Sending a file to IE using SSL
I keep coming across this one, so I'm noting it here so I can find it again. Internet Explorer doesn't like certain headers related to caching when you send it a file from an SSL site. The Microsoft knowledge base article, Internet Explorer is unable to open Office documents from an SSL Web site explains the problem quite well: When you attempt to open or download a Microsoft Office document (.doc file, .xls file, .ppt… continue reading.