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From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Garbo incoming directories are not for download (Was Re: Free v1.9)
Message-ID: <1991May4.070033.165@uwasa.fi>
Date: 4 May 91 07:00:33 GMT
References: <1991May3.180400.17102@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>
Organization: University of Vaasa
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In article <1991May3.180400.17102@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> tcs@mailer.jhuapl.edu (Carl Schelin) writes:
>A just posted utility, Free v1.3 has been updated to version 1.9 and is now
>available at garbo.uwasa.fi in ~pc/incoming/free19.zip. I don't know if this
>directory is readable but I assume that Timo (or whomever) will be placing 
>it in a dos utility directory soon. 
:

It is in the /pc/diskutil directory as I announced in another
posting.

But my true subject is for general information.  Life is full of
rules and restrictions, and here is a very important DON'T.  Our
incoming directory is strictly meant for uploads only.  User's
should not try to download anything from it, nor should the authors
give such an impression.  (Carl, definitely not a flame.  Just to
the atttention of all you kind garbo.uwasa.fi uploaders, whom we
very much appreciate).  What's more we try to minize the time
anything stays in the incoming directories.  There is a regular
polling system to move them out of reach as quickly as possible.  So
trying to download from the incoming directories is not even
rational. 

There are two main resons for forbidding any download attempts from
the incoming directories.  First we want to check the material sent
to us, even if it means delays for their release.  Second, we want
to prevent any potential misuse of the incoming directories as a
junction (and we will take any necessay further steps to see to this
if need be). 

...................................................................
Prof. Timo Salmi
Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous ftp archives 128.214.12.37
School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland
Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun