Xref: utzoo comp.mail.misc:5480 comp.mail.uucp:6564 news.admin:14465 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!rutgers!njin!uupsi!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,comp.mail.uucp,news.admin Subject: Re: BITFTP grief! Message-ID: Date: 19 May 91 16:23:56 GMT References: <1991May16.224338.286@crom2.uucp> <1991May17.183950.25550@agate.berkeley.edu> <30EBM2G@xds13.ferranti.com> <1991May18.190644.27513@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Distribution: na Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 18 In article <1991May18.190644.27513@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> gsh7w@astsun.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Hennessy) writes: > Peter da Silva writes: > # 1) find a site with the package that allows anon-uucp. > UUnet is always there. And they have 1-900 numbers. And they have 1-800 numbers for subscribers, too. I've been there. They don't have everything. They don't have TCL. They don't have MX or TX. They only have STDWIN because Guido put it in the amiga-sources area while I was the moderator of amiga-sources. That's the problem. Partly because of FTP, nobody has everything. And because of FTP, they shouldn't have to. So you get back to 1) find a site with the package that allows anon-uucp. -- Peter da Silva; Ferranti International Controls Corporation; +1 713 274 5180; Sugar Land, TX 77487-5012; `-_-' "Have you hugged your wolf, today?"