wonderings

I am having a problem with the files I download from my rogers yahoo webmail. All the files I download get there names changed to "securedownload" with no extension. It only happens from rogers yahoo webmail. I have not changed any settings in my webmail preferences and have been using it for at least 3 years. I am using Safari V 3.0.3 with OS 10.4.10

thanks

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TrevX

Did this just recently start happening? The way downloads like that work is the web server needs to tell the browser what kind of file is being sent (image, program, document, etc). These are known as MIME types. If this information is not sent to the browser then it wont know what kind of file it is or what to do with it. If this just started happening then its likely something has changed on Rogers' end. You could try setting Safari to pose as IE, because Rogers may be specifically looking for IE when it initiates a file transfer causing Safari to not work properly with the process. It could also be a bug in Safari. Try another browser and see if that works.

Trev

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nick24

I have had this issue too, but just for some files. From the top of my head, I think .jpgs are causing the problem. If I recall correctly, a movie (.avi maybe) opened fine, even though it was simply labelled "securedownload" whereas .jpgs would not open.

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