Hello Eddy!
On Thursday, September 12, 2002 at 9:38:37 PM you wrote:
In the case of JPEG attachments, clicking the little tab at the bottom
of the window that allows you to view the image results in nothing
but a blank pane when the attachment is corrupt.
I've seen that with Eddy's zipped
Hello Technology!
On Friday, September 13, 2002 at 12:23:19 AM you wrote:
Agreed, but would it not have the same effect when the message is
being reconstructed in Eudora, Outlook, Outlook Express, Pegasus,
Netscape Maill, or SOME other program?
Not necessarily; that is the fun part about
Hello Dierk,
On Fri, 13 Sep 2002 09:40:46 +0200 GMT (13/09/02, 14:40 +0700 GMT),
Dierk Haasis wrote:
DH I am quite sure that my RAM is perfectly in order
So is mine. This is not a RAM problem, as everybody who tested the
files in question comes to the same results.
DH 1. Where do you all
Hello Adam,
On Thu, 12 Sep 2002 22:58:23 +0100 GMT (13/09/02, 04:58 +0700 GMT),
Adam Rykala wrote:
AR Perhaps everybody who has this problem does have mismatched memory
AR - because I don't see a lot of other people suffering from it.
It was a first for me, and for others. It is definitely the
Hello Adam,
On Thu, 12 Sep 2002 23:37:24 +0100 GMT (13/09/02, 05:37 +0700 GMT),
Adam Rykala wrote:
AR TB! on C drive or another drive?
AR Spaces in folder name (here its d:\TheBat)
I am using Win98 with TB on C:\ drive (standard installation).
AR There MUST be a common thread here!
The
Quoting Thomas F. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Hello Adam,
AR I haven't seen it, and I send and receive a lot of mail and a LOT
AR of attachments.
Maybe someone can send you the file.
Yeah thats not a bad idea.
Use the email address in my sig...
a
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Quoting Thomas F. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Hello Adam,
AR There MUST be a common thread here!
The common thread here is that it will happen to anybody who cares to
try it out with the files that Eddy sends. It has nothing to do with
hardware. Try it out yourself. ;-)
As the man said,
Hello Adam,
On Fri, 13 Sep 2002 09:25:15 +0100 GMT (13/09/02, 15:25 +0700 GMT),
Adam Rykala wrote:
The common thread here is that it will happen to anybody who cares to
try it out with the files that Eddy sends. It has nothing to do with
hardware. Try it out yourself. ;-)
AR As the man
Hello Thomas!
On Friday, September 13, 2002 at 10:13:17 AM you wrote:
AR There MUST be a common thread here!
The common thread here is that it will happen to anybody who cares to
try it out with the files that Eddy sends.
1. there *must* be a common denominator.
2. Hopefully it's *not*
Hello Thomas!
On Friday, September 13, 2002 at 10:43:33 AM you wrote:
Maybe someone could donate some temporary webspace or ftp space where
this file could be uploaded to, so that everybody who wants to try can
just download it? ;-)
As I've already put up a small page dedicated to The Bat!
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Hi Thomas,
@13-Sep-2002, 15:43 +0700 (09:43 UK time) Thomas F. [T] in
[EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
AR As the man said, Bring it on
T Maybe someone could donate some temporary webspace or ftp space
T where this file could be
Hi Marck,
On Friday, September 13, 2002 at 10:21:46 [GMT +0100], you wrote:
T [...] some temporary webspace or ftp space where this file could be
T uploaded to, so that everybody who wants to try can just download
T it? ;-)
MDP Done! See http://www.silverstones.com/message.zip.
Nope. Are you
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Hi Lars,
@13-Sep-2002, 11:33 +0200 (10:33 UK time) Lars Geiger [LG] in
[EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
MDP Done! See http://www.silverstones.com/message.zip.
LG Nope. Are you sure about the filename?
Not in the least!
See
Hello Anselm!
On Friday, September 13, 2002 at 11:20:28 AM you wrote:
Separate directory. Just changed settings to message body to check
that out.
So, it doesn't matter how attachments are stored?
Firewall: ZA (not loaded today). Virus Scanner: AntiVir. Rambooster
(OK, OK, I'll kick that
Hello Thomas,
i follwed the thread a time. I had the same problems some months ago.
My solution was to switch off the stealph mode in my Sygate firewall.
I dont know which firewall is running in this case...perhaps it helps.
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Ciao
Thomas
Mailer: The Bat!1.62/Beta5
System: Windows XP
Hello vlk!
