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From: tonym@polari.UUCP (Tony Mann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: WANTED: America Online OPINIONS
Summary: AOL rep said they are using XModem
Message-ID: <4198@polari.UUCP>
Date: 24 May 91 16:43:22 GMT
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re: AOL's file transfer protocol

Last week I send a message to their customer service asking why the
file tranfers were so slow and what protocol they used.  the response:
plain old XModem!  I was shocked considering that they require
propietary software, which means they could use any protocol they
wished.

Now I see messages here stating they DO use a propietray protocol.
Based on how slow transfers are (MUCH slower than Compuserve's Quick
B, for instance), I do not believe they are using a sliding-windows
type of arrangement.  If it as slow as XModem, it quacks like XModem,
it is probably XModem!

-- Tony Mann, Spontaneous Software