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 This method attempt to verify that the user agent can accept a gzip encoded response by interrogating the
 <code>Accept-Encoding</code> requester header. If it is determined safe to send a gzip encoded response, send the
 <code>Content-Encoding</code> header with a value of <code>gzip</code>.
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 See <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html>RFC 2616, sec. 14</a> for details on the
 accept-encoding header.
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 Implementation Note: It 