On Thu, 24 Aug 2000 08:53:53 +0000, "Edenyard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear Experts,
> I suspect that I (with lots of assistance from Clarence) have
> discovered a bug somewhere in V1.66 to do with attaching files to
> messages:
> I have a .ZIP file, 41680 bytes in length. If I attach that file to
> an e-mail message and send it anywhere (including to myself), when the
> ..ZIP file is recovered from the message, its length comes out at 56349
> bytes. Using PKUNZIP to try and unzip the file results in an error
> message, understandably: the file is invalid.
> If I DON'T actually send the message, but instead read it back
> from OUTBOX and recover the attachment, the .ZIP file recovered has
> grown by just 1 extra byte, to 41681 bytes. PKUNZIP seems happy to unzip
> it.
> If I repeat the above experiment in V1.64, I ALWAYS get a recovered
> file having just 1 extra byte, no matter whether I actually send the
> message down the wire or just read it back locally from OUTBOX. Either
> way, PKUNZIP seems to be able to unzip the file and get back to its
> original content. I don't know what it does with the extra 1 byte!
> Could someone please try this and confirm what I see - and maybe even
> suggest a remedy? If you'd like me to send the 41680-byte .ZIP to you,
> just say!
> Thanks as always,
> Ron.
I just sent and received a test file.
(v1.66 turned 1,057 into 1,058)
Please send the 41680 .zip file to my address.
Glenn McCorkle [EMAIL PROTECTED] North Jackson, Ohio, USA
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