[Manifold-l] download problems

[Tobie]

Downloaded 7.1.2.408 last night without any problem.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kingsley at Synix" <kgb at synix.com.au>
To: "'Manifold List Server'" <manifold-l at lists.directionsmag.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 1:09 PM
Subject: [Manifold-l] download problems


> Hi list
> I confirm the download problems reported by IL Thomas.
> I have attempted at least 5 downloads of  v7.x, and in each case the
> server says it has finished, but the downloaded file was never the size
> promised and in some cases less than half the proper size.
> Having wasted far more than my download quota I have given up trying to
> download manifold - I think the Manifold server is misbehaving, possibly
> failing to monitor the ACK/NACK packets properly and failing to retransmit
> corrupted packets as required in the TCP/IP protocol.
>
> There really is a problem, and it occurs almost only with the manifold
> site - not with other sites from which I regularly download large files
> successfully. Hence my suspicion that the setup of the manifold server is
> at least partially to blame.
>
> kingsley Burlinson
> Darwin    Australia.
>
>> Linus - FYI I've had a lot of tries to DL the various 7x versions over
>> the
>> last 4+ weeks, and truncated files is a fact of life for me. I haven't
>> managed to get the 64-bit build 408 file yet - I retry whenever I'm in
>> town.
>> Success is expected one day. IL Thomas
>
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