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From: U5569462@ucsvc.unimelb.edu.au (DAVID CLUNIE)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: what does anonymous ftp mean ?
Message-ID: <157@ucsvc.unimelb.edu.au>
Date: 9 Jul 89 01:39:56 GMT
Organization: The University of Melbourne
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I would be most grateful if someone would explain what anonymous ftp means.

I take it that it is a means of extracting things from archive sites, but the
mechanism escapes me.

Thanks ... David