Re: TXT or HTML? -- IE NEW BUG

[Stephen Cope <mail-e-e4f9ad24cc1631d595 () kimihia org nz>]

cr4zybird wrote:
: TXT or HTML? -- IE NEW BUG

Na, old. IE likes to interpret files based on extension, rather than MIME
type, as specified in Content-* response headers.

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q258/4/52.asp

I believe it is to cover over errors made by some server admins in 
configuring their servers. However to become compliant, one should fix the
problem, NOT work around it. For in that way lies bloat.

: vulnerable programs:
: IE4 ,IE5 ,IE5,IE6 ,Microsoft Word ,Microsoft 
: Excel,Microsoft PowerPoint, 

IE4 is atrocious. I have a particular file that appears to have a .txt
extension but is intentionally forced to an 
application/x-you-gotta-be-kidding (or similiar) MIME type. IE4 interprets
it as HTML.

IIRC IE5.5/Win asks you to save it to disk.

: description:
: IE doesn't recognize the extensions of files, which 
: may contain some html 

The opposite: it ignores the Content-Type and acts on the extension.

-- 
Stephen Cope - http://sdc.org.nz/