[Xitami] targeting file downloads

[Michael diLorenzo]

On Tue, 07 Jun 2005 21:39:21 +0200, Martin Bleisteiner  
<martin@bleisteiner.net> wrote:

>
>>>> Why not use a ftp link insted of a http link to the file.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> An ftp link will open the file the same way an http link will.
>>>
>>>
>> What a strange browser your visitors must be using; an FTP server has no
>> capability of sending a Content-Type header, so it's purely a binary (or
>> text) stream to the client end.
>> A browser has absolutely no right to invent its own concept of a
>> Content-Type, *especially* when acting as an FTP client.
>>

I hadn't actually considered whether or not a browser has rights.   
Nevertheless, I'm running xitami as a web and file server, and an http  
link and ftp link to the same image produce exactly the same results on  
the two browsers I use.  I dare say that these two browsers constitute a  
majority of visitors to my sites.

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