Force file download? Content-Disposition?

Hello,
I recently started using an X-Serve with OS X 10.4.8 installed.
This is my media server, and I'm trying to configure it to force a file download dialog when an mp3 file is pulled.
I used to do this by using an .htaccess file with the following:
<FilesMatch "*.mp3">
ForceType application/octet-stream
Header set Content-Disposition attachment
</FilesMatch>
But it doesn't seem to work now.
Do I have to add a new Content Handler? If so, what do I put to force a file download?
Thanks very much

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I have a user who was having trouble getting an Excel file to download properly. When she clicked on the web link created by my procedure, her Excel file would download all the columns into one field. For myself, and most other users, it downloads normally with all the columns and fields where they should be. She was also missing the prompt asking if you wanted to open or save the file. It was just downloading to Excel right away.
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