Xref: utzoo comp.mail.uucp:6530 news.admin:14419 Newsgroups: 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 now more selective Message-ID: <1991May18.045023.7218@iguana.uucp> Organization: Ed (the iguana) Memorial Society References: Date: Sat, 18 May 91 04:50:23 GMT In article bei@dogface (Bob Izenberg) writes: >merce@iguana.uucp (Jim Mercer) writes: >> how much of a net.lobby do we have to do to get pucc.princeton.edu to shut >> down BITFTP? > >Here's the reply that I (a user on a non-BITNET/EARN host) just received >from pucc.princeton.edu: > >> * * BITFTP is no longer able to provide service to * * >> * * nodes that are not directly on EARN or BITNET * * > >That Jim Mercer only mentioned this in a mail message won't keep some people >from trying to turn him into a crispy critter, Usenet-wise. oh great. here i was, trying to build my self up as "Jim Mercer, networking kinda-guy", now i am: Jim Mercer, the butcher of BITFTP. 8^) [ actually, i haven't gotten as much hate mail as i expected. right now it is about 9 out of 10 against MBAS's. i'll post a summary in a few days. ] -- [ Jim Mercer work: jim@lsuc.on.ca home: merce@iguana.uucp +1 519 570-3467 ] [ "Anarchists Unite!" - seen spray painted on a wall ]