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From: edp367s@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Rik Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: FTP
Keywords: FTP, Amiga
Message-ID: <1990Sep21.022934.2036@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
Date: 21 Sep 90 02:29:34 GMT
References: <02532.AA02532@lemsys.UUCP> <3585@awdprime.UUCP>
Organization: Monash University, Caulfield Campus
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jerry@heyman.austin.ibm.com (Jerrold Heyman) writes:

>In article <02532.AA02532@lemsys.UUCP> clemon@lemsys.UUCP (Craig Lemon) writes:
>>I'd finally ask it....What is FTP.


>>        o Do I need a special "connection" (ie. phone, data type etc)

>To get to the various machines that are mentioned in this newsgroup, you will
>need access to the Internet (but if you're posting here you probably have that)
NO!!!!   Internet is not Usenet.  You post messages to USENET, not INTERNET.
Internet is only a _carrier_ for usenet.  UUCP is another _carrier_ for usenet.
Check Craig's mail address '.UUCP' (looks like it's from his home computer).

This generally means that the article came from a machine that does it's
usenet postings using UUCP, not tcp/ip (that doesn't mean the machine can't
use internet).

for craig: you seem to be connected to the internet anyway (the .ca on your
first address in your .sig means this).  It looks like xenitec, your feed 
computer has internet, but you don't (you're using uucp).  If you can log
into xenitec normally (ie not the uucp login), then you should be able to
use ftp (and then uucp the stuff to your home computer).


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

>jerry
>-- 
>Jerry Heyman                     IBM T-R: jerry@heyman.austin.ibm.com
>AWD Tools Development            VNET   : HEYMAN at AUSVMQ
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>*** All opinions expressed are exactly that - my opinions and NOT IBM's
                                                               ^^^ ^^^
		pity, does that mean I _can't_ blame ibm for this :-)

good luck
rik.
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Rik Harris - edp367s@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au           | Build a system that
Faculty of Computing and Information Technology,      | even a fool can use,
Monash University, Caulfield Campus, Australia        | and only a fool will 
    (say that with your mouth full!)                  | want to use it.