Re: content type to force download

by "Justin H." <justinh(at)whidbey.net>

Date:	Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:53:34 -0700
To:	"HWG Techniques" <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
References:	mitre
	todo: View Thread, Original

application/octet-stream

IE, however, goes by extension and "magic number" and may, for instance,
play the hypothetical quicktime movie anyway.

Justin H.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Segarra" <ssegarra(at)mitre.org>
To: <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 2:01 PM
Subject: content type to force download


> hi everyone,
> is there a conent type you can send in the header so that the browser
> will be forced to save the file to disk, even if an associated plugin is
> present.  for example, if you have a quicktime movie but don't want
> people to view it in a browser, instead you want them to save it to
disk...
>
> thanks,
> steve
>
>

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