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How NOT to cahce downloads

How do I prevent downloads from being cached when they are downloaded from
my site ?

These are files of type pdf, zip, exe

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Michael Tissington
http://www.oaklodge.com
http://www.sqlview.net
Dec 6 '05 #1
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A cludge is to play around with the MIME Header.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/247389/EN-US/
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Cheers

Chris Crowe [IIS MVP 1997 -> 2006]
http://blog.crowe.co.nz
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How do I prevent downloads from being cached when they are downloaded from
my site ?

These are files of type pdf, zip, exe

--
Michael Tissington
http://www.oaklodge.com
http://www.sqlview.net

Dec 6 '05 #2
Thanks, just what I need.

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Michael Tissington
http://www.oaklodge.com
http://www.sqlview.net
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A cludge is to play around with the MIME Header.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/247389/EN-US/
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Cheers

Chris Crowe [IIS MVP 1997 -> 2006]
http://blog.crowe.co.nz
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"Michael Tissington" <mt*********@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
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How do I prevent downloads from being cached when they are downloaded
from my site ?

These are files of type pdf, zip, exe

--
Michael Tissington
http://www.oaklodge.com
http://www.sqlview.net


Dec 6 '05 #3

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