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From: Crown (all posts)
Date: 1999-06-14
Subject: RE: your mail

Hi,

> > He can't say much,he tried the them out befor he uploaded them on the
> > net.But he wrote you may try it with Internet Explorer 3 (don't know
> > why) So, that's all. I'll be off for the summerholidays, (if someone
> > cares about that),but this week you can write an answer,I'll be here.
>
> It could be that the HTTP server sends a wrong Content-Type header for the
> files, e.g. "Content-Type: text/plain". In that case Netscape will show
> the file on the screen by default. Even worse, the Windows version of
> Netscape 3 (and maybe others) will always mangle such files with LF->CR+LF
> conversion, no matter how you try to save the file. With Lynx or with the
> X11 version of Netscape there aren't any such problems.
You can fix this problem, if this is the case, one such program which reverses the LF->CR+LF translations back to LF can be found at:
http://www.free-music.com/uncook95.htm

But it's easier if you use a program which downloads the files correctly.
I prefer Netvampire as it is free, and very powerful.
http://www.netvampire.com

Tibor Biczo