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From: Dave Matthews
Subject: Corrupted Zip (Scene) Files?
Date: 6 Mar 2006 17:15:01
Message: <web.440cb35746dab4558c7259570@news.povray.org>
I noticed that Bob Hughes (in an image thread) tried to download a zipped
scene file, and found it corrupted; I found the same with several, as well.
 This is in the http://news.povray/org/ files.  However, when I download
from the newsreader (newsgroup) files, they come out fine.  Is this a
problem with the web version of new.povray.org?  Does anyone else
experience this? In any event, if you can't seem to get a working zip file
from the web version of news.pov, try the newsgroup (it's not USENET, do I
have that right?) version; this seems to solve the problem.

Just a suggestion that sometimes works.  Those who know more about such
things will (no doubt) correct my interpretation or tell me that what I've
found is impossible ;-), but since it's worked repeatedly for me, I thought
I'd share.

Dave Matthews


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From: Thorsten Froehlich
Subject: Re: Corrupted Zip (Scene) Files?
Date: 6 Mar 2006 18:15:36
Message: <440cc298@news.povray.org>
Dave Matthews wrote:
> I noticed that Bob Hughes (in an image thread) tried to download a zipped
> scene file, and found it corrupted; I found the same with several, as well.

You will need to provide a link to at least one of the files, otherwise it 
is a guessing game if the problem is on your side (could i.e. be some 
overcautious virus protection).

	Thorsten


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From: Dave Matthews
Subject: Re: Corrupted Zip (Scene) Files?
Date: 7 Mar 2006 14:15:00
Message: <web.440ddb8cb5d6a1238c7259570@news.povray.org>
Thorsten Froehlich <tho### [at] trfde> wrote:
> Dave Matthews wrote:
> > I noticed that Bob Hughes (in an image thread) tried to download a zipped
> > scene file, and found it corrupted; I found the same with several, as well.
>
> You will need to provide a link to at least one of the files, otherwise it
> is a guessing game if the problem is on your side (could i.e. be some
> overcautious virus protection).
>
>  Thorsten

Thanks, Thorsten.  I hadn't even thought of virus protection.  In fact, now
that I've tried it, it must be something like that, since it works fine
through Mozilla, both web-version AND news version.  It's only when I use
IE that I get the non-working zip file.

(Here's the link, although I'm sure the problem is at my end:

http://news.povray.org/povray.binaries.scene-files/thread/%3C42361f84%241%40news.povray.org%3E/?ttop=224835&toff=50

or

http://news.povray.org/42361f84%241%40news.povray.org  )

That's strange.  I haven't had that happen to other zip files through I.E.
Oh, well.

Dave Matthews


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