Eric,
Yes, Arachne has no option but to consider an identified/undefined file
format as text. But that's not the problem. All html is text, but when
the files are not properly identified on the foreign server [I dont' know
that Arachne even reads the META tags] i.e. if the foreign servers has
the files ID'ed as text/plain, Arachne will treat them as text/plain no
matter what tje file extention is.
As for "sticky" -- if you save mail to folders you may have noticed that
when you select "move" the folder pre-selected when you get there is the
folder you used last time. That's the "sticky" part. It's done thanks
to a small rewrite by Michael awhile back, and a small file which tells
Arachne what was last selected so the same option is waiting for you
when you "move."
l.d.
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On Sun, 9 Jul 2000 21:34:24 -0400 (EDT), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric S. Emerson)
wrote:
> Hi LD,
> I know very little about HTML and how servers indentify
> and/or send file identities. However, I do know that Glen is
> right when he says Arachne treats any file she can't identify
> as a .txt file.
> I just checked to make sure by removing the .jpg graphics
> extension from a file on my webpage and then I downloaded it
> with Arachne. Arachne assumed it was a .txt file and displayed
> it as text.
> I then changed the graphics file extension to .htm and then
> tried another download w/Arachne. This time the file was still
> displayed as text but in different format.
> By the way, what in tarnation is a "sticky" file.
> What am I missing out on?
> Eric
> LD wrote:
>> Glenn,
>> I have to disagree with you.
>> On Sat, 08 Jul 2000 17:31:38 -0500, Glenn McCorkle wrote:
>>> IMHO, this *is* a problem with Arachne.
>>> You see, by default Arachne is treating files without "content-type" as
>>> if they are text/plain.
>>> Again IMHO, they sould be treated as text/html
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