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From: marcelo@deadzone.uucp (Marcelo Gallardo)
Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent
Subject: Re: Re: How to get files from piggy via mail
Message-ID: <1991Apr28.183207.673@deadzone.uucp>
Date: 28 Apr 91 18:32:07 GMT
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In article <5279113@mailgsm.mendelson.com> root@mailgsm.mendelson.com (Geoffrey S. Mendelson) writes:
>Since this posting did not go out to ALL sites, and articles suggesting
>you use bitftp keep poping up, I thought it would be a good idea to repost it.
>After the original posting, I talked to the news administrator at my client.
>While he cannot speak for Princeton, he thought they would frown upon 
>non-bitnet users of bitftp. 
>
>
>Therefore, I reiterate my suggestion that you get their permission before using
>bitftp (on their system) from a non bitnet site.
>
>I speak for myself and not Princeton (pucc) nor BITNET. I am not 
>telling you what to do or not to do. I am advising you of things that you may 
>need to know.
>
>

	Well, I don't speak for Princeton or BITNET, but I can tell you
	that if Princeton feels that BITFTP is being abused, they will
	shut it down. The following was extracted from the BITFTP HELP
	file...


	       BITFTP -- Princeton BITNET FTP Server

	       BITFTP provides a mail interface to the FTP portion of
	       the IBM
	       TCP/IP product ("FAL") running on the Princeton VM
	       system, to allow
	       BITNET/NetNorth/EARN users to ftp files from sites on the
	       Internet.

	Again, I don't speak for Princeton, but I would recomend sending
	mail to POSTMASTER@PUCC to see what they have to say. 


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