I have a dial-up connection with a campus server. I've installed Netscape from SuSE 8.0 kit and use it as mailer and web navigator. Question: -------- Quite often I have to attach and send big files (some MB even after tar + gzip). Unluckily if the transmission is interrupted before the whole file has been sent when I restart "Kinternet" by clicking on the plug applet, I can still see the Netscape window with my big file attached. The percentage of the file that was transmitted is written at the bottom of it. Nevertheless, such a window is dead .. I mean mosst of its menus options are greyed out so insensitive to the mouse. In a few words I cannot resume the transcmission from the point where it was interrupted. Basically I have to restart sending the file from scratch. This is particularly annoying and time-consuming when the transmission gets interrupted many times in a row (almost always !) My questionS to you all is: IS THERE A WAY TO AVOID RESTARTING THE FILE TRANSMISSION FROM THE FIRST BYTE EVERY TIME ? IS A NETSCASPE PROBLEM OR A MODEM INSTALLATION PROBLEM ? DOES SuSE 8.0 HAVE A BETTER INTERNET TOOL TO SEND BIG FILES ? Thank you. Maura
Hi The best way to send large files over dodgy connections is by ftp. The protocol allows for resumptions. When I do a large download (one that will take over 1 hour ) I always use ncftp rather than Mozilla or equivalent. My ISP has a habit of dropping connections that last over 90 min ( to prevent resource hugging), so I always use an explict ftp client. Another way that has been discussed in this list is to split the file into several sections with the 'split' command. The various bits can be attached separately. If there is an interruption, you only have to resend the part that was interrupted. The downside is that the recipient has to reassemble the parts with 'cat', and may need instruction on how to do this. For further details ask the 'MAN'. I have never used Netscape for mail - only Kmail. Hope this helps Basil Fowler On Sunday 01 Sep 2002 19:37, Maura Edelweiss Monville wrote:
I have a dial-up connection with a campus server. I've installed Netscape from SuSE 8.0 kit and use it as mailer and web navigator.
Question: -------- Quite often I have to attach and send big files (some MB even after tar + gzip). Unluckily if the transmission is interrupted before the whole file has been sent when I restart "Kinternet" by clicking on the plug applet, I can still see the Netscape window with my big file attached. The percentage of the file that was transmitted is written at the bottom of it. Nevertheless, such a window is dead .. I mean mosst of its menus options are greyed out so insensitive to the mouse. In a few words I cannot resume the transcmission from the point where it was interrupted. Basically I have to restart sending the file from scratch. This is particularly annoying and time-consuming when the transmission gets interrupted many times in a row (almost always !) My questionS to you all is: IS THERE A WAY TO AVOID RESTARTING THE FILE TRANSMISSION FROM THE FIRST BYTE EVERY TIME ? IS A NETSCASPE PROBLEM OR A MODEM INSTALLATION PROBLEM ? DOES SuSE 8.0 HAVE A BETTER INTERNET TOOL TO SEND BIG FILES ?
Thank you. Maura
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