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- From: weiner@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu (Jeff Weiner)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: "Connection timed out" on a.a
- Date: 9 Nov 1992 01:33:01 -0500
- Organization: Umich Atari Posse, In Full Effect
- Lines: 37
- Message-ID: <1dl0mtINNbbk@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu>
- References: <1992Nov8.182747.18851@u.washington.edu> <1dko2oINN8dg@golem.wcc.govt.nz>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu
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- In article <1dko2oINN8dg@golem.wcc.govt.nz> wells_s@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz writes:
- >Do what I do - ignore Atari.archive, and connect to:
- >
- >shavenyak.css.itd.umich.edu
- >
- >WHich is a.a's host site - because the direct connect bypasses a.a
- >completely, and goes straight to the source, it's also faster (But
- >comparitively slower with more people, as a.a has 2-FTP 'lines'!
- >
-
- Boy, this is really starting to get annoying. Please do not bypass the
- atari.archive.umich.edu alias. This is perhaps the worst advice
- I've seen all year. shavenyak is NOT the archive's host site.
- It is merely a machine that allows ftp connections to the server
- that houses the archive. It is not faster under normal circumstances.
- The other host that handles the split ftp connections is actually a
- much larger and faster machine. As a last but somewhat insignificant
- note, there are far more than two ftp lines to the archive.
-
- I would appreciate it in the future if all people not directly concerned
- with the physical structure of the archive would stop making incorrect
- inference about it. For every message you post here with incorrect
- and/or stupid information, I get ~5-15 messages asking more questions
- about that which you've posted (thus creating the vicious cycle that I've
- grown overwhemingly irritated by).
-
- If you have a question about the archive, I would be happy to answer
- them via email. There is little need to post things here. I trust
- that my email address is sufficiently well circulated by now.
-
- Otherwise, if any of you that insist on continuing to post this rubbish,
- please send me your snail mail address, so that I may send you
- a quarter to purchase yourself a clue with.
-
-
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- - Jeff Weiner - weiner@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu - Umich Atari Posse -
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