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From: kgustilo@pennsy.med.jhu.edu
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Subject: Re: FTP for MacTCP?
Message-ID: <1991Jun12.021350.17021@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>
Date: 12 Jun 91 02:13:50 GMT
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In article <1991Jun12.004143.13195@wolves.uucp> ggw@wolves.uucp (Gregory G.
Woodbury) writes:
>As a simple answer - NO, there is no ftp client that I am aware of for
>the Mac.
>
>It should be relatively easy to make one that can go out from the mac
>and poke at other servers, but I haven't seen or heard of one.
>
>Given that the NCSA Telnet source code is available, and ftp client code
>is available, you could try to roll your own.
>
>I anyone knows of such a beast, please post.

BYU's implementation of NCSA Telnet contains is the beast that you are looking
for. The current version is 2.3.4 derived from NCSA Telnet version 2.3 and does
not require MacTCP. I think SU's MacIP can also do this but this is hearsay.
There is the commercial version from Novell, HostAcces that also does this.

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