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Re: EMAIL != FTP

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg Maxwell)
Fri May 25 09:31:08 2001

Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 09:24:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: Greg Maxwell <gmaxwell@martin.fl.us>
To: Mitch Halmu <mitch@netside.net>
Cc: John Fraizer <nanog@Overkill.EnterZone.Net>,
	Roeland Meyer <rmeyer@mhsc.com>,
	"'Steve Sobol'" <sjsobol@NorthShoreTechnologies.net>,
	Shawn McMahon <smcmahon@eiv.com>, <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Fri, 25 May 2001, Mitch Halmu wrote:
[snip]
> file. Second, an average user probably wouldn't have the skill. Third, a
> .zip file will usually display as funny characters on a web browser -
> that's why ftp is needed. Fourth, you probably wouldn't have shell access
[snip]

Web browsers will only display 'funny characters' for .zip files if they
don't have their mime-types sufficently configured.

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