Xref: utzoo comp.mail.misc:5461 comp.mail.uucp:6529 news.admin:14418 Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,comp.mail.uucp,news.admin Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!torsqnt!lsuc!iguana!merce From: merce@iguana.uucp (Jim Mercer) Subject: Re: BITFTP grief! Message-ID: <1991May18.043931.7094@iguana.uucp> Organization: Ed (the iguana) Memorial Society References: <1991May16.145758.6817@uu.psi.com> <1991May16.224338.286@crom2.uucp> Distribution: na Date: Sat, 18 May 91 04:39:31 GMT In article <1991May16.224338.286@crom2.uucp> jim@crom2.uucp (James P. H. Fuller) writes: >schoff@uu.psi.com (Martin Schoffstall) writes: >>To transfer files we use a tried and true mechanism: FTP. > > Can you say "0% reliability?" FTP to uucp-only sites doesn't work >AT ALL. What's your advice for them? "Screw you, Jack, I've got mine?" >Harrumph! agreed, FTP is an direct internet only facility. why not use the next best thing in your case? direct uucp connection. To which joe.user@site.uucp (Joe User) MIGHT SAY: > that costs money. too fucking bad, better your money/time/disk than mine. -- [ Jim Mercer work: jim@lsuc.on.ca home: merce@iguana.uucp +1 519 570-3467 ] [ "Anarchists Unite!" - seen spray painted on a wall ]