We had the absolutely same problem with a PHP script that generates a
file on the fly, and tries to push it down. Works in Navigator, doesn't
in IE. We tried different combinations of headers and MIME types
but nothing worked. It seems IE is dumb enough to look at the URL
first, and then the contents of the file, but not the MIME type. If you
browse microsoft's site, the actually have a write-up on how IE does it.
The only work-around we came up with (which is in my opinion very lame, but
because our customers use IE...) is to write a temporary file to disk,
redirect the client to that file. Then, delete all temp files that are at
least 5 minutes old.
On Tue, Aug 15, 2000 at 12:36:40AM -0400, Yuan P Li wrote:
> Thanks a lot.
>
> It indeed works with Netscape. But it does not work with MSIE 5.0.
> I upgraded to MSIE 5.5 (on Win2000) it still does not work.
>
> The File Download dialog box comes up fine. But when I choose a file
> name, and click OK, IE says:
> Cannot download ... from ...
> The requested site is unavailable or not found.
>
> Sincerely,
> Yuan
>
>
> > On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, Yuan P Li wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I cannot download attached files with sqwebmail 0.99 and Apache-SSL.
> > > The error message is the "page not found". Any idea why or what to
> > > check?
> >
> > You are probably using a broken version of MSIE. Upgrade.
> >
> > --
> > Sam
> >
> >
