RE: Net::NNTP inconsistent article retrieval

2012-08-12 Thread Chris Knipe
t: 12 August 2012 10:26 To: 'Paul Anderson' Cc: beginners@perl.org Subject: RE: Net::NNTP inconsistent article retrieval Hi Paul, I think I've narrowed the issue to Net::Cmd itself (read_untill_dot() used by Net::SNMP). Even if we completely forget about writing the file to disk:

RE: Net::NNTP inconsistent article retrieval

2012-08-12 Thread Chris Knipe
> > -- > Chris. > > > > -Original Message- > From: Paul Anderson [mailto:wackyvor...@me.com] > Sent: 11 August 2012 18:17 > To: Chris Knipe > Cc: beginners@perl.org > Subject: Re: Net::NNTP inconsistent article retrieval > > Umm... Are you aw

Re: Net::NNTP inconsistent article retrieval

2012-08-11 Thread Paul Anderson
n anymore as it was previously... > > I am not trying to process, alter, or extract articles in any way, I simply > want to download them, store them, and forward them... > > -- > Chris. > > > > -Original Message- > From: Paul Anderson [mailto:wac

Re: Net::NNTP inconsistent article retrieval

2012-08-11 Thread Paul Anderson
Umm... Are you aware that binary attachments on usenet aren't actually *in* binary? They're encoded in ASCII using one of a number of different methods. They're just text, until decoded on the receiving end. I recommend looking into File::Slurp and CHI. CHI basically implements the entire cach