At a certain time, now past, [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake thusly:
> This is a common problem! It is caused by TUCOWS naming their file wrong,
> and probably ALSO the mime codes on their and/or your end! In answer to
> your question, my IE browser has the problem, my netscape one does NOT!
> On yours it could affect the other one or both.
>
> FIRST of all, there is a 50% chance your file is ****NOT**** corrupted!
> Try reading it as a TAR file with NO compression!
>
> You probably already figured out the problem from that solution!
>
> MIME codes can cause problems. I had one product set one of my browsers
> up with a routine to download ebk files. When I tried to download an ebk
> file for ANOTHER product, it was corrupted. My only easy solution at THAT
> point was to use another browser. THEN, It worked fine!
>
> WHY does this happen? Somebody got the bright idea that they could speed
> up the internet by having on the fly decompression of files. Those downloads
> COULD have been pictures on a website!
>
> What can TUCOWS do to fix the problem? Simply give the file a .tgz extension!
> That will defeat this problem, AND make the format clear to everyone!
>
> Steve
Did all these crazy exclamation points trip off anyone's SPAMAssassin rules?
~elh
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Eric L. Howard e l h @ o u t r e a c h n e t w o r k s . c o m
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