From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 21 10:45:45 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA10377 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 21 Nov 1996 10:45:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.calweb.com (mail.calweb.com [165.90.138.20]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA10371 for ; Thu, 21 Nov 1996 10:45:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from devnull.calweb.com (devnull.calweb.com [165.90.138.92]) by mail.calweb.com (8.8.3/8.8.3) with SMTP id KAA08972; Thu, 21 Nov 1996 10:45:50 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <3.0.32.19961121104320.007ad160@pop.calweb.com> Warning: Unsolicited Commercial Email (UCE) will be returned to send in bulk X-Sender: jfesler@pop.calweb.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 10:45:04 -0800 To: Craig Shaver , ge1941@ibm.net From: Jason Fesler Subject: Re: FTP from your site Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 04:17 PM 11/20/96 -0800, Craig Shaver wrote: >Just use the URL ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/ and follow the directories >to the sources you need. Or use the ftp program that comes with >win95 to C> ftp ftp.freebsd.org and do not forget to use binary >mode for the downloads. Ug! I've been able to reproduce multiple binary file corruptions using "ftp" from both Win95 and also from NT (yes, remembering to select "binary"). My only recourse was to install a different FTP client. (This was when I was transfering roughly 5 gigs worth of archives on my local lan to move to CD-ROM..) -- Jason Fesler jfesler@calweb.com Internic: 'whois jf319' Admin, CalWeb Internet Services http://www.calweb.com Junk email returned, in bulk, back to sender; w/copies to all postmasters. You got junk mail problems? Use Eudora Pro, MSIE's mail, or 'man procmail'.