They actually fixed that problem around 2001! It's been over 15 years since I've done anything with Usenet binaries so I'm shocked I was able to recall the PAR

They actually fixed that problem around 2001! It's been over 15 years since I've done anything with Usenet binaries so I'm shocked I was able to recall the PAR file technology. Essentially, if you posted 50 parts of your encoded binary, you would generally post an additional 5 or 6 PAR files. Downloaders could then utilize a PAR file on a one-to-one basis to replace literally any of the 50 original files. It's been a long time but I used them extensively and it was a good way to correct errors or missing files. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parchive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parchive