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From: parkern@jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU (Neil Parker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: FTP
Summary: If you can't FTP, try e-mail instead
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Date: 8 Jun 91 00:30:16 GMT
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In article <1991Jun6.141610.4796@clark.edu> steve@pro-hindugods.cts.com (Steve Fenwick) writes:
>Sorry for my ignorance, but a lot of discussion about "ftp"ing has been
>going on.  I know what it means, but how can I connect to one of those
>sites that everone says has all these great GS programs?  
>Right now, I'm connected to a ProLine site in Bloomfield Hills, MI.  Are
>there local numbers for some ftp sites that I've heard mentioned?  They
>sound like they have a lot to offer.

Unfortunately, you can't FTP from Proline sites, or from any other site
that doesn't connect directly to the Internet.

I don't know of any Apple II FTP sites that have a local phone number that
you can call directly.  (I think uunet.uu.net has a 1-900 number, but it
doesn't have any Apple II files.)

If you can send e-mail offsite, then you may be able to get some of the
sites to mail programs to you.  Try sending mail to the following
addresses:

     archive-server@plains.nodak.edu
     For a list of Apple II files, send mail with the following text:
	 index appleII
     (Be sure to capitalize filenames correctly--this site cares about the
     difference between uppercase and lowercase letters.)

     LISTSERV@brownvm.brown.edu  (non-game files)
     LISTSERV@utarlvm1.uta.edu  (game files)
     For a list of Apple II files on either site, send the following
     message:
	  INDEX APPLE2-L

For information on how to get files from any of these sites, send mail with
the following text:
     help

As a last resort, you might also want to try BITFTP@pucc.princeton.edu.
This is a server which will try to get your files by FTP and mail them back
to you.  For information on how to use it, send the message "help".  (I
call this a "last resort" because this is a very popular (and therefore
very heavily loaded) server, and it may take some time for your files to
get back to you.  Also, this was originally intended to be a service for
BITNET users, and it's probably not guaranteed to work for non-BITNET
people.)

               - Neil Parker
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