File does not begin with '%PDF-' error

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From: Adam_McKinnon
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:22

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I'm having some issues accessing a .PDF off of a website. When I click the link to download it, I receive the error prompt "File does not begin with '%PDF-'". Other .PDFs on the website can be download and read fine, however no matter what I try this one file won't open.

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Adobe Reader 7.0 (version 7.0.7)
WinXP SP 2, IE 6.0.2900

Additionally, when I view the .PDF when it's e-mailed to me, I can open it fine. It's only if I try to view the file through my IE browser that this error occurs. Sure enough, if I open the e-mailed (functional) .PDF in MS Word, the file starts with %PDF, but if I download the PDF through IE and attempt to open it outside of the web browser, it still fails. Opening -this- copy in MS Word confirms that no %PDF tag exists at the start of the file.

What could be causing this problem?

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