Using the 'classic template' one can click on a link to
view a file attached to an issue, but a typical 'save
target as' does not work; one is told the link does not
exist. If one does not have the intended processing
tool such as Word on the browsing machine, there
appears to be no meaningful way to proceed. 

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I have no idea why "save target as" wouldn't work as the URL to 
the file is not special in any way. What browser are you using? 
 
Could you paste the actual URL that Roundup is generating for 
the file download here? 

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what is the content type of your file?

popular browsers usually display the content that can be
handled by themselves, and open 'save as' dialog for files
they wasn't told to handle.

when you upload a file to roundup, content type is guessed
on file extension, but you can change that - there is "edit"
link in the issue file list.

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for example a xml file with mozilla (1.6b and 1.7.0)
content-type: text/xml
link: /filennn/xyz.xml

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Uwe, I'm not sure what you comment is trying to say... 

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:-)

if you are using a mozilla browser and use the (right click)
menue 
"save link target as" a dialog shows  up with the message
"The link could not be saved. The web page might have been
removed
or had its name changed." 
This behaviour shows up with text/xml files 

log file of server:

127.0.0.1 - - [19/Jul/2004 12:10:52] code 501, message
Unsupported method
('HEAD')
127.0.0.1 - - [19/Jul/2004 12:10:52] "HEAD
/test_tracker/file149/TEST.XML HTTP/1.1" 501

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Huh. That was unexpected. The server responds with error code 
501, as it should, but Mozilla (and IE, it seems) don't care. 
 
HEAD support will be in 0.7.6.