1. Resuming downloads
- Posted by Robert Pilkington <pilking at BELLATLANTIC.NET>
Dec 06, 1998
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Last edited Dec 07, 1998
Before downloading the huge 28 megabyte Descent 3 demo, I was looking for
programs that would resume broken downloads. The problem is, they're all
shareware. (I'm a cheapskate... I'll register Eu 2.1 though. 
With all this talk about Win32 Internet programs, I figure we need to create
a download resumer. (Compatible with at least HTTP and FTP.) Does anybody
know how hard it would be to create one? Any API calls in IE4 or Netscape 4
that would help, etc? I'm still new to Win32 programming, but if I get
enough info, I'd love to code or help code one of these things.
2. Re: Resuming downloads
>Before downloading the huge 28 megabyte Descent 3 demo, I was looking
for
>programs that would resume broken downloads. The problem is, they're
all
>shareware. (I'm a cheapskate... I'll register Eu 2.1 though.
>
>With all this talk about Win32 Internet programs, I figure we need to
create
>a download resumer. (Compatible with at least HTTP and FTP.) Does
anybody
>know how hard it would be to create one? Any API calls in IE4 or
Netscape 4
>that would help, etc? I'm still new to Win32 programming, but if I get
>enough info, I'd love to code or help code one of these things.
I am working on a project that i plan to take in that direction. Its
a email/news group reader. I am searching the net for every ounce of
imfomation i can find. Lets combine our efforts on these projects as
they are very close to the same thing.(my friend said i should have
started at the ftp side not the email/news side)
Jeromie
Grape Vine
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3. Re: Resuming downloads
>my friend said i should have
>started at the ftp side not the email/news side)
>
>Jeromie
>Grape Vine
No, No, No ... IMHO, E-mail is easier than News is a lot easier than
FTP. Start with SMTP then work up to POP3 for e-mail, by the time you've
got that sorted out and working you'll have a head start when it comes
to News. You can then move on to do FTP.
All these services are covered by RFC's; I don't know the numbers or URL
to find them, a quick look at a search engine will reveal them [
eventaully ].
4. Re: Resuming downloads
>No, No, No ... IMHO, E-mail is easier than News is a lot easier than
>FTP. Start with SMTP then work up to POP3 for e-mail, by the time
you've
>got that sorted out and working you'll have a head start when it comes
>to News. You can then move on to do FTP.
>
>All these services are covered by RFC's; I don't know the numbers or
URL
>to find them, a quick look at a search engine will reveal them [
>eventaully ].
>
I have been ready the RFC's for 2 days....AAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGG
i am on 657..of 2000...Thats why i asked if anyone has done some work
ing this area before...any note/source code/help you can give is
welcomed...ALOT!
Jeromie
Grape Vine
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5. Re: Resuming downloads
>
> I have been ready the RFC's for 2 days....AAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGG
>i am on 657..of 2000...Thats why i asked if anyone has done some work
>ing this area before...any note/source code/help you can give is
>welcomed...ALOT!
I'll see what I can do ... I should be able to find the specific RFC
numbers for SMTP/POP3 at home ... will let you know details tomorrow ...
chin up 
6. Re: Resuming downloads
>I'll see what I can do ... I should be able to find the specific RFC
>numbers for SMTP/POP3 at home ... will let you know details tomorrow
...
>chin up
Thanx
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7. Re: Resuming downloads
> I have been ready the RFC's for 2 days....AAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGG
>i am on 657..of 2000...Thats why i asked if anyone has done some work
>ing this area before...any note/source code/help you can give is
>welcomed...ALOT!
Take a look at http://www.sockets.com/samples.htm. There are some
interesting things.
You can also look at the WWW consortium www.w3.org there might be some
precise
documentation or sample source. Perhaps their wwwlib library has what you
need, and
you must only code the interface to the DLL.
Regards,
Daniel Berstein
daber at pair.com
8. Re: Resuming downloads
>Take a look at http://www.sockets.com/samples.htm. There are some
>interesting things.
>You can also look at the WWW consortium www.w3.org there might be some
>precise
>documentation or sample source. Perhaps their wwwlib library has what
you
>need, and
>you must only code the interface to the DLL.
>
>Regards,
> Daniel Berstein
> daber at pair.com
Thanx...that helps alot
Jeromie
Grape Vine
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9. Re: Resuming downloads
try
http://www.netvampire.com/
--
Einar S. Sandoz
Reykjavik
Iceland
sandoz at itn.is - http://www.itn.is/~sandoz/
10. Re: Resuming downloads
To the best of my knowledge ( last updated April 1997 ) the latest RFC's
are ..
RFC 1939 POP3 - Post Office Protocol ( Ver 3 ) May 1996
RFC 821 SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol August 1982
These may have been superseded, however, there's a 99% chance ( I reckon
) that what's described in them is entirely vaild today as it is likely
to be a subset of what's currently implemented if it has been updated.
