>
> I think what you're looking for is the option "multiviews" :
>
> (from apache doc)
> The effect of MultiViews is as follows: if the server receives a
> request for /some/dir/foo, if /some/dir has MultiViews enabled,
> and /some/dir/foo does not exist, then the server reads the
> directory looking for files named foo.*, and effectively fakes
> up a type map which names all those files, assigning them the
> same media types and content-encodings it would have if the client
> had asked for one of them by name. It then chooses the best match
> to the client's requirements.
>
>
> patpro

My host came back with:-
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Dear David,

Unfortunately we are not able to change the configuration
of the server setup in this way, so it look like you will
have to add the file extensions on your pages.

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This bad news if I want to tell someone verbally what page to visit

David