nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) (09/26/89)
I run an FTP archive site, grape.ecs.clarkson.edu. I would like to keep people appraised of timely information, much as /etc/motd serves on Unix machines. The FTP RFC allows for multiple sign-on banner lines, which would be a great place to announce this information. Unfortunately, Sun's FTP client gets very, very confused when confronted with continuation lines. Moral: Don't use FTP continuation lines in your FTP server unless you want to make Sun users confused and unhappy. And when they get confused they send you mail. And when you get tired of answering that mail, you rip the continuation lines out of your code. And when you get depressed that the network isn't perfect yet, you post to this list, looking for a sympathetic ear. :-( -- --russ (nelson@clutx [.bitnet | .clarkson.edu]) Live up to the light thou hast, and more will be granted thee.