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From: merlin@smu.uucp (David Hayes)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: grape abandons FTP continuation lines
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Date: 26 Sep 89 15:08:03 GMT
References: <1989Sep25.211510.2383@sun.soe.clarkson.edu>
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Reply-To: merlin@smu.edu (David Hayes)
Organization: Southern Methodist University, CSE Dept. Dallas, TX
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In article <1989Sep25.211510.2383@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu writes:
>Moral: Don't use FTP continuation lines in your FTP server unless you
>want to make Sun users confused and unhappy.  And when they get
>confused they send you mail.  And when you get tired of answering that
>mail, you rip the continuation lines out of your code.  

Or you can use the FTP in accrodance with its protocol specification.
And when the Sun users get confused, and angry, they send you mail.
Bounce the mail to Sun.  Maybe Sun will eventually fix their machines.
I'm not holding my breath, though.

David Hayes	School of Engineering	Southern Methodist University
merlin@smu.edu	uunet!smu!merlin
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