I recently put together a web page specifically to make available some files for a distant friend - they were 10 files created by a splitter program from one very large (7M) jpeg.

I used <A href="localfilename"> image </a> but when I tested it I found IE tried very hard to interpret the files in an attempt to display them. It tried to display the 1st file (which contained the original file jpeg header info) despite being called colin.jpg.001

My question is, is there a way in html to cause a file to be downloaded that specifically instructs the browser to make no attempt at displaying it, but just to offer it for download?

E.g. if I referenced a file called image.jpg the browser would (quite correctly) display the image therein, but suppose I wanted it to just be downloaded, not displayed?

I note that any file with the .zip extension is left alone by IE and immediately offerred for download. Is this what we have to do in every case just to get the browser to ignore the file contents?