text/download MIME type?

[Peter Murray]

--On Sun, Aug 24, 1997 2:15 AM -0700 "Genny Engel" <gen at dla.ucop.edu>
wrote: 
> I've seen some mention here of download problems but I don't think I've
> seen anything on a possible text/download MIME type.  Is anyone pursuing
> this?  Would anyone else be interested in doing so?  Any tips on getting
> MIME types approved?

Can you use something like "application/octet-stream"?  I think most
browsers handle that by prompting the user where to save the file.


Peter
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