Re: communicator 4.6 - ftp bug

[Andreas Voegele <andreas.voegele@gmx.de>]

    > Now it downloads the sane diff file as 17KB compressed, but I
    > have to add the .gz suffix to the filename in the netscape
    > dialog or rename after.  Netscape seems to insist on stripping
    > the extension.

    > This is closer. Can anyone improve this?

Add the following line to your X resources file:

Netscape*encodingFilters:

I got this from http://help.netscape.com/kb/client/index.html. Search
for "How do I prevent Netscape from automatically unzipping .gz files?".

I don't know if setting this resource really disables decompression
but, at least, it seems to make sure that the extension is kept.