Hello Matt

On 07-Jan-02, you wrote:

> 
>> Why don't you who is so smart please take the time to explain WHERE the
>> problem is.
> 
> Nobody listens even if I do. Why should I bother?

Maybe it is in the way you explain it.

> 
>> My problem is that .lzx files go to a different place than .lha   
>> YET both file type settings in MIME PREFS are the same.
> 
> What is this "same place"?

That is not a good question.   I didn't say they went to the same place.  I
said they went to DIFFERENT places.

> The files are dealt with based on mimetype. This is trusting the server.

So if I do what everyone else has been saying and disabling mimetype sent by
server, where does that put me?

If it has any effect on how they are handled, the question remains:  Why do
.lzx files get put in a different place to .lha and .lzh

> If application/x-lha files are sent as application/octet-stream they will
> be dealt with by that mime class and that specific type: only if there
> is no mime sent or V ignores them does it match on extension.
> 
> It is not infallible a system. IE had a major bug patched a few weeks
> ago which came from over-trusting of mimetypes. There's simply nothing
> you can do about it..

Granted.  But as I said above:  I have the setting telling Voyager to IGNORE
MIME TYPES set.


 
Regards
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Andrew Bruno
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