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From: steveb@ihlpa.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: General file transfer by E-mail (Really ftp)
Message-ID: <3637@ihlpa.ATT.COM>
Date: Fri, 17-Apr-87 18:22:32 EST
Article-I.D.: ihlpa.3637
Posted: Fri Apr 17 18:22:32 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 18-Apr-87 08:28:16 EST
References: <1824@vax135.UUCP> <1084@ius2.cs.cmu.edu>
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Summary: FTP ??!

In article <1084@ius2.cs.cmu.edu>, edw@ius2.cs.cmu.edu.UUCP writes:
> In article <1824@vax135.UUCP>, booth@vax135.UUCP (David Booth) writes:
> > 
> > 	WANTED: Network Independant File Transfer by Electronic Mail
> > 	------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> 	Whats wrong with FTP?  You can get to anywhere else on the 
> network using it.

Please forgive my unpardonable ignorance but I've seen this
reference many, many times and I would *really like to know* the
answer.

What is 'ftp' and how does it work?  Is it a program?  Do the
letters 'f', 't', 'p' stand for something?  Is it a method or
technique?  How can I obtain sources, etc. via anonymous ftp?
What procedure would I follow?  What information would I need to
have?  Thanks in advance for any and all information provided!

Please, no flames.  For as I've been told numerous times, "The
only 'dumb' question is the one that's never asked."

-- 
Steven R. Bodenstab            UUCP:  ..!ihnp4!mhuxd!ihsybil!srb
AT&T Bell Laboratories

==> Er, uh, uh, he wrote it.  Yeah, that's it!  HE wrote it! <==