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Re: HTTP header suggestion/request

From: Kevin J. Dyer <kjd4951@aries1.draper.com>
Date: Fri, 08 Nov 1996 07:30:31 -0500
To: Koen Holtman <koen@win.tue.nl>, MegaZone <megazone@livingston.com>, http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <9611080730.ZM25935@aries1.draper.com>
X-Mailing-List: <http-wg@cuckoo.hpl.hp.com> archive/latest/1889
On Nov 8,  4:16am, Koen Holtman wrote:
> Subject: Re: HTTP header suggestion/request
> MegaZone:
> >
> >I would like to suggest a new header for HTTP/1.1:
> >Save-As:
>
> There already is an ad-hoc standard for it:
>
>   Content-type:        application/octet-stream
>   Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="fname.ext"
>
  What UAs support this?  Or are you supplying a "plug-in" to the UA?

  I've been having trouble with NS trying to name files with characters that
the UA end OS can not deal with.  I tried RFC1806 without any success.

Any ideas?

[Snip]...
> >-MZ
>
> Koen.
>
>-- End of excerpt from Koen Holtman



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