DMS not supported on server

[madsjm]

Microsoft's web server Internet Information Services 6 is pretty much locked down out of the box.
Just a couple of extensions (mime types) are open for download.
This can be changed easily, but has to be done by the server administrators.
The situation you are describing sounds like a typical IIS6 question. Only zip files can be downloaded, not dms, lzx, lha etc. These file types will just return a 404 File Not Found.

Of course I have no idea what web server they are running, nor do I have any interest to check it.  :-)

Edit: I couldn't help it, I had to check. And it's an IIS server.

[madsjm]

@LoadWB: This wasn't implemented until IIS6.
You need to enable all unknown extensions or add a mime type for dms in order to be able to download it.

If you haven't seen this, install IIS6 and try it out of the box. Previous versions didn't have this feature.
If you have been using IIS6 without seeing this behaviour, I guess your hosting company has allowed all extensions. It has to be explicitly enabled.

I have the same problem with my hosting company, by the way. But they were good enough to enable a number of file types which I wanted to provide for download.

[madsjm]

@LoadWB: I'm giving you the chance to experience this feature for the first time in your life!  :lol:
Try downloading http://www.sprocket.no/devilscolors.dms

I assure you it's there.  :-)

[madsjm]

@meega: It isn't all that bad, security wise. IIS6 is waay more secure and stable than its predecessors, and is pretty much locked down out of the box.
You then have the possibility to open for whatever features you want, instead of having an insecure web server, and then trying to make it more safe by disabling things.

Pretty much the same feature was available in earlier versions by using the IIS Lockdown tool.