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FTP Problem in IE6

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by kadir

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I am trying to give a link to a zip file through ftp and want the browser (IE or Netscape) to ask the user password.The link is as below:
ftp://user@www.xxx.org/file.zip

There is no problem in Netscape. It prompts for the password, and if the correct one is entered, it automatically displays open/save dialog box for the zip file. However, in IE6/IE5.5, if the above link is given, it just cant display the page.
is there a solution to this problem?
TIA,,

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by gperrie

if you leave out the user@ part of the URL does it not offer a pop up box asking for both the username & password? Is this suitable?

Gavin

by idtent

I don't know if you can get IE to prompt for a password but once the address is entered and you get the error message you can go to File and then choose log in.

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