Re: Apple2 archive at grind.isca.uiowa.edu

[gwlester@cpu.com (Gerald W. Lester)]

In article <fmlinCE0vJM.E0L@netcom.com>, fmlin@netcom.com (Frank M. Lin) writes:
>>>program like Kermit-65, or one of the commercial programs, to be able to
>>>call in and dnload a file.  Most would need telnet or FTP access to fetch
>>>files to there own host machine prior to dnloading.
>>
>>     Ugh, I think FTP-by-mail should definitely be implemented in
>>some fashion.   One of the reasons I contributed was so that ALL (or
>>at least MOST) of the Apple II world could obtain files from this
>>archive.  There are many people on the 'net without direct FTP
>>access, but who are still dedicated Apple II users.
>
>I've been wondering about this for a long time.  Can't FTP-by-mail handle
>binary files? 
>

The one offered by Digital ftpmail@decwrl.com does.  And it is invisable to the
archive site (i.e. to the archive site it is just an FTP access).  I think what
was being said earlier was that special mailling/file server code was not going
to be implemented.

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