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Re: Who is Cturley2 ??



Penman wrote:

> Actually, Roy, http:// CAN access and then allow downloads
> from ftp sites.  I've done this numerous times from
> both lynx and Netscape from the Trenco ftp site.  An html
> guru that I ask for help from when the need arises has had
> me use http:// rather than ftp:// when setting up a link
> to a file for downloading on a website I was developing.
> Apparently not all browsers and all versions therein can
> properly do ftp:// .  I've tested the http:// setup
> extensively and it WILL download a file.

Thanks Penman, I appreciate the info.

>  So, back to
> the original--your question and comment about Tom's site
> would still be valid, since it CAN and does allow
> files of some types to be transferred.  It may not be
> an ftp site by definition, but there's that line about
> the appearance of a member of the family Anatidae (or
> the appearance of that water fowl for you all not near
> a dictionary....  :))
>

LOL  Quack, Quack

Roy