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From: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell)
Subject: Re: BITFTP grief!
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Date: Sat, 18 May 1991 17:35:13 GMT

In article <1991May17.200736.8137@uu.psi.com> schoff@uu.psi.com (Martin Schoffstall) writes:

>I'm REAL familiar with the fact that UUCP sites don't have FTP access,
>but you can't be critical if you have PORCHE tastes on a YUGO budget.

I'd guess that most FTP users just want the files delivered and don't
really care about the vehicle.  In fact, given a choice, most people
would probably prefer uucp's automatic queuing mechanism if the remote
site can't be reached on the first attempt.

Les Mikesell
  les@chinet.chi.il.us