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From: Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM
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Subject: Re: How do I get RFC articles?
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Date: 19 Jun 91 17:25:35 GMT
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>>>>> "Bob" == Bob Sutterfield <bob@MorningStar.Com> writes:

Bob> If I tell my Emacs "C-x C-f /ftp.uu.net:/rfc/rfc874$", ange-ftp opens
Bob> an anonymous FTP connection to UUNET (since I have a line like
Bob> "machine ftp.uu.net login anonymous password bob@morningstar.com" in
Bob> my ~/.netrc), gets a directory listing, and completes the "rfc874.Z".

Bob's right, folks.  And furthermore, you can set this variable to t
(=true):

ange-ftp-generate-anonymous-password's value is t

Documentation:
*If non-nil, by default use a password of user@host when logging
in as the anonymous user.