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From: david@doe.utoronto.ca (David Megginson)
Subject: Re: Bye Bye BART
Message-ID: <1991Feb12.154158.10207@doe.utoronto.ca>
Summary: Use BITFTP with moderation, or we will lose it
Keywords: BART Atari archive umich alternatives
Organization: Dictionary of Old English Project - U of Toronto
References: <1991Feb11.054514.25449@terminator.cc.umich.edu> <1991Feb11.145036.24222@chinet.chi.il.us> <1991Feb11.212135.13827@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 1991 15:41:58 GMT

In article <1991Feb11.212135.13827@ccu.umanitoba.ca> bright@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Bob Bright) writes:
>
>Your suggestions are good ones, Stephen, but they all sound like a lot
>of work.  Are you aware that there is a mail server at princeton
>specifically set up to handle to remote ftp requests and send the
>files to you by mail?  Try sending the one-line message "help" to:
>
>         bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu
>
There have been many complaints about BITFTP clogging up the net since
it went into mail service--originally, it had a binary-only connection
with BITNET nodes. Personally, I use bitftp, but NOT on Usenet, only
on BITNET. If we overuse bitftp, it will probably disappear soon. So,
use it, but check with your sysadmin and/or your feeds first, and use
it responsibly.

David
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