A quick note for anyone running the NCSA httpd server from jazz (also of interest for anyone <like me> who's had trouble getting binaries from jazz...) If you plan on making binaries available from httpd, you should ensure that the files are served in binary mode. This is of no concern if you are downloading the files to another bytestream file system (Un*x, HP-UX, or MPE/iX) directly since they come out the same way they go in, but if you are using Netscape/Mosaic/etc from a PC it spells trouble. It will appear to work, but when you get the file on the host, it is toast. It's the same problem as FTP'ing a binary file without setting binary mode first. So what's going on? httpd sends the client a "Content-type:" tag to identify items. The item type can be inferred from the file extension, and a configurable table of MIME types and file extensions is kept in httpd_1.3/conf/mime.types If there is no match, httpd serves "Content-type: text/plain". In the jazz distribution, there were no definitions for .Z (compressed) or .R (Ryder) extensions, among others. I would suggest you change the following line in httpd_1.3/conf/mime.types: application/octet-stream bin to something more like: application/octet-stream bin wrq pub Z R After this change, Netscape (and others) will give you a save dialog automatically (no shift-click needed) and it will be in binary mode. I forwarded this earlier to the jazz folks, if you have had trouble getting binaries from there in the past, you might try again later after they've had time to fix it (or else download from a Un*x box!). [\] Jeff Kell, [log in to unmask]