I am willing to collaborate in whatever it is to find the cause of this strange problem. Unfortunately I do not have any experience on perl, I have seen the sources and the code is really complex ...
On 9/17/08, ACCMAIL automatic digest system <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are 4 messages totalling 193 lines in this issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. ACCMAIL Digest - 7 Sep 2008 to 9 Sep 2008 (#2008-56) > 2. Problem retrieving files with www4mail (3) > > Hello, > well, a lot of files ultimately I tried to download, cause this > problem... (I worried about this) > For example, try this url... is a small file (is the language > translations file for the very good and free playstation 2 media > player) > > http://home.casema.nl/eugene_plotnikov/SMS_lng.rar > > oh, and I have tested with XUUENCODE and same result. > The file always returns with " .asc " > > Thanks so much for the support !! .... > > On 9/10/08, ACCMAIL automatic digest system <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There are 2 messages totalling 54 lines in this issue. > > > > Topics of the day: > > > > 1. Problem retrieving files with www4mail (2) > > > > Hello Damian : > > > > On 7 Sep 2008 at 9:53, Damian V.B. wrote: > > > Hello, I have this problem with www4mail. While trying to download > > > some specific files, the server return the file, but with appended > > > extension ".ASC" (ascii?) and the content is corrupted by CR's and > > > LF's ....I have been using www4mail services for years, and sometimes > > > this problem happen..... > > > I think the problem is that the server by some strange cause treats > > > binary file like ascii files... if any knows any solution, please ! > > > also, I want to thank so much to all that supports this service... > > > > Can you give us an example? > > The URL of a file which causes this to happen? > > > > > > ::: SZS ::: > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To contribute to the discussion, email to accmail@listserv.aol.com > > To unsubscribe, email to the *admin* address [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with UNSUBSCRIBE ACCMAIL as the message body. > > WWW: http://emailonly.szs.net/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > I think the problem is that the server by some strange cause treats > > > binary file like ascii files... if any knows any solution, please ! > > > > Use XUUENCODE command. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To contribute to the discussion, email to accmail@listserv.aol.com > > To unsubscribe, email to the *admin* address [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with UNSUBSCRIBE ACCMAIL as the message body. > > WWW: http://emailonly.szs.net/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To contribute to the discussion, email to accmail@listserv.aol.com > To unsubscribe, email to the *admin* address [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with UNSUBSCRIBE ACCMAIL as the message body. > WWW: http://emailonly.szs.net/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > On 16 Sep 2008 at 8:11, Damian V.B. wrote: > > well, a lot of files ultimately I tried to download, cause this > > problem... (I worried about this) > > For example, try this url... > > http://home.casema.nl/eugene_plotnikov/SMS_lng.rar > > The file always returns with " .asc " > > Damian is right about this! > I have never noticed this before. > Is it only '.rar' files that cause this problem? > > I have had a quick look at the Perl source code and > configuration files, and have found no clues. The > string '.asc' does not appear anywhere! I guess the > cause might be outside the www4mail script -- perhaps > an operating system side-effect (the OS is Debian). > > I have given this problem top priority for a fix, but > I cannot say when that fix might happen. Sun Zoom > Spark is *very* busy right now! > > Does anyone else have any ideas? > Any Linux specialists on board? > > ::: SZS ::: > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To contribute to the discussion, email to accmail@listserv.aol.com > To unsubscribe, email to the *admin* address [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with UNSUBSCRIBE ACCMAIL as the message body. > WWW: http://emailonly.szs.net/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 12:59:07PM +0100, sun zoom spark wrote: > > > http://home.casema.nl/eugene_plotnikov/SMS_lng.rar > > > The file always returns with " .asc " > ... > > Does anyone else have any ideas? > > Any Linux specialists on board? > > Certainly not a specialist, but I used to do quite a bit of Perl on > Linux a couple of years ago. So if you send me the code, or a pointer > to it in an easily accessible location, I might have a look at it. No > promises, though! > > Regards, > > Albert. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To contribute to the discussion, email to accmail@listserv.aol.com > To unsubscribe, email to the *admin* address [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with UNSUBSCRIBE ACCMAIL as the message body. > WWW: http://emailonly.szs.net/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > On 16 Sep 2008 at 14:26, Albert Reiner wrote: > > Certainly not a specialist, but I used to do quite a bit of Perl on > > Linux a couple of years ago. So if you send me the code, or a pointer > > to it in an easily accessible location, I might have a look at it. No > > promises, though! > > Thanks Albert! > > I have sent Albert an URL for the zipped Perl > source used by www4mail`at`szs.net. > > If anyone else would like to test themselves > against this complex and undocumented code, > please email me off-list. > > Be warned -- > * there are 1181 files in the system; > * you have no chance of understanding it > unless you have programmed professionally > in Perl or a similar language. > > However, it is possible that the cause of this > problem does not lie in the code, but in the > interaction between the code and the Debian OS. > > > ::: SZS ::: > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To contribute to the discussion, email to accmail@listserv.aol.com > To unsubscribe, email to the *admin* address [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with UNSUBSCRIBE ACCMAIL as the message body. > WWW: http://emailonly.szs.net/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To contribute to the discussion, email to accmail@listserv.aol.com To unsubscribe, email to the *admin* address [EMAIL PROTECTED] with UNSUBSCRIBE ACCMAIL as the message body. 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