POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.animations : Can't post file here : Re: Can't post file here Server Time
18 Jul 2024 18:35:05 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Can't post file here  
From: Francois Labreque
Date: 15 Mar 2004 07:52:45
Message: <4055a71d$1@news.povray.org>
Program ended abnormally on 15/03/2004 07:39, Due to a catastrophic Steve Shelby 
error:
> I've been trying to post an animation to povray.binaries.animations, and it
> keeps getting rejected. At first I thought it was because the attachment was
> too big, because I get this message:
> 
> Outlook Express could not post your message.  Subject 'Blow yer mind, dude',
> Account: 'news.povray.org', Server: 'news.povray.org', Protocol: NNTP,
> Server Response: '441 Articles may not be larger than 1000000 bytes', Port:
> 119, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 441, Error Number: 0x800CCCA9
> 
> But my file is only 876 kb, and I looked at other posts and there are many
> which ar larger than that. What could be wrong?
> Steve Shelby

Binary files get uuencoded (converted to only have "printable" characters in 
them) before they're uploaded to newsgroups.  This process adds about 25% to the 
file size.  In your case, it's probably just a tad over the limit.

-- 
/*Francois Labreque*/#local a=x+y;#local b=x+a;#local c=a+b;#macro P(F//
/*    flabreque    */L)polygon{5,F,F+z,L+z,L,F pigment{rgb 9}}#end union
/*        @        */{P(0,a)P(a,b)P(b,c)P(2*a,2*b)P(2*b,b+c)P(b+c,<2,3>)
/*   videotron.ca  */}camera{orthographic location<6,1.25,-6>look_at a }


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