----Original Message---- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] u.org] On Behalf Of fred Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 13:13 To: pan-users@nongnu.org Subject: Re: [Pan-users] Re: Multipart posts?
> Duncan wrote: >> fred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted >> [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 >> 11:36:34 -0500: >> >> >>> With all the memory improvements lately (thanks Charles really >>> helped me a lot) I was wondering if pan could carry it to the >>> screen. When you have multipart post like partX.rar could pan stack >>> them so > all one >>> would see is one entry. This is assuming that they are already being >>> stored as something like varible+varitation.rar. You could view what >>> part is missing essentially by hitting a icon of some sort. This >>> would clean up the header subject area and make it easier to find >>> stuff. Depending on how it was done I would assume it could speed up >>> sorting time as well. Just a thought. >>> >> >> pan actually already does that for multi-parts. That is, when a >> single file is spread over multiple posts, pan combines it into a >> single header (unless it detects it incorrectly for some reason). >> With the changes a couple releases ago (so with 0.113 or so, don't >> remember exactly and don't care sufficiently to go look it up), these >> will show up with a /3 or /5 or /10 or whatever, indicating that many >> actual posts combined to make the single multi-part post, > generally with only a single attached file. >> >> To see what I mean, try saving a single rar entry as shown in pan, >> but save BOTH the attachment and the text. It's very likely that >> you'll have only one attachment, but have the generally 5-10 actual >> text articles shown in the /X in the subject -- the actual posts that >> combined to make the single attachment, that pan displayed as only a >> single entry. >> >> However, with rar in particular, but also some other file types, it's >> not uncommon to split a huge file into multiple smaller files at the >> posting end, /before/ posting them. Each of those smaller files is >> /still/ likely split over multiple posts, and pan combines the posts >> for each file, but does NOT combine the posts for multiple files, be >> they RAR or other file type. From my perspective, I think that's >> best, as adding yet another layer of combination makes it just that >> much easier for pan to mis-parse something and have the entire >> series screwed up. >> >> > Duncan > > I was clear on what was going on. I just disagree with your > conclusion. > > Lazlow There is no need to see what part is missing, just let PAR tell you how many blocks are needed for a repair. -- Travis in Shoreline Washington _______________________________________________ Pan-users mailing list Pan-users@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pan-users
