Re: Forcing Browser to Download text file created on the fly

Danny J. Sohier (dsohier@bibl.ulaval.ca)
Tue, 05 May 1998 10:15:33 -0400 

At 19:18 98/05/04 -0700, you wrote:
>I've found that the best type for this is
>	application/octet-stream
>
>This has always prompted a file save-as dialog in my experience.
>
>

Yup, I agree. I,ve been using that MIME type for 4 years now to
force a download of a text file.

Danny
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