From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 31 16:09:53 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 897BE16A41C for ; Tue, 31 May 2005 16:09:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com) Received: from lakecmmtao05.coxmail.com (lakecmmtao05.coxmail.com [68.99.120.79]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A05343D55 for ; Tue, 31 May 2005 16:09:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com) Received: from dns1 ([64.58.171.82]) by lakecmmtao05.coxmail.com (InterMail vM.6.01.04.04 201-2131-118-104-20050224) with ESMTP id <20050531160951.JJKG7226.lakecmmtao05.coxmail.com@dns1>; Tue, 31 May 2005 12:09:51 -0400 From: Vizion To: Derrick MacPherson , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 09:04:43 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.8 References: <200505310818.45961.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> <200505310843.07721.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> <1117554794.12851.230.camel@Mandarin-04.mainframe.ca> In-Reply-To: <1117554794.12851.230.camel@Mandarin-04.mainframe.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-6" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200505310904.44254.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> Cc: Subject: Re: ftp server frustrating X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 16:09:53 -0000 On Tuesday 31 May 2005 08:53, you wrote: >do you know the name of the file you need? If you don't exactly know >where it is, tell me what you are looking for and I will send you the >URL top the file and you can just use fetch to grab it Thanks -- I really appreciate your offer -- but I am hoping whoever is responsible for the server can solve what is, for me, an ongoing problem. The time settings on ftp.freebsd.org are just to low for manual access in any but the most perfect conditions. (I dread to think how someone who is blind or deaf could ever access the site manually!) It is the general problem that cncerns me - if I am in some goddamned foreign port trying to get an individual file by ftp through using my waterproof windows rugged tablet for subsequent transfer to my on below decks freebsd server I do not want to have to be frustratingly disconnected because the typing speed on my tablet is limited! The problem is people who work all day in a static environment forget about those who may be working in a far more rugged environment. I just can see no imperative reason for setting those timings so low! David -- 40 yrs navigating and computing in blue waters. English Owner & Captain of British Registered 60' bluewater Ketch S/V Taurus. Currently in San Diego, CA. Sailing May/June bound for Europe via Panama Canal.