Re: Major problem with web interaction and FC6

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On Mon, 2006-11-20 at 17:15 +0000, Dan Track wrote:
> I'm trying to post a message to this site
> 
> http://www.la-samhna.de/forum/cgi-bin/wolfbbs_index.cgi
> 
> However, if I try and post I keep getting a Save Dialogue popping up.
> It basically means I can't use this website with FC6. If I download
> opera and run it with this website, the same thing happens, a save
> dialogue pops up. Its as though FC6 is trying to be clever and
> intercept the call to a cgi script. How can I fix this please? 

Sounds more like a stupidity with the webserver, that returns results
without a proper MIME type (e.g. such as text/html), so the web browser
is properly trying to save it rather than show it.

It's a common enough problem.  But since to test that theory, I'd have
to make a post to a website I have nothing to do with, I can't test it.
The site works, well enough, as far as reading content on it goes.

If the site is maintained by MSIE users, they mayn't notice this, as
that client is well-known for breaking the HTTP rules, and playing
guessing games about what to do with the data it receives.  And while
that might seem convenient, it isn't.  It leads to exploits within that
browser, and websites that don't work on browsers that work properly.

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