Re: [cobalt-users] Trouble with FTP Downloads

[flash22@xxxxxxx]

On Tue, 20 Jun 2000, John Eaton wrote:
> I am setting up a FTP site and when I try to click on the file, it tries to
> open it like a web page instead of opening the file for the download.
> Please Help.

Unlike http which has supplies the web browser with mime-type info to tell
it what to do with a file with a given extension, ftp has no mime-type
info to give the browser, the browser uses an internal list .... all you
can do is pick a different file extension. (for example zipping files so
they are .zip's works)
or tell users to hold down the shift key while clicking on the link (for
netscape anyhow)

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