Fellow network enthusiasts,
I have come across some weird behavior while downloading URLs.
In my program, I have a function which downloads a file from the  
internet and saves it to a computer.  There are many different  
functions that will do this; some only work on mac, some only on  
windows, and some work on both.  On a mac, it always works.  On a  
windows machine, no matter which function I use, it works too, EXCEPT  
for certain servers, such as www.angelfire.com, which is a popular  
free website host.
Even more perplexing is that some of the transfer does work.  Some of  
the file, often most of it, comes through successfully.

I tried using very small files, and very large files, and always the  
result is the same.  On mac it always works, on windows it always  
works EXCEPT for some sites like angelfire.

Here are some of the various windows URL download functions I have  
tried:
NewOPHTTPDownload
URLDownloadToFile
InternetOpenUrl
URLOpenStream

Each works, except for sites like angelfire.

Here are 2 links to the exact same file.
http://www.angelfire.com/theforce2/lackeyccg/solar.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/cultcthulhu/images/Tulzscha.jpg

With the geocities link, all 81,483 bytes successfully transfer.
With the angelfire link, ONLY 17451 bytes successfully transfer.  The  
rest never comes through.

I can only assume there is something weird about the angelfire site  
causing this incomplete transfer.  I doubt angelfire servers are  
blocking transfers, because if they were, why would they send some of  
it but not all?  And why does it always work on a mac but not windows?

If anyone could shed some light on this enigma, please let me know.

-Trevor
www.lackeyccg.com
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