Re: Incoming files on Asimov (Georgia Mirror)

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Andy McFadden writes ...
> 
> In article <394F300B.6C838386@swbell.net>,
> Rubywand  <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:
> >ronfucci@bellsouth.net writes ...
> >>
> >> What is the policy of Asimov with regard to handling incoming files ?
> >> Are they distributed into the existing directory structure on a
> >> regular basis ?
> > ....
> >
> >     The Georgia site is a mirror; so, it seems more likely that newly
> >uploaded material would be transferred to Asimov and sorted there. Since
> >Asimov is currently down, it may be a while before new uploads appear in
> >regular folders.
> 
> Would be nice if somebody would just take it and throw it into a
> world-readable directory.  The point of a non-world-readable directory
> is to prevent "bad people" from using it as a drop point, but given
> how long that stuff has been sitting there it's unlikely to contain
> anything less legal than the accessible contents of the web site.  (Did
> I phrase that diplomatically enough?)
> 
 ....

     Except for giving a few of our remaining anti-user vogon types purple faced
apoplexy, sure!



Rubywand