Actually, the more specific issue is that web2py probably sends a "Cache-control:no-store" or "Cache-control:no-cache" header...
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323308 Richard On Oct 24, 10:52 am, horridohobbyist <horrido.hobb...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've discovered that when you download files over HTTPS, older > versions of Internet Explorer (< 9.0) choke. Since my website uses > SSL, this means that I can only support IE9. > > Is there a way to force web2py to download over HTTP? > > Thanks, > Richard