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From: sage@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (David Martosko '91)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Looking for FTP client for mac
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Date: 21 Aug 89 20:52:55 GMT
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In article <3949@phri.UUCP> roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) writes:
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>	Does there exist an ftp client program for the macintosh?  We have
>NCSA telnet, and are generally happy with it, but the server-only ftp
>support is very frustrating.  It is also very counter-intuitive, especially
>for novice users, and very un-mac like.

There is a program in development here at Dartmouth that may fit the bill...
it is called Fetch, and consists of a DA that guides the user through signon
and retrieval of files (Mac-like file boxes, etc...)

No clue as to how long it'll be before we see it for real, though... ;-{

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