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    Default Powerpoint mime type showing incorrectly as

    In using CFFILE to handle an uploaded file a strange thing is happening with
    the MIME type. I was checking accepted types and included
    "application/vnd.ms-powerpoint" in the list. The odd thing is that any
    Powerpoint files come through with a MIME type of "octet-stream" and not
    "application/vnd.ms-powerpoint".

    Easy enough to work around but I was wondering if anyone else had experienced
    this?



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    Default Re: Powerpoint mime type showing incorrectly as

    Make sur eyou don't still have the file open on your desktop, or still locked
    by the O/S. I've noticed this happens a lot more to Mac users than Windows.

    "application/octet-stream" is an undetermined executable application type
    IIRC. Not something I have ever felt a desire to enable.

    --Matt--
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