what is wrong with my konqueror/kmail settings?

[Daniel Pittman]

"Donatas G." <dgvirtual at akl.lt> writes:

> when I click a link with a deb, like this one, in my mail (kmail) window:
> http://rkward.sourceforge.net/temp/rkward_0.4.9gutsy1-1_i386.deb
>
> I get the binary file opened within Konqueror window with this warning message 
> popping up:
>
> The file http://rkward.sourceforge.net/temp/rkward_0.4.9gutsy1-1_i386.deb is a 
> binary, saving it will result in a corrupt file.
>
> All I intend is to get the file to download...
>
> Could somebody explain, what is wrong with my settings?

Nothing; the server is wrong: it tells the web browser that file
contains plain text, not binary data.  As a result Konqueror does the
right thing and displays it -- but warns you about the problem.

Either use wget on the command link to download it, or right-click on
the URL and save the target of the link to disk directly.  That should
resolve your issue.

(Complain to the maintainer of the website in question if you want this
 actually fixed, since it is their bug.)

Regards,
        Daniel
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