On Sat, 13 Oct 2001 09:33:59 -0400 (EDT), Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Oct 2001, sodjiin wrote: >> S> Hmmm... Did msie5 actually display the images, or >> S> did it just allow you to download them for later >> S> viewing? If msie can view them, I wonder why Arachne >> S> can't. ;-) >> It showed the .png and the .gif but asked to save/open the .bmp. > Ah, yes. Now I recall that MSIE identifies file type > by extension while Arachne uses mime type sent in the > http header. What does msie do with these...??? http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/j-not-g.gif (is really a JPG) http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/g-not-j.jpg (is really a GIF) Since they have the wrong file extensions.... The server will send the wrong "content-type". For this reason. Taking either of those links with Arachne will simply result in a "red box with URL in it". -- Glenn http://arachne.cz/ http://freedos-32.sourceforge.net/ http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/ http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/download.htm
