general/3803: Downloading Excel Files via Apache leads to corruption

[Matthew Keller <ke...@potsdam.edu>]

>Number:         3803
>Category:       general
>Synopsis:       Downloading Excel Files via Apache leads to corruption
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Jan 31 09:40:01 PST 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     keller57@potsdam.edu
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.3.4
>Environment:
Windown NT Server 4.0 SP3, SP4, Windows 98 - Binary release
>Description:
I have reproduced this problem in 1.3.3 and 1.3.4 on Windows NT Server 4.0 SP3, SP4 and Windows 98.
Excel files that are downloaded via Apache, come down corrupted, and Excel chokes on opening them. MS Word, Access, Corel Wordperfect, Quattro Pro, and many other formats work fine.
This is a follow up and confirmation to PR#3368. I'll be trying this in Linux within the next couple days.
>How-To-Repeat:
Throw an Excel file into webspace, and try to download it.
>Fix:

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