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From: halff@nprdc.arpa (Henry Halff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Error-free File Transfer?
Summary: Kermit
Message-ID: <609@arctic.nprdc.arpa>
Date: 6 Jul 88 19:04:29 GMT
References: <5670002@hpfcdq.HP.COM>
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Reply-To: halff@nprdc.arpa (Henry Halff)
Organization: Navy Personnel R&D Center, San Diego
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In article <5670002@hpfcdq.HP.COM> r_ellison@hpfcdq.HP.COM (Bob Ellison) writes:
>I'm having a little trouble getting stuff downloaded.
>
>The host machine I'm using is a UNIX machine receiving notes.  The destination
>is a remote (very remote -- long distance phone call) Macintosh.
>
>Does anyone have a better method?  Such as a protocol that can be run from
>both ends to assure reasonably accurate file transfer?

Your safest bet probably is kermit.  It's slow but its remarkably
robust.

hh