Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!maytag!xenitec!lemsys!clemon
From: clemon@lemsys.UUCP (Craig Lemon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: FTP
Message-Id: <02532.AA02532@lemsys.UUCP>
Date: Tue Sep 18 22:22:17 1990
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Keywords: FTP, Amiga
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        In some ways this is a general question but it has some relavency
(sp?) to the Amiga so I put it here (I also read this group regularly and
that helps too :-)

        I _REALLY_REALLY_ hate sounding ignorant in front of the world but
I have NEVER seen a message answering my question in 1-2 years so I thought
I'd finally ask it....What is FTP.  I know this much : you request and
receive files (archived) from a humungo machine somewhere that keeps every
binary passing through and maybe more.  What I want to know is :

        o How do I FTP?
        o What software do I need?
        o Do I need a special "connection" (ie. phone, data type etc)
        o Is it free?
        o Is it a local call? (Kitchener, Ontario, Canada)
        o How do the files arrive at your machine?
        o Will my home machine be able to FTP?
        o much more

        In general I need an overview of FTP and how to use it.  There have
been many times when I'd like to but I'm uninformed (believe me, I've
looked for the answer locally but nobody really knows.  At least nobody I
know does.)


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 Craig Lemon - Kitchener, Ontario. Amiga B2000/10--2400 bps--AmigaUUCP 1.03D
 lemsys!clemon@xenitec.on.ca  or  ....!{uunet}!watmath!xenitec!lemsys!clemon