Re: [rtl] Source for un-archived source on Web

[Andrew Cannon <ajc@gmx.net>]

At 07:36 01/11/98 -0500, Wayne Bjorken wrote:
>Hi - 
>
>A Netscape file save tip: Click on the item (as if to select or open it) 
>with your right mouse button. A menu will appear. One of the menu items 
>is "Save ...". Select this and the usual file dialog will open and you 
>may download the file successfully.


This is true, but there's no way to select whether Netscape then does a
binary or an ascii transfer.
I found that the download sometimes worked, and sometimes didn't
(especially for smaller files).
I finally came to the conclusion that Netscape tries to "guess" whether to
use ascii or binary mode and this guess seems to be based (in part at
least) on the file size... ie for small files an ascii transfer is done and
for larger ones binary!
Has anyone got more detailed info about this or had similar experiences?

...ajc

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