How to force apache2 to have .zip files downloaded in binary mode?

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    Hi all

    I have one file - some 100MB file size - to download. All firefox users download the file correctly in binary mode by default. However I have noticed that IE users - specially all newer IE versions - get a broken file with modified md2sum because IE appears to download .zip files in ASCII mode and thus destroying the compressed .zip archive.

    Is there a way to configure apache2 to force a download in binary mode by file extension ?
     
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    thanks for the link
    I am testing that solution just now and see after a few weeks if that solves the IE binary mode download or if IE still downloads .zip files in ASCII mode if apache compression disabled.
     
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    I have tested the mentioned method - it apparently does NOT force IE to download .zip files in binary mode. the md5sum still wrong=IE downloaded files corrupted vs ffx files perfect.
     
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    At least you know what you have to put into google search :p
     
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