In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >True, but not really relevant. The MIME type returned by the server >determines if the client sees the deb as text or not. Contact the server >admins and have them add entries to mime.types.
Only applies if http is used. If some other protocol (eg ftp) is used (possibly via http proxy), the server cannot return a MIME type. I don't know how good programs (eg Lynx and Squid) are at determining the file type by the extension. Unfortunately, the original poster failed to specify how the file is downloaded. -- Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
