Denis Jedig wrote: > Internet Explorer seems to take no offense on Content-Types either - > text/plain from a web server is happily rendered as HTML, if it contains > valid tags. This has been its /modus operandi/ for over four years: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;239750 Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 239750 "Text/Plain" Content-Type Header Field Is Ignored SYMPTOMS Internet Explorer may not use the "Text/Plain" Content-Type header field to properly open a text file on a Web site. For example, if a text file has an extension commonly associated with an executable binary file, Internet Explorer may try to run the text file instead of opening it as text. ... STATUS Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. -- Stephen Cope - http://sdc.org.nz/