On Fri, 25 Feb 2005, Nelson R. Pardee wrote:

> I was using getpost iteratively to retrieve all of the posts by a certain
> person (1267 total), first by doing a search, and then by using getpost
> with the 100 results at a time (aside: is there a faster way?) One of the
> getposts never returned, and I narrowed it down to a posting that has a
> zip file as an attachment. As long as that posting was one that I tried to
> retrieve, I received nothing back (if sent via email, I received a notice
> it was emailed to me, but I got nothing) Is this normal?


Most likely, somewhere between you and that listserv, there is some 
process that is setup to deny that file -- perhaps because it is 
categorized as a threat (virus/worm) or violates a policy against 
transmitting compressed filed.

-- DCP