[37947] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: EMAIL != FTP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Sobol)
Fri May 25 23:41:03 2001
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Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 18:15:48 -0400
From: Steve Sobol <sjsobol@NorthShoreTechnologies.net>
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To: deeann mikula <deeann@telerama.com>
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deeann mikula wrote:
> uh, when is the last time that you worked the front line of an ISP?
> most people have never even heard of FTP. i almost spewed my orange
> juice all over my desk when i read that paragraph. :)
I wish there was an easy way to come to some kind of compromise. I
consider myself lucky that when I explain why sending big files via
email is bad, people do in fact understand and are open to alternate
means of transferring the files, but I can see how, at a larger ISP,
there would be a lower percentage of people like that.
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