Logging into Local Statusnet instance on Apache causes browser to download a file

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Published on 2010-04-27T16:15:20Z Indexed on 2010/04/27 16:23 UTC
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I've installed statusnet 0.9.1 on a Windows Server via the WAMP stack and on the whole it seems to be fine.

However, when logging in using IE7 or Chrome the browers invoke a file download, i.e. the File Download dialog is displayed. In IE7 the file is called notice with the content below (some parts starred out):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<OpenSearchDescription xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">
    <ShortName>Mumble Notice Search</ShortName>
    <Contact>david.carson@*****.com</Contact>
    <Url type="text/html" method="get" template="http://voice.*****.com/mumble/search/notice?q={searchTerms}"></Url>
    <Image height="16" width="16" type="image/vnd.microsoft.icon">http://voice.*****.com/mumble/favicon.ico</Image>
    <Image height="50" width="50" type="image/png">http://voice.******.com/mumble/theme/cloudy/logo.png</Image>
    <AdultContent>false</AdultContent>
    <Language>en_GB</Language>
    <OutputEncoding>UTF-8</OutputEncoding>
    <InputEncoding>UTF-8</InputEncoding>
</OpenSearchDescription>

In Chrome (Linux and Windows!) the file is called people and contains similar XML.

This is not an issue when logging in using FireFox.

This is obviously a configuration issue but I'm not having much luck tracking it down. I tested the previous version of Statusnet on an Ubuntu Server VM on our network and it worked fine for months.

Thanks In Advance

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