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- From: unixsys@ssg.com (Rick Emerson)
- Subject: Re: LINUX DISK AVAILBLE IN CANADA
- Message-ID: <LFuJoB3w165w@ssg.com>
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- Organization: System Support Group
- References: <9207251619.AA22460@optical.bms.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 03:36:32 GMT
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- jen@unixg.ubc.ca (Zhen Yu) writes:
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- >
- > I came across an ad in August issue of Computer Paper (a 100-page, nation-wid
- > distributed, free, monthly paper. Circulation in Canada: 185,000). It reads:
- >
- > [Ad omitted]
- >
- > It seems someone is filling the vacuum for those who want free-unix but have
- > no ftp access.
- > Comments, anyone?
-
- Yes. Try accessing ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com for files. A request addressed
- to ftpmail-request@... will get the correct command syntax. This is not the
- best way to go for huge files as uuencoded files come back in 50KB chunks
- but if it's this or nothing...
-
- Rick
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