----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Sapiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tristan Colson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <mailman-users@python.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 7:48 PM Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman page won't display in browser (usingVPN)
> Tristan Colson wrote: > >>When I try to invoke our Mailman installation in a browser (Firefox, >>although it doesn't work in IE either), via our corporate VPN >>(Netscreen-Remote on Windows XP), instead of displaying the page in the >>browser, it attempts to download a file. >> I see the message: >>------------------------------------- >>You have chosen to open >> >>which is a: application/x-httpd-php >>from: http://mailman.ourcompany.com >> >>What should Firefox do with this file? >>-------------------------------------- >>(Note: the filename above is blank) >> >>Mailman works fine from directly within our network, it just doesn't >>work when I am using the VPN. I imagine it has more to do with the VPN >>than with Mailman, but so far Mailman is the only web application that >>behaves in this fashion, so I am looking for clues as to what might be >>causing this behaviour. Seems like some kind of weird MIME-type bug, but >>I'm not sure what (other PHP applications behave fine within our VPN). >> >>Would appreciate any clues... > > I don't know why this would happen with Mailman only, and it does seem > like a VPN issue or a VPN/web server integration issue. I've had similar experience from an improperly configured Apache httpd.conf when using SSL. I have no idea how that relates to a VPN, but the result was similar, ie it wanted to download a file, so I agree its probably a VPN/webserver issue. - John ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
