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From: jwagner@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu (Joseph Wagner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: telnet and GIF files
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Date: 15 Apr 91 14:47:52 GMT
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In article <1991Apr14.212451.28849@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> kingson@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Kingson Gunawan) writes:
>I am having problems with telnet 2.3 when I try to download a GIF file.  For some reasons the resulting file is not recognized by either Giffer or GIFconverter.
>I did use binary transfer and MacBinary is enabled.  What is stange about it, is that I tried to use zmodem with zterm 085 and the file was successfully transfereed without any of the above problems.  What is going on?

Try it without having MacBinary enabled.  Turn it off under the file menu
and after you send your FTP command, set the mode to binary.  This will
make a binary transfer but not a MacBinary transfer.  This works without
a hitch for me.

Good Luck,
Joe


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