Xref: utzoo comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d:889 news.groups:5269 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!killer!vector!rpp386!pigs!haugj From: haugj@pigs.UUCP (Joe Bob Willie) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d,news.groups Subject: Re: Call for Discussion: comp.sources.archives (was: Can't access) Summary: have you written the archive administrator? Message-ID: <386@pigs.UUCP> Date: 31 Aug 88 18:12:44 GMT References: <35180003@hpindda.HP.COM> <175@falko Reply-To: haugj@pigs.UUCP (Joe Bob Willie) Organization: Big "D" Oil and Gas Lines: 43 In article <8649@ihlpb.ATT.COM> nevin1@ihlpb.UUCP (55528-Liber,N.J.) writes: >Unfortunately, this approach doesn't usually work. i wouldn't leap to the conclusion that it doesn't usually work. my experience has been that it DOES usually work if the information is present. > I have tried >directly calling archive sites with a PC and a modem, and I have always >been timed out well before I get a shell prompt (let alone trying to >figure out how to actually do the download). i have seen much of what you describe, but the source of that problem is someones friend telling them a phone number and nothing more. if you aren't an experienced computer user [ which nevin would seem to be ] just a phone number is not enough information. another problem is that some sites give you 10 or 15 minutes and want you to enter your entire life history. on the other side of that coin are people who know enough to be dangerous and login to the archive guest password, not to access the archive, but to screw with the machine. i have this problem quite a bit and am considering removing the archive guest login on the system. > That is why many people >on the net ask for things to be emailed; they simple can't get anything >else to work! people on the net shouldn't have this problem. a quick look in the maps will reveal the site administrators name and email address. send the administrator a letter and have her explain how to use the archive to you. using email for sources is a waste of net resources. > I'm willing to pay my share of the bill; just tell me >how to get it to work! see the previous paragraph. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-The Beach Bum at The Big "D" Home for Wayward Hackers-=-=-=-=-=-= Very Long Address: John.F.Haugh@rpp386.dallas.tx.us Very Short Address: jfh@rpp386 "ANSI C: Just say no" -- Me