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Hi All,
When I tried to validate my rss feed with a validator, this is the message I got. Does anyone know which files or where I need to make the adjustments ? ---------->

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Warning
This feed is valid, but may cause problems for some users. We recommend fixing these problems.

Feeds should not be served with the "text/plain" media type [help]

and then this:

Message
Feeds should not be served with the 'foo' media type

Explanation
The web server is reporting an unexpected MIME type for a feed. Although we tried to parse it as a feed, aggregators may well report this as an error and act as if the user had pointed them at something other than a feed.

RSS feeds should be served as application/rss+xml (RSS 1.0 is an RDF format, so it may be served as application/rdf+xml instead). Atom feeds should use application/atom+xml. Alternatively, for compatibility with widely-deployed web browsers, any of these feeds can use one of the more general XML types - preferably application/xml.

Solution
Use the appropriate MIME type for your feed.

For static content served with Apache, use the AddType directive.
For static content served with Microsoft IIS, add a MIME type.
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Thanks,
Linda

Maybe you try another feed class
...There are also some extensions available: ...
http://www.geeklog.net/faqman/index.php?op=view&t=16
http://www.geeklog.net/forum/viewtopic.php?showtopic=42229

or wait for GL 1.4.0 as it is included there

As the message states: The feed is not sent out with the correct MIME type.

If you're on Apache, try adding this to your .htaccess:
Assuming your feed has an .rss extension. See the validator's message you quoted for details ...

bye, Dirk

Hi Dirk,

Thanks very much indeed for the tip.

I too had this problem and by adding the line to .htaccess file it was solved.

Thanks again.