Downloading links don't open whereas no problem with surfing

i open a site. i click on the downloading links provided to download a video. it takes me to another page. but that does not open. some of these sites are rapidshare.com, filesonic.com, easyshare.com and uploading.com

I created a small website with a mp3 and a m4a file.
http://homepage.mac.com/detlefschmitt/m4a-test-site/index.html
Using the curl command I get the following result for m4a on the above website:
Content-Type: audio/x-m4a
Remember with the intranet website I got the following for m4a:
Content-Type: audio/mp4a-latm
With the mp3 file I get the same result as with my intranet website:
Content-Type: audio/mpeg
I am not having this problem only with my Intel-iMac. I have the same issue with my eMac. The m4a files from my intranet website download and do not play in the browser. On the other hand on my wife's PC the m4a files from my intranet website open and play with the Quicktime plug-in in the browser.
audio/x-m4a is listed among the Quicktime 7.1 plug-ins in Safari/Help/Installed Plug-ins. audio/mp4a-latm is not.
I have two tables of Quicktime 7.1 plug-ins in Safari/Help/Installed Plug-ins. Is that normal?
I played around with the "mimme.types" file in the private/etc/httpd folder. This is the same folder that contains the httpd.conf file. The mimme.types file contains audio/mp4a-latm but not audio/x-m4a. If I replace mp4a-latm with x-m4a followed by unselecting and reselecting Personal Web Sharing then I get the following result with the curl command:
Content-Type: text/plain
If I replace then x-m4a again with mp4a-latm I get the original curl result:
Content-Type: audio/mp4a-latm.
Mmm, I am pussled. I don't know enough yet to analyze correctly what is going on. I appreciate your help.

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