On Friday, September 13, 2002 at 12:06:20 PM you wrote:
MarthaLiving.jpg looks like not completely downloaded picture
from web - probably sent before completed.
Perfectly right, I hadn't looked for that the last time I inspected
it. But that wouldn't explain why DOCs are also
Hello Marck!
On Friday, September 13, 2002 at 11:40:33 AM you wrote:
See http://www.silverstones.com/messages.zip.
I put it up, too: http://Software.Write4U.de.
As I found out that way the site had been mysteriously disappeared
during one of my clean-ups lately.
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Dierk Haasis
Hi Dierk,
On Friday, September 13, 2002 at 12:23:34 [GMT +0200], you wrote:
DH And since the JPEG itself is correctly shown within IrfanView and
DH PhotoPaint I'd say the file itself has correct headers and therefore
DH should be shown in TB! except it is a format not yet known by TB!
DH (i.e.
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In [EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED],
Dierk Haasis [DH] wrote:'
DH Perfectly right, I hadn't looked for that the last time I
DH inspected it. But that wouldn't explain why DOCs are also
DH corrupted, or why the JPEG can be seen with TB! when
Hello Lars!
On Friday, September 13, 2002 at 12:49:26 PM you wrote:
But when I forward the message to myself, I receive a longer file which
can be decoded correctly and then shows the complete image, without the
corruption at the bottom.
That seems to me to point towards some bug in TB!'s
Hello Allie!
On Friday, September 13, 2002 at 1:22:17 PM you wrote:
When I try to open the image in Paint Shop Pro, I get a 'this is not
a valid jpeg/jfif file' message. If I open it with my default
viewer, PMView, it opens OK, but in the status bar is the message
'Invalid Marker Length'.
Hi Dierk,
On Friday, September 13, 2002 at 13:34:46 [GMT +0200], you wrote:
But when I forward the message to myself, I receive a longer file
which can be decoded correctly and then shows the complete image,
without the corruption at the bottom.
DH That seems to me to point towards some bug
Hello Lars!
On Friday, September 13, 2002 at 2:03:49 PM you wrote:
Maybe I was a bit unclear here, but the file is corrupt when it is saved
to disc. The internal viewer wasn't involved in my tests. But the same
file which results in a corrupt JPEG when saved to disc is forwarded
correctly
Hello Technology,
Thursday, September 12, 2002, 4:47:51 AM, you wrote:
BBTE For quite some time, I've seen a problem that I thought was a bug in
BBTE TB, but now I'm not so sure. Maybe it's something that I should be
BBTE blaming on NAV.
BBTE When a message with multiple attachments arrives,
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Hi Mark,
@12-Sep-2002, 05:07 -0700 (13:07 UK time) Mark Bernard [MB] in
[EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
BBTE For quite some time, I've seen a problem that I thought was a
BBTE bug in TB, but now I'm not so sure. Maybe it's something
Hi,
This problem has been discussed in other threads. Same over here:
Attachements (Word, RTF, TXT...) are regularly messed up. I first
thought that the problem is sender-dependent but then realized it is
not. The spoilt attachments alwas stem from messages with multiple
attachments of
Thursday, September 12, 2002, 4:47:51 AM, you wrote:
BBTE For quite some time, I've seen a problem that I thought was a bug in
BBTE TB, but now I'm not so sure. Maybe it's something that I should be
BBTE blaming on NAV.
BBTE When a message with multiple attachments arrives, if the attachments
Hi Technology,
On Thursday, September 12, 2002 07:47 your local time, (17:32 my local
time), you [BBT] wrote:
BBTE For quite some time, I've seen a problem that I thought was a
BBTE bug in TB, but now I'm not so sure. Maybe it's something that I
BBTE should be blaming on NAV.
At one time, I
Hi Technology,
On Thursday, September 12, 2002 07:47 your local time, (17:32 my local
time), you [BBT] wrote:
BBTE For quite some time, I've seen a problem that I thought was a
BBTE bug in TB, but now I'm not so sure. Maybe it's something that I
BBTE should be blaming on NAV.
At one time, I
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On Thursday, September 12, 2002, Anselm Buehling wrote...
Are you using ZA or behind any firewall? This may be worth looking
into.
I, for one, do, so that might be a clue! But would that mean that no
firewall can be used together with TB if you
Hi Anselm,
On Thursday, September 12, 2002 at 16:40:29 [GMT +0200], you wrote:
AB using a broadband access without firewall seems way to dangerous
AB these days...
