Content-length and other HTTP headers?

Question

Does it give me any advantage if I set this header when generating normal HTML pages?

I see that some frameworks out there will set this header property and I was wo

Answer 1

I think its only because of the HTTP Spec says to do this in every case possible.

Applications SHOULD use this field to indicate the transfer-length of the message-body, unless this is prohibited by the rules in section 4.4.

You can also look at Pauls Answer on the Question of Deaomon.

I think this will answer yours too.

Also you should use Content-Length if you want someone download a file with another header: e.g.