Problems downloading 2.4.5

2000-02-17 Thread SysAdmin, dte.net
Is it just me, or is something wrong with the tar/gzip download for MHonARC 2.4.5? When I try, I download a 2.5Mb file (instead of the 500k it's supposed to be) that gzip doesn't recognize. Any ideas?

Re: MHonArc: The reason that .zip no longer available

2000-02-17 Thread Gerry Hickman
Hello Earl, I would like to phase out the use of .zip for the following main reason: it is less efficient at compressing data than the other formats. The .zip file is always around 60% larger than tar/gz. Personally I think it's a bad idea, especially as creating a zip is very quick and

Re: Problems downloading 2.4.5

2000-02-17 Thread SysAdmin, dte.net
On February 17, 2000 at 15:34, "SysAdmin, dte.net" wrote: Is it just me, or is something wrong with the tar/gzip download for MHonARC 2.4.5? When I try, I download a 2.5Mb file (instead of the 500k it's supposed to be) that gzip doesn't recognize. Any ideas? I just downloaded it from

Re: MHonArc: The reason that .zip no longer available

2000-02-17 Thread Earl Hood
On February 18, 2000 at 00:34, Gerry Hickman wrote: I would like to phase out the use of .zip for the following main reason: it is less efficient at compressing data than the other formats. The .zip file is always around 60% larger than tar/gz. Personally I think it's a bad idea,

Re: Problems downloading 2.4.5

2000-02-17 Thread Earl Hood
On February 17, 2000 at 17:39, "SysAdmin, dte.net" wrote: I just downloaded it from work, and had no problems. Try downloading from CPAN, http://www.perl.com/CPAN/authors/id/EHOOD/. Sorry, that URL gives a 404 error. :( Hmmm, works for me. Could be you have a nack of hitting servers

Re: news and mhonarc

2000-02-17 Thread Earl Hood
On February 17, 2000 at 00:00, Andreas Vogt wrote: I already read, it's possible to do so. First ties with suck and mhonarc were ok. I am assuming "suck" is a program. Interesting name choice. Now - I'd like to get archives for every newsgroup (out of about 20). So - must I run mhonarc

Re: Problems downloading 2.4.5

2000-02-17 Thread SysAdmin, dte.net
Sorry, that URL gives a 404 error. :( Hmmm, works for me. Could be you have a nack of hitting servers when they are having problems. I think you're right... Hit it again and went straight to it - Jeesh! Thanks for such a great program, Manuel

Re: Problems downloading 2.4.5

2000-02-17 Thread Nathaniel Irons
On 2/17/2000 at 6:24 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Earl Hood) wrote: Hmmm, works for me. Could be you have a nack of hitting servers when they are having problems. He probably included the period at the end of your sentence. Try this: http://www.perl.com/CPAN/authors/id/EHOOD/ -nat