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Re: (ASCEND) Problems on 7.0b0?
At 02:53 PM 7/17/98 -0500, John Coy (anc.net) wrote:
>>>having someone rename all the files on the server
>>>to add a ".bin" extension, or changing the file extension to mime type
>>>map that the server recognises to include ".m18,.m20,.m40,.m60" etc.,
>>>would also solve this because the server would then use
>>>mime type "application/octet-stream"
>>
>>I don't think that we ought to expect everyone to start re-configuring
>>their browsers
>>to recognize octet-streams from all these strange extensions. I figure we
>>need to find a way to fix this from the server side....I'm not HTTP
>expert, so
>>I've given the "problem" over to those who are...
>>
>That's not what he said.
Aha - see I told you I was not an HTTP expert :)
> He suggested that Ascend include the type
>maps on their web server to map the file extensions to the correct
>MIME type. For example in mime.types (on an Apache server):
Now that's the kind of information I need. *NOW* I can *sound* like I
know what I'm talking about when I ask!
>application/octet-stream [list all file extensions here]
>
>Alternately, the AddType command (again on an Apache web server):
>
>AddType application/octet-stream .exe .hqx .etc .etc .etc .etc
>
>Will correctly send the MIME type to the browser when a file with
>that extension is encountered. That will allow all browsers to
>download the file correctly.
Cool!
And thanx!
Kevin Smith Ascend Communications...
Customer Satisfaction ...where Network Solutions never end.
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