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- >>>>> "Jeff" == Jeffrey R Gilmour <gilmour@zipnet.net> writes:
-
- Jeff> Here's a problem I can't figure out; it didn't use to
- Jeff> happen, but now it won't go away. Whenever I download a Mac
- Jeff> file via Netscape it always shows a normal download
- Jeff> (i.e. from 0 - 100% completion). However, the file is
- Jeff> always about 3/4 the size it's supposed to be. This is only
- Jeff> a problem with Mac files, as DOS & Linux files download
- Jeff> perfectly. I guess I should point out that I'm using
- Jeff> Netscape on a Linux box & using E/L. Any help is greatly
- Jeff> appreciated.
-
- Netscape is trying to be helpful, but like most PC software it doesn't
- understand Mac files very well. The fix is to adjust your mime.types
- file, adding the "hqx" to the "application/octet-stream" line. So
- you'll have something like this:
-
- application/octet-stream bin hqx exe com tgz gz tar
-
- That's what mine looks like. That will tell Netscape to treat it as
- straight data and not try to do anything with it. You can find the
- mime.types file Netscape is reading by looking at Options -- General
- Preferences -- Helpers.
-
- --
- Melissa Algeo
- melissa@ardi.com
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-