Linking to a vCard file in Firefox

I just tried to add a link to download a vCard (.vcf) file -
seems to work fine in Internet Explorer, but in Firefox, it just
shows up in the browser window like a text file.
http://www.kameli.com/tcleaves.html
i've seen other websites where you can download the .vcf file
fine in Firefox.
how can I fix this? is there something I can add to my code
to tell the browser how to handle the file type?

http://webapps.csuci.edu/directory/vcardinfo.htm
BullocksTroy skrev:
> I just tried to add a link to download a vCard (.vcf)
file - seems to work fine
> in Internet Explorer, but in Firefox, it just shows up
in the browser window
> like a text file. i've seen other websites where you can
download the .vcf
> file fine in Firefox. how can I fix this? is there
something I can add to my
> code to tell the browser how to handle the file type?
>
>
Kim
http://www.geekministry.com

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