IE6 doesn't display MHT files

altamir · May 6, 2004

Hello!

I've got a huge problem viewing MHT (Web Archive) files in IE6, which are
placed on the http server, for instace:

<html>
....
<a href="http://sampledomain.com/info.mht">Show info</a>
....
</html>

I've asked few users with IE6 to test it and this is what they get after
clicking on 'Show info' link:

1) everything is fine - browser renders info.mht correctly
2) browser shows info.mht source code
3) browser shows rectangle with a red cross, just like when image is not
present

What's interesting, when they save info.mht on their local hard drive and
run it under Windows Explorer everything is fine.

I would be very grateful for any help.

Jukka K. Korpela · May 6, 2004

altamir said:
<a href="http://sampledomain.com/info.mht">Show info</a>

I get "Unable to connect to remote host."

Please do not use forged domain names. In examples, use the .example
pseudo-domain if needed. If you want real help, post the real URL.

(I suspect wrong HTTP headers. But this is just a guess until we get the
URL.)

Toby A Inkster · May 6, 2004

altamir said:
1) everything is fine - browser renders info.mht correctly
2) browser shows info.mht source code

At a guess, wrong MIME type.

Mark Parnell · May 6, 2004

At a guess, wrong MIME type.

Since when does IE pay attention to the mime type?

Daniel R. Tobias · May 7, 2004

altamir said:
I've got a huge problem viewing MHT (Web Archive) files in IE6, which are
placed on the http server, for instace:

What do other browsers (e.g., Mozilla) do with that file?

altamir · May 7, 2004

Please do not use forged domain names. In examples, use the .example
pseudo-domain if needed. If you want real help, post the real URL.
Ok.

(I suspect wrong HTTP headers. But this is just a guess until we get the
URL.)

Wish I could, but it's an intranet system.

altamir · May 7, 2004

(e-mail address removed) (Daniel R. Tobias) wrote in

What do other browsers (e.g., Mozilla) do with that file?

Mozilla shows source code.

altamir · May 7, 2004

Since when does IE pay attention to the mime type?

It does in a special way

See 'MIME Type Detection in Internet Explorer' at http://tinyurl.com/ovi7
I've read this and think that I have to change something in the Windows
registry. I'd rather have a software to convert MHT (MHTML) files to DOCs
or PDFs.

Neal · May 7, 2004

Wish I could, but it's an intranet system.

Then post a dummy somewhere. Really. How does the mechanic fix your car
through Usenet without actually seeing it??

altamir · May 7, 2004

Then post a dummy somewhere. Really.

I cannot put it 'somewhere' because it would be totally different
environment.

Toby A Inkster · May 8, 2004

Mark said:
Since when does IE pay attention to the mime type?

Most of the time -- just not all of the time.

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