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# Whaaaat? No, the image shows up fine
But when I check the properties, it says it's called snail_mobile_weeny.TXT!

It says it's a TXT file!
(I helped save b3ta! Digeridude Lord Wellington's Beef Trapeze, Wed 24 Sep 2003, 21:58, archived)
# i've added a bit more at the bottom
it's a good job you used a new thread to ask this, the catastrophe of doing it as a threadjack is too hot to think about
(I helped save b3ta! Sunshine Elephant, Wed 24 Sep 2003, 21:59, archived)
# Using a htaccess file
you can tell your webserver to treat a ".txt" file as a ".jpg".
(I helped save b3ta! dogsbollocks, Wed 24 Sep 2003, 21:59, archived)
# yes
the computer is smarter than you
(I helped save b3ta! kitty meow meow, Wed 24 Sep 2003, 21:59, archived)
# You just change the extension
that way, hosts that don't allow hotlinking to images ignore it, thinking that it's a text file.
(I helped save b3ta! HP hasn't been here in aaaaaages, Wed 24 Sep 2003, 21:59, archived)
# Ahhhhhhhh
finally, some sense.
(I helped save b3ta! Digeridude Lord Wellington's Beef Trapeze, Wed 24 Sep 2003, 22:00, archived)