[Spambayes] Unable to download zipped copy of Spambayes from any ofyour sites

[Seth Goodman]

I just tested this and the download from SourceForge works properly using
Firefox without resorting to the trick you mentioned.  I downloaded both the
.zip and the .exe and was able to open the .zip with no errors.  My setup is
Windows2K SP4 with Firefox 1.04.

I don't recall having any SourceForge download problems with earlier version
of Firefox, though I can't definitely say I have done it.  So we can't tell
if this is a Firefox pre-1.04 version problem or a Firefox on WinXP
(guessing from Jacob's screen shot) problem.  At any rate, it's worth a try
with Firefox 1.04, if you aren't already using it.  I don't have any WinXP
machines here, so I can't test this.  If Firefox 1.04 has this problem on
WinXP but not on Win2K, that's probably worth a Firefox bug report.

Seth

> -----Original Message-----
> From: spambayes-bounces at python.org
> [mailto:spambayes-bounces at python.org]On Behalf Of Sean Covel
> Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 7:21 PM
> To: Tony Meyer
> Cc: 'Busby, Jacob'; spambayes at python.org
> Subject: Re: [Spambayes] Unable to download zipped copy of Spambayes
> from any ofyour sites
>
>
> If you are using Firefox there is a problem with Firefox and
> SourceForge.  I run into this all the time.  You actually downloaded the
> HTML page for SourceForge's odd download scheme.
>
> To work around it, right-click the download link and select "open link
> in a new tab."  The typical SourceForge download (select your default
> mirror blah blah) will appear in the new tab, and the download will begin.
>
> Sean