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From: BCHTANTW%NUSVM@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU (Tan Tin Wee)
Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.genbank
Subject: ANONYMOUS FTP FROM BITNET
Message-ID: <9009290610.AA23614@genbank.bio.net>
Date: 29 Sep 90 06:10:25 GMT
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Recently somebody asked for help on getting random sequences from
GENBANK.  One of the options suggested was anonymous FTP with the
caveat that the netter must be on INTERNET.
Even if he is not, it is still possible to do anonymous FTP via
BITNET.
I frequently use the BITFTP Princeton BITNET FTP server
which provides a mail interface to the FTP portion of the
IBM TCP/IP running on the Princeton VM system.  It allows
BITNET (or NetNorth or EARN) users to ftp files from sites
on the INTERNET.  The load on BITFTP is "often very heavy".
For further information, send a mail message "HELP" to BITFTP@PUCC.BITNET
or ask M Varian at MAINT@PUCC.BITNET or MAINT@pucc.princeton.edu (INTERNET).
Hope it solves your problem if you are not on INTERNET and wish to
do anonymous FTP.

Sincerely,
Tin Wee TAN
Dept of Biochemistry
National University of Singapore

BCHTANTW@NUSVM.BITNET

PS. Many thanks to folks who run the show at BITFTP. Wouldn't know
what I'd do without this service.