Hello!
I use gzip feature with following configuration.
If upstream server doesn't make a gzip file, everything is ok and perfect.
However if upstream server makes a gzip file, NGINX always send a gzip file to client.
in this case, NGINX doesn't check both accep-enconding and user-agent.
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# gzip configuration w/ nginx/0.8.53
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gzip_static on;
gzip on;
gzip_buffers 64 8k; # 64*8 = 512kbytes
gzip_comp_level 2;
gzip_http_version 1.0;
gzip_types text/plain text/css application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript application/javascript;
gzip_min_length 1100;
gzip_disable "msie6";
gzip_vary on;
/YM