Re: OT: downloading of a file

Sylvia Else wrote:

Sylvia Else wrote:

Robert Baer wrote:

JeffM wrote:

Robert Baer wrote:

Remember i am on dial-up so a long file (>2megs) takes a long time
and the longer the time, the more likely it can be trashed or lost.

http://www.mdgx.com/files/NV8269.EXE which is about 14Megs
[...]always terminates somewhere in the middle[...]
I tried GetIt Right, and it instantly dies with a 403.


Assuming you mean GetRight (the download manager),
a 403 means that the referring page isn't what those guys require.
(aka: We're anal and you have to do it OUR way--no leaching or
linking.)
A download manager doesn't give a referring page, so you're stuck.

Find a neighbor/friend with a fast connection and a CD burner.

Someone was *VERY* kind and sent me the file broken into 500K UUE files.
After stripping off the (variable length) e-mail headers and the 4 blank lines at the end, and *then* combining to a large (21,364150 bytes) file, i was able to decode to a decent EXE (untried so far).


That seems rather large.


I misconstrued what you said. The final file size should be 15,260,160.

Sylvia.

I calculate that is about the 14,903Kb i have.
BUT.
Since the file i have crashes (see previous message), would you be kind enough to e-mail the EXE zipped up?
Yes, i know, it is already a ZIP file in self-extracting form.
.

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