In article <[log in to unmask]>,
Wirt Atmar  <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> MSIE also observes that MIME-type information, if it is there, but beginning
> with 5.0, they started doing something enormously smarter. They simply
> associate an application with its file type extension and thus the server
> tables don't need to be modified at all.

That is *not* better. By allowing the file extension to override the MIME
type, they opened up a whole new class of viral attacks in Outlook Express
(which uses the rendering engine from IE). If your webhosting company doesn't
allow you to specify a MIME type, you have two options:

        1. Get a better hosting company.
        2. Write a helper CGI application that provides the right MIME type.

I've done both. Either is better than associating a file type in Windows
and letting that take over IE.

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