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From: vizard@dartvax.UUCP (Todd Krein)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: What is FTP? (really - FTP doesn't work here)
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Date: Sat, 2-Aug-86 15:10:44 EDT
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> A frequent question on usenet:
> how do I ftp from xxx a file mentioned in some newsgroup?
> 
> Answer:  almost always requires that you have access to a machine on the
> ARPAnet (actually DOD internet these days, with ARPAnet and MILNET being the
> two main subnets), running TCP/IP software.
> FTP is an interactive file transfer protocol command; usually you interact
> with a series of commands to establish a connection to some remote machine,
> log in, copy files in either direction, examine directories, etc.  A bit
> like UUCP.
> 

	Hmm, is that why I can't get FTP to connect to columbia or simtel20?
When I try, I  get an "unknown Host" error. Is there any fix for/way around
this?

		Todd Krein
		vizard@dartvax