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From: frazier@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Greg Frazier)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: How to FTP, by Jason Freund
Keywords: FTP
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Date: 19 Sep 90 20:27:05 GMT
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In article <142740@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> jasonf@cetemp.Eng.Sun.COM (Jason Freund) writes:
>	If you connect, it should ask you for your user name.
>		TYPE "anonymous"  (since you just want to visit and 
>		download some stuff and you don't have an account there). 
>		"anonymous" works on all public ftp sites.  
>	Any password (except RETURN works in most cases).  So TYPE in 
>		anything for the password.  

Just a comment here - most sites want you to type in your
<userID>@<site> for the password, i.e.
	login(frazier): anonymous
	password: frazier@cs.ucla.edu

Of course, you will not be able to see the <userID>@<site> - but
then, you knew that.
--
"They thought to use and shame me but I win out by nature, because a true
freak cannot be made.  A true freak must be born."  K. Dunn, _Geek_Love_

Greg Frazier	frazier@CS.UCLA.EDU	!{ucbvax,rutgers}!ucla-cs!frazier