Re: Plain text files in internet explorer

["byron" <vulndev () glob com au>]

> Is it just me or is impossible to have plain text in internet explorer?
> http://www.charm.net/~johnh/annoying.txt

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q239750&ID=KB;EN-US;Q2
39750&FR=1


i find it strange that ie has 26 hard coded tests to determine the mime type
of a document (see
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/networking/moniker
/overview/appendix_a.asp) with no means to disable these tests except for
text/plain.


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