Might I recommend to read the FAQ of the (German speaking) newsgroup
de.comp.security.firewall?
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Hi Anselm,
@12-Sep-2002, 16:40 +0200 (15:40 UK time) Anselm Buehling [AB] in
[EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Are you using ZA or behind any firewall? This may be worth
looking into.
AB I, for one, do, so that might be a clue! But
Hello Marck,
On Thu, 12 Sep 2002 13:44:34 +0100 GMT (12/09/02, 19:44 +0700 GMT),
Marck D Pearlstone wrote:
MDP I think you've missed the point. Are you using NAV? Some other
MDP real-time POP3 virus scanner?
MDP I don't. I have been a TB user for over 4 years and receive 200-400
MDP messages
Hi Technology,
BBTE I prefer not to disable it because I
BBTE consider it a last line of defense for outbound traffic in the event
BBTE that something slips through my defenses.
Get Kerio Personal Firewall. MUCH better than ZA+. Smaller footprint
and more configurable. KPF has a few quirks of
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Hi Thomas,
@12-Sep-2002, 22:28 +0700 (16:28 UK time) Thomas F. [TF] in
[EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
MDP I'll wager it's nothing to do with TB though.
TF Let's see.
And now ZA peeps over the parapet yet again. If it were TB
Hello William
Thank you for your email dated Thursday, September 12, 2002, 3:35:12 PM, in which you
wrote:
BBTE If nothing else, I have been introduced to AVG Antivirus!
Let me introduce you an even better one :-)
www.eset.com
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Regards
William
Flying with The Bat! 1.61
Hello Anselm
Thank you for your email dated Thursday, September 12, 2002, 3:40:29 PM, in which you
wrote:
AB ... would that mean that no firewall can be used together with TB if
AB you want to receive correct attachments?
Certainly not.
I have broadband, NOD32, and Sygate Pro firewall. No
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Hi William,
@12-Sep-2002, 17:02 William Moore [WM] in
[EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
BBTE If nothing else, I have been introduced to AVG Antivirus!
WM Let me introduce you an even better one :-) www.eset.com
But the price is
BB When a message with multiple attachments arrives, if the attachments
BB are Word files or JPGs, I can count on some file corruption. The JPGs
BB will be unreadable or partly readable, for example. This is virtually
BB guaranteed to happen if there are 3 or more attachments.
BB When the
Hello Marck
Thank you for your email dated Thursday, September 12, 2002, 5:06:12 PM, in which you
wrote:
MDP But the price is infinitely worse!
Spoken like a true Londoner ;-)
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Regards
William
Flying with The Bat! 1.61 www.ritlabs.com/the_bat
Windows 2000 Pro 2195 Service Pack 2
On Thursday, September 12, 2002, 12:26:55 PM, Eddy wrote:
Forwarding a message with a corrupt attachment to a non-TB! user
always results in an attachment that is perfectly valid for the
recipient
If the file is alright after it is forwarded, it can't be corrupted
when you get it. Where do
Hallo Anselm,
On Thu, 12 Sep 2002 16:40:29 +0200GMT (12-9-02, 16:40 +0200GMT, where
I live), you wrote:
AB But would that mean that no firewall can be used together with TB
AB if you want to receive correct attachments?
No, it doesn't. I use TB, AVG and ZA (free version) and have never
Hi Technology,
On Thursday, September 12, 2002 10:35 your local time, (20:20 my local
time), you [BBT] wrote:
BBTE I'll try contacting Zone Labs, too.
I had a bad experience with them. They kept sending me a same stock
mail suggesting to turn off Mail Safe setting. When this didn't work,
I
Hi Marck,
On Thursday, September 12, 2002 16:08 your local time, (20:53 my local
time), you [MDP] wrote:
MDP Anyway, it may be, as advised, that disabling the mail scanning
MDP functions of ZA (... why it's a firewall - what business does
MDP it have scanning mail for pity's sake!) will be
ON Thursday, September 12, 2002, 7:26:55 PM, you wrote:
E Recently, I created a folder called Test, into which I put several
E messages which are corrupt in TB!. I zip'd the Test folder
E (containing the .TBB and .TBI files) and mailed it to several TB!
