Re: which module for this purpose?

["Lionel MARTIN" <suppressed>]

> All you need to do (assuming mod_perl2) is:
> - set the content-type (to whatever file type you are sending)
> - use $r->sendfile('filename')
>
> See
> http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/api/Apache2/RequestIO.html#C_sendfile_
>
> Clint

Unless Im mistaken, why not use instead the Apache default handler for these 
static files to be served?

Using the right directive for the directory containing the static files to 
be served:

SetHandler default-handler