On Sat, 02 Sep 2000 15:54:05 -0500, "Pete" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, 02 Sep 2000 10:58:02 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
>> In the case of the PKZIP zip file that Ron sent to me, QS.ZIP, my Arachne
>> apparently did not know how to decode it. There was no way I could
>> manually call the decoding routine within CORE. To decode it I had to
>> resort to a third party's program.
>> IMHO, it would be nice if CORE were provided with some command line
>> parameters so as to enable the user to use the program a a decoder.
>> Another way the problem could be handled would be for Michael to remove
>> the decoding routines from CORE and have CORE programmed to call external
>> programs for performing the decoding of attachments. This would result in
>> a smaller CORE and thus conserve memory.
>> Regards,
>> Sam Heywood
> Hi Sam,
> Not sure I fully understand the details here, but...
> I gather that you're suggesting calling A's decoder so that compressed
> mail components can be processed at the user's descretion. Could this be
> expanded to allow "on demand" processing of *any* *.ZIP?
No, that is not exactly what I meant. What I would like to see is an
on demand method of decoding any attachment, whether a zip file or any
other kind of attachment. If I should receive a BASE64 encoded attachment,
and if Arachne mistakenly thinks it is a UUENCODED attachment, or
vice-versa, then Arachne will automatically branch to the wrong decoding
routine, or it might fail to even attempt to decode it. This is what
happened with the file that Ron sent to me. In order to decode the file
I had to use third-party software.
We certainly do not need a routine built into Arachne to automagically
unzip an attachment, because it is usually wise to scan a zipped file
before unzipping it. Decoding and unzipping are two different things.
> Only a short time ago I was wishing that I could de-compress and view
> the screenshot that Clarence had posted without shelling, starting VC...
It is safer to scan the zipped file before unzipping it. The decompression
of files is not in any way remotely related to the decoding of files.
Decompression and decoding are two entirely different things.
All the best,
Sam Heywood
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