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From: "Eric J. Schwertfeger" <ejs@bfd.com>
To: David <dvo264@airmail.net>
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Subject: Re: ascii conversion to binary
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On Wed, 28 Jan 1998, David wrote:

> On Thu, 29 Jan 1998, Greg Lehey wrote:
> 
> > There is *never* a reason to transfer files in ASCII.  Always choose
> > binary.
> 
> I'll let you reset all my HTML codes in the web pages after I transfer
> then in Binary. I'm getting tired of doing it after forgeting to type
> ascii at the prompt.

Odd, what platforms are you transfering between? I transfer HTML between
Win95 and FreeBSD all the time in binary mode, and never see a problem.