htdig-3.2.0b3/htdig/Retriever.cc	Mon Jun  4 23:17:58 2001
@@ -889,6 +889,9 @@
 	  p = strtok(0, " \t");
 	}
 
+	// Is there a default type
+	static String default_type = config["default_type"];
+	
     static String	url;
     url = u;
 
@@ -942,14 +945,16 @@
 	  return FALSE;
 	}
     }
+    
     //
-    // Or NOT in the list of valid ones
+    // Or NOT in the list of valid ones AND
+    // there is no default_type defined
     //
-    if (ext && valids.Count() > 0 && !valids.Exists(lowerext))
+    if (ext && valids.Count() > 0 && !valids.Exists(lowerext) && ! (char *) default_type)
       {
-	if (debug > 2)
-	  cout << endl <<"   Rejected: Extension is not valid!";
-	return FALSE;
+	  if (debug > 2)
+	      cout << endl <<"   Rejected: Extension is not valid!";
+	  return FALSE;
       }
 
     //
@@ -968,7 +973,9 @@
     //
     // If any of the limits are met, we allow the URL
     //
-    if (limits.match(url, 1, 0) == 0) {
+
+    // This is a kludge - if theres a defualt type - skip this check.
+    if ((!(char *) default_type) && (limits.match(url, 1, 0) == 0)) {
 	if (debug > 2)
 	cout << endl <<"   Rejected: URL not in the limits!";
 	return(FALSE);
@@ -1536,6 +1543,7 @@
 	    cout << "\nurl rejected: (level 1)" << url.get() << endl;
 	if (debug == 1)
 	    cout << '-';
+	cout << config["default_type"];
     }
     if (debug)
 	cout.flush();
diff -ur src/htdig-3.2.0b3.orig/htnet/HtFile.cc src/htdig-3.2.0b3/htnet/HtFile.cc
--- src/htdig-3.2.0b3.orig/htnet/HtFile.cc	Thu Feb 22 18:31:34 2001
+++ src/htdig-3.2.0b3/htnet/HtFile.cc	Mon Jun  4 23:00:46 2001
@@ -166,11 +166,18 @@
      return Transport::Document_not_changed;
 
    char *ext = strrchr(_url.path(), '.');
-   if (ext == NULL)
-     return Transport::Document_not_local;
 
-   if (mime_map)
-     {
+   static String default_type = config["default_type"];
+
+   if(ext == NULL) {
+	   if ((char *) default_type == NULL) {
+	       return Transport::Document_not_local;
+	   } else {
+	       _response._content_type = default_type;
+	   }
+       }
+       else if (mime_map)
+       {
        String *mime_type = (String *)mime_map->Find(ext + 1);
        if (mime_type)
          _response._content_type = *mime_type;
@@ -183,8 +190,10 @@
          _response._content_type = "text/html";
        else if (mystrcasecmp(ext, ".txt") == 0)
          _response._content_type = "text/plain";
+       else if ((char *) default_type == NULL)
+	   _response._content_type = default_type;
        else
-         return Transport::Document_not_local;
+	   return Transport::Document_not_local;
      }
 
    _response._modification_time = new HtDateTime(stat_buf.st_mtime);