Re: What are most common problems for newbies ?

[Bernie]

Clarence wrote:
>That seems to be exactly opposite from my experience - not just the recent
>problem either.
(snip)

That wasn't a relevant testing method.
Uncompress a ZIP file and compress it with RAR and see which is smaller (or
the other way around) - in most cases (I don't dare say all) the RAR file
will be smaller than the ZIP file was (assuming maximum compression and a
solid RAR archive is used of course).

>The arj
>problems were encountered when downloading from Arachne. I can't recall
>where I had the RAR problem - but it might have been Arachne also.
>To me, ZIP is the only safe way to go.

Sadly this is true - not many servers are set up correctly.
//Bernie
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