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From: botticel@olympus.steinmetz (David J. Botticello)
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Subject: Re: Mr. Moderator, please post zoo
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Date: 16 Aug 88 03:02:40 GMT
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>>In article <6031@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> larryg@jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU (Larry Gilbert) writes:
>>   Joe Bob Willie writes,
>>   > there are archive sites which already contain these things, please
>>   > find a local archive.  there is no need to continiously repost zoo
>>   > every month or so.
>>   I agree.  But there are those of us who can't ftp archives.
>>Why not?  jacobs.cs.orst.edu is on the internet, why can't you ftp?  And,
>>it sounds like you don't want to bother calling the c.b.i.p archives directly.
>>   THREE months?
>>Nope.  If you want it, go fetch it from the archive.  The only reason to
>>repost anything *ever* is when nearly everyone's copy got trashed.
>>
There are many of us who cannot get files via FTP. Except for some who have   
access to one of two computers, most of my site is PURPOSELY cut off from the
outside world. FTP is a two way street, if you have FTP access OUT than others
can get FTP access IN. This causes great problems with security at a place
where computer security is taken VERY SERIOUSLY. So, just because one site
has unlimited access to FTP archives, don't work under the assumption that
all do. Yeh, maybe it's just my problem, some would say. But isn't USENET
supposed to be a place of mutual cooperation, not every site for themselves?

my $.02, not my employer's

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