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From: dhmyrdal@solan.unit.no (Dag H}kon Myrdal)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: Re: Posting binaries
Message-ID: <1990Dec17.134221.27584@ugle.unit.no>
Date: 17 Dec 90 13:42:21 GMT
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In article <1504@tharr.UUCP>, gtoal@tharr.UUCP (Graham Toal) writes:

|> May I suggest that we keep eunet.micro.acorn as a sneaky binaries/sources
|> group, and restrict conversational postings to comp.sys.arm; I doubt the
|> rest of the world wants our sources, and it would save an awful hassle in
|> setting up new groups.

This sounds like a BAD idea.... Remember, there ARE people using the
Archimedes elsewhere in the world! (I thought that was the reason why 
comp.sys.acorn was created)

And to Philip Colmer:
It is quite possible to access files from a FTP server *without* having
ftp-access.... So I cannot see *any* reason why we shouldn`t have an
archive stored that way....
One way to access FTP-sites via mail is to mail "BITFTP@PUCC.BITNET":

The recommended syntax is:
FTP hostname
USER username password          e.g., USER anonymous guest
<other FTP subcommands>
For further help, mail a "HELP" command to "BITFTP@PUCC".


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