[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by AlexanderT

I installed the hack ( *installed* ) and am very happy with it. I have one question though:

I added a link to an external file (from another site). When a uses clicks on the link to download the file, he cannot see the original site. Fine. But does that mean that all filedownloads are "proxied" from the original site to my site and then from my site to the user? Like this:

file -> my site -> user

If this is the case, wouldn't it generate unnecessary traffic for my site on all external filedownloads?

It depends, and it also depends what you mean by unnecessary. If the entry has a recognised mimetype (recognised = defined in the main vb admincp), then the file is successively read and transferred on to the end user. If it does not have a recognised mimetype (e.g. is just a link), then the code executes a standard redirect, and there should be no traffic through your site.

As for unnecessary, I'm open to suggestions of other ways of handling the process in a way that will work reliably.