markd@adelphi.UUCP (Mark J. DeFilippis ) (08/29/89)
I am sure this must have been asked 10000+ times, but I have not seen it recently and I have been looking for a while. 1. What exactly is ftp and how can I get this usenet news site "up and running"? We archive net sources here at Adelphi University, and maybe I can make them available via anonymous uucp and/or ftp if I can get information on ftp. 2. I notice several requests from people asking for someone to "mail me the sources for xyz". I would like to help, but don't know exactly how to mail them, and I don't want to get anyone angry. Do I just mail the source code via email? Is this type of bandwidth usage frowned upon? 3. I have not seen any of the above in any of the news documentation that came with out Netnews distribution, I looked. Can someone out there helpd me out? thanks Mark DeFilippis
davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) (08/29/89)
In article <820@adelphi.UUCP>, markd@adelphi.UUCP (Mark J. DeFilippis ) writes: | 2. I notice several requests from people asking for someone to | "mail me the sources for xyz". I would like to help, but | don't know exactly how to mail them, and I don't want to | get anyone angry. Do I just mail the source code via email? | Is this type of bandwidth usage frowned upon? You can package up sources into one or more mail files (keep them under 50k) and send by mail. If you don't do this too often you will probably not offend anyone (some people are easily offended, however). ___________________________________________________________________ | | | I'm off on vacation, expect replies Sep 18 or 25 depending on | | weather in Utah. | |___________________________________________________________________| -- bill davidsen (davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen) "The world is filled with fools. They blindly follow their so-called 'reason' in the face of the church and common sense. Any fool can see that the world is flat!" - anon