E users. When they created a Test folder
On Thursday, September 12, 2002, 1:36:01 PM, Dwight wrote:
DAC On Thursday, September 12, 2002, 12:26:55 PM, Eddy wrote:
Forwarding a message with a corrupt attachment to a non-TB! user
always results in an attachment that is perfectly valid for the
recipient
DAC If the file is alright
Sh'mae Eddy,
On Thu, 12 Sep 2002, at 15:38:37 [GMT -0400] (or 20:38 in Wales)
regarding 'Mangled attachments' you wrote:
E On Thursday, September 12, 2002, 1:36:01 PM, Dwight wrote:
DAC On Thursday, September 12, 2002, 12:26:55 PM, Eddy wrote:
E Several TB! users have verified my claims
ON Thursday, September 12, 2002, 9:38:37 PM, you wrote:
E Several TB! users have verified my claims after I sent them my Test
E mailbox that contains 2 messages which are corrupt when viewed/saved
E by TB! but are fine when forwarded to others.
Eddy,
I would like a go at this. Can you pls
Sh'mae Technology,
On Thu, 12 Sep 2002, at 17:25:21 [GMT -0400] (or 22:25 in Wales)
regarding 'Mangled attachments' you wrote:
BBTE It seems that Adam Rykala said ...
A Tried swapping out your ram? You may have a dodgy chip somewhere?
BBTE A Adam ...
BBTE Everyone who has this
Sh'mae Technology,
On Thu, 12 Sep 2002, at 17:25:21 [GMT -0400] (or 22:25 in Wales)
regarding 'Mangled attachments' you wrote:
BBTE It seems that Adam Rykala said ...
A Tried swapping out your ram? You may have a dodgy chip somewhere?
BBTE A Adam ...
BBTE Everyone who has this
Sh'mae Mark,
On Thu, 12 Sep 2002, at 15:04:08 [GMT -0700] (or 23:04 in Wales)
regarding 'Mangled attachments' you wrote:
MB Hello Marck,
MB Thursday, September 12, 2002, 5:44:34 AM, you wrote:
MB I've seen corruption of various file types.
MB Forwarding/redirecting the corrupt files back to
Sh'mae Mark,
On Thu, 12 Sep 2002, at 15:04:08 [GMT -0700] (or 23:04 in Wales)
regarding 'Mangled attachments' you wrote:
MB Hello Marck,
MB Thursday, September 12, 2002, 5:44:34 AM, you wrote:
MB I'm using NAV 2002, and NIS2002. I just recently switched to TB! from
MB PMMail2000 Pro. About
On Thursday, September 12, 2002, 4:36:21 PM, Adam wrote:
E Several TB! users have verified my claims after I sent them my Test
E mailbox that contains 2 messages which are corrupt when viewed/saved
E by TB! but are fine when forwarded to others.
AR Tried swapping out your ram? You may have a
On Thursday, September 12, 2002, 2:01:12 PM, Gerard wrote:
G I am no expert on this but it sure looks like a corrupted Tbb or
G TBI file. I belive you can delete index file and TB! will recreate
G it. Have you tried that with a corrupted file in the folder?
I don't think so; I can create a new
Sh'mae Eddy,
On Thu, 12 Sep 2002, at 18:09:44 [GMT -0400] (or 23:09 in Wales)
regarding 'Mangled attachments' you wrote:
E On Thursday, September 12, 2002, 4:36:21 PM, Adam wrote:
E Several TB! users have verified my claims after I sent them my Test
E mailbox that contains 2 messages which
Sh'mae Technology,
On Thu, 12 Sep 2002, at 18:23:19 [GMT -0400] (or 23:23 in Wales)
regarding 'Mangled attachments' you wrote:
BBTE It seems that Adam Rykala said ...
A a) Its being corrupted in memory as the attachment is being reconstructed.
BBTE Agreed, but would it not have the same
Sh'mae Technology,
On Thu, 12 Sep 2002, at 18:29:01 [GMT -0400] (or 23:29 in Wales)
regarding 'Mangled attachments' you wrote:
BBTE It seems that Adam Rykala said ...
A The other thing that crosses my mind is filesystem - obviously you're on Win98
A and other people are on Winxp or
On Thursday, September 12, 2002, 5:09:44 PM, Eddy wrote:
All the evidence I have encountered seem to point to a problem with
how TB! is processing attachments after they are received.
how about setting up an installation which saves attachments separate
from the messages, and send some of
In [EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED],
Roelof Otten [RO] wrote:'
RO No, it doesn't. I use TB, AVG and ZA (free version) and have
RO never received a corrupt attachment. BTW I run W98 and have got
RO ADSL.
Hmmm. One of the lucky ones. I hope it continues for you. I had no
problems at first
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