[comp.archives] Anonymous FTP from UUCP.

tomh@proxftl.UUCP (Tom Holroyd) (11/02/88)

How can a random UUCP site do anonymous FTP from an Internet site?  Is there
a gateway for such things?  I have heard rumors of a gateway at uunet..

Tom Holroyd
UUCP: {uflorida,uunet}!novavax!proxftl!tomh

The white knight is talking backwards.

rsalz@bbn.com (Rich Salz) (11/08/88)

>How can a random UUCP site do anonymous FTP from an Internet site?  Is there
>a gateway for such things?  I have heard rumors of a gateway at uunet..

In general, it cannot be done.  Your only real course of action is to
contact someone at an Internet site, make friends, and beg and plead
for (a) an account; (b) them do the retrieval and mail it to you.

If you know of something you want, the folks at UUNET will FTP it for you
so that you can then download it via UUCP.  They do this for their
clients.  For information on subscribing, send mail to
uunet!uunet-request.

Disclaimer:  I'm speaking as an individual.
	/rich $alz
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