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RE: Plain text files in internet explorer
From: "Alan Ramsbottom" <alancr () ntlworld com>
Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2002 14:47:20 +0100
John Hennessy [mailto:johnh () charm net wrote:
Is it just me or is impossible to have plain text in internet explorer?
It's everyone. Read all about it (datasniffing) here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/networking/m oniker/overview/appendix_a.asp "A MIME type is ambiguous if it is 'text/plain', 'application/octet-stream', an empty string, or null (that is, the server failed to provide it)." "If the server-provided MIME type is either known or ambiguous, the buffer is scanned in an attempt to verify or obtain a MIME type from the actual content. If a positive match is found (one of the hard-coded tests succeeded), this MIME type is immediately returned as the final determination, overriding the server-provided MIME type (this type of behavior is necessary to identify a .gif file being sent as text/html)." -Alan-
Current thread:
- Plain text files in internet explorer John Hennessy (Aug 31)
- RE: Plain text files in internet explorer Alan Ramsbottom (Sep 01)
- RE: Plain text files in internet explorer Bernie Cosell (Sep 01)
- Re: Plain text files in internet explorer Magnus Bodin (Sep 02)
- Re: Plain text files in internet explorer Dan Kaminsky (Sep 02)
- Re: Plain text files in internet explorer Philip Rowlands (Sep 02)
- Re: Plain text files in internet explorer Dan Kaminsky (Sep 03)
- Re: Plain text files in internet explorer Helmut Springer (Sep 03)
- Re: Plain text files in internet explorer Marc Slemko (Sep 03)
- Re: Plain text files in internet explorer Daniel Newby (Sep 04)
- RE: Plain text files in internet explorer Bernie Cosell (Sep 01)
- RE: Plain text files in internet explorer Alan Ramsbottom (Sep 01)
- GIFs Good, Flash Executable Bad [Was: Plain text files in internet explorer] Roland Postle (Sep 02)
- RE: GIFs Good, Flash Executable Bad [Was: Plain text files in internet explorer] Jason Coombs (Sep 03)