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In <1993Feb3.132226.14309@cs.su.oz.au>
piers@basser.cs.su.oz.au (Piers Lauder) writes:

| At Robert Elz's request, any non-"au" ftp request sent to basser.cs.su.oz.au
| will now be forwarded to plaza.aarnet.oz.au (the ARRNet "archie" server).

The reason for this is that the MHSnet ftpserver on plaza (archie.au)
has been made to use Alex to obtain files if it can (if you're not
using anonymous ftp, or you're silly enough to give a numeric IP
address or something, it can't).  That means that the files will be
obtained from a local cache on archie.au rather than from the foreign
site if someone has requested the same file in the not too distant
past.

Incidentally, for those with MHSnet, this makes using MHSnet's netftp
an extremely attractive way to do anon ftp's of any file from anywhere in
the world, it saves on international traffic as much as possible, and
you also get to avoid sitting around waiting till the file turns up.

If anyone experiences trouble with archie.au's (plaza's) MHSnet
ftpserver, please let me know.

kre