In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thomas Mueller wrote:
> >The web site named below has a message and an attached UUENCODED file
> >which, when properly decoded, will be a self-extracting archive for a
> >dummy packet driver and associated docs and source code.
> >
> >http://www.flora.org/lynx-dev/html/month011998/msg00057.html
> >
> >Using Arachne 1.66, I downloaded the file to disk. Then I snipped out
> >the UUENCODED text and attempted to UUDECODE it. I got an error
> >message saying there was an invalid character in line 3. The same thing
> >happened when I accessed the same URL with Net-Tamer and downloaded the
> >file and attempted to UUDECODE it.
> >
> >When I access the site using the DOSLYNX 386 browser, everything works
> >fine. I download the file and it decodes properly. BTW, the dummy packet
> >driver works just great for doing off-line work on several of my DOS
> >internet applications.
> >
> >Does anyone else have problems with maintaining the integrity of this
> >UUENCODED text when downloading it and saving it with Arachne? In
> >reporting your results, whether good or bad, please do not forget to
> >mention which version of Arachne you are running.
> >
> >All the best,
> >
> >Sam Heywood
>
> Why does a web page use uuencode? I thought uuencode was only for email and
> binary newsgroups. Which uudecode did you use? Did you use the same uudecode
> in each case?
The aforementioned web page was a message archive. The particular message
that I referred to in my post was one having an attached UUENCODED file. In
this case UUENCODE was indeed used for email. I use UUDECODE 98 v.56 by
Richard Marks, and yes, I used the same UUDECODE in each case. (BTW, I have
heard that some versions of UUENCODE/UUDECODE are better than others. I don't
know which versions are best.)
BTW, this null packet driver has just recently become available at
http://www.ncf.ca/ncf/pda/computers/dos/net. Look for NULLPKT.ZIP. Various
other DOS packet drivers may be found at the same site.
> I have found downloading with Arachne to be a nuisance, trying to fish for the
> download file cryptically named in the cache. DOSLYNX 386 is much nicer, you
> just type d on the link, and after downloading, are prompted for the path and
> file name to save to. When I downloaded DOSLYNX 386 from
> http://www.rahul.net/dkaufman/
> the download .zip file included a null packet driver. Is there a different one?
The one I am referring to is the same as the one that comes included with the
DOSLYNX 386 package, NULLPKT.COM
When downloading with Arachne, the user has the option of saving the file in
any directory and under any name he chooses to give to it. Same as with
DOSLYNX 386.
All the best,
Sam Heywood
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