Xref: utzoo comp.mail.misc:5658 comp.mail.uucp:6781 news.admin:14958 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!icdoc!qmw-dcs!guinness!dc From: dc@dcs.qmw.ac.uk (Daniel Cohen;E303) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,comp.mail.uucp,news.admin Subject: Re: BITFTP grief! Message-ID: Date: 5 Jun 91 14:59:05 GMT References: <1991May16.224338.286@crom2.uucp> <1991Jun2.151614.65@cmkrnl.uucp> <1991Jun4.151838.7885@bony1.bony.com> Sender: usenet@dcs.qmw.ac.uk Followup-To: comp.mail.misc Lines: 21 Nntp-Posting-Host: guinness.dcs.qmw.ac.uk In <1991Jun4.151838.7885@bony1.bony.com> stevef@bony1.bony.com (Steve Faiwiszewski) writes: >Now, since we *PAY* for connection to uunet, and we *DONT* go thru >anyone else's system, there would be no harm for us calling upon the >services of an MBAS. Without one, we are restricted to what we can >get directly from uunet, which is (naturally) far from having a >complete archive. Would be nice if uunet implemented an MBAS like >thing for its customers... When I was a customer of uunet, they were prepared to fetch files by anonymous ftp for me, and then mail it to me for collection with the regular delivery. I know it's not as convenient as being able to ftp things yourself but it does mean you're not limited to what you can get directly from uunet. I imagine they still provide this service to customers; ask them. -- Daniel Cohen Department of Computer Science Email: dc@dcs.qmw.ac.uk Queen Mary and Westfield College Tel: +44 71 975 5249/4/5 Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK Fax: +44 81 980 6533 *** Glory, Glory, Hallelujah ***