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From: bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield)
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Subject: Re: No ftp
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Date: 5 Mar 91 22:35:52 GMT
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In-Reply-To: morris@etseccpb.upc.es's message of 4 Mar 91 17:22:00 GMT

In article <44*morris@etseccpb.upc.es> morris@etseccpb.upc.es ("Maldwyn G.T. Morris") writes:
   Is there any way I can get hold of all the exciting things you
   people are talking about without having to use ftp - something like
   the xstuff mail server but for sources?  We are currently only
   connected to the rest of the world by Email, with ftp coming
   soonish.

There are several sites (e.g. uunet) that maintain caches of
comp.sources.x and the contrib directory from expo.lcs.mit.edu, and
make them available via UUCP, either anonymously or to their clients.
That way you would pay fairly for the cost of the file transfer,
rather than depending upon the people along your mail path.