[37974] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: EMAIL != FTP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Lesher)
Sat May 26 08:34:28 2001
From: David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>
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To: nanog@merit.edu (nanog list)
Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 08:14:18 -0400 (EDT)
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> i've seen queues backing up because the bank of 1200 bps modems weren't
> enough, and queues backed up because a series of 400Meg messages kept failing
> halfway through delivery.
Doesn't anyone here recall the infamous OSU/Compuserve ftp-by-mail
debacle...???
It totally killed OSU's mail system.
In a case of fiction portends reality, Karl Kleinpaste solved it
by applying a Net-trueism; he wrote the backlog off to 9-track
tapes and DROVE them across town....
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