Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!island!daniel From: daniel@island.COM (Daniel Smith "innovation, not litigation...") Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: BITFTP grief! (UUNET email-ftp?) Message-ID: <4068@island.COM> Date: 19 May 91 17:57:21 GMT References: <1991May15.042146.29800@iguana.uucp> <81678@bu.edu> <1705@aupair.cs.athabascau.ca> <1991May16.143532.22617@chinet.chi.il.us> Distribution: na Organization: Island Graphics, Marin County, California Lines: 26 In lyndon@cs.athabascau.ca (Lyndon Nerenberg) writes: > les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) writes: > >But what about uunet customers? > They can send mail to ftp-requesdt@uunet.uu.net and request the files > be transfered for them. Why uunet doesn't provide a service like BITFTP > for DIRECTLY connected customers is beyond me. I wholeheartily second this! I've used ftp-request on occasion, but the turnaround time isn't as good as what would be possible if uunet were to run the type of software that Princeton is using. This would be a great service to uunet Customers[*], and would free up their staff (hi Lorelei!) a bit for other things. Daniel [*] heck, they'd be making money off of it, can't think of reason why they would not want to do this. -- daniel@island.com Daniel Smith, Island Graphics, (415) 491 0765 x 250(w) daniel@world.std.com 4000 CivicCenterDrive SanRafael MarinCounty CA 94903 dansmith@well.sf.ca.us Fax: 491 0402 Disclaimer: Hey, I wrote it, not IG! falling/yes I'm falling/and she keeps calling/me back again - IJSaF, Beatles