On Fri, 29 Nov 2002, Gregor Jones wrote: --------snip-----------
>> Errr, no, you managed to confuse a lot of software by creating a gzipped >> file that had the wrong file extension on it. Seems like most software >> detected it as a gzipped file, but only some automatically gunzipped it, >> and did it without asking. > I did not create a Gzipped file. > The file on the site IS a Dos executable. I confirm this...it is NOT a .gz file... Apparently, angelfire detects the Lynx or NS or Mozilla browsers as being able to automagically gunzip, so it compresses the file, "on the fly" and expects the user to have set that browser up to automagically gunzip. Arachne has NO builtin capability to seamlessly gunzip and angelfire detects that and sends the raw file, uncompressed. So, the problem is (1) angelfire automagically compressing the file when it detects a browser it knows is configurable for auto-gunzip, and (2) users of such browsers not configuring their auto-gunzip capable browsers to actually do that auto-gunzip. It is not Glenn's fault. .....gregy -- This mail was sent by a user of Arachne - The Ultimate Internet Client
