Re: FTP ASCII/BINARY problem

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> >
> > If I download a binary file by ftp in netscape 4.5 under win95,
> > the file is loaded as ASCII (which is useless) when reading through
> > squid,
> > and BINARY (which is what I want) with direct internet connection.
> >
>
> They probably have different media type maps. You need to tell the
> squid server about the media type for the file extension in question
> by adding it to the mime.conf file. NB. You should be able to tell
> if squid is going to do it wrong by looking at the icon.

I don't understand this; why is it different from the user's point
of view whether or not his request from netscape goes through squid?

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> Alternatively, use an RFC 1738 type code (";type=i" in this case, I
> think).

I can't. I have no control over the site from which the download
takes place.

Mogens

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