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Re: FTP Site for FIDONET Nodelist (latest)

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From: lairdpg
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 05:53
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In article <BtrKyo.F74@cs.psu.edu>, fenner@postscript.cs.psu.edu (Bill Fenner) writes:
> In article <1992Aug29.102127.1491@lub001.lamar.edu> lairdpg@lub001.lamar.edu writes:
> |Here is the scoop on the latest nodelist:
> |
> |FTP to:
> |M2XENIX.PSG.COM
> |Login anonymous using your complte e-mail address as password.
> |cd/pub/fidonet/nodelist
> |do a "TYPE I"
> 
> You probably don't want to do this, if it's not archived, which your
> instructions don't seem to imply that it is.  If you're on a UNIX machine,
> it should be OK, but if you're ftp'ing to anything else, doing the "TYPE I"
> will make the transferred file garbage.

I happen to be on a DOS B server connecting to a VAX/VMS machine.  I have
the complete nodelist per the above instructions and it is parseable and not
garbage. However, that is a unix maine.  perhaps I should leave it up to
the person ftping to decide how they want to handle the transfer?  

>  Bill                       

73's - N5UYH (Grady)
									
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From: lairdpg@lub001.lamar.edu
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.misc
Subject: Re: FTP Site for FIDONET Nodelist (latest)
Message-ID: <1992Aug29.225356.1494@lub001.lamar.edu>
Date: 29 Aug 92 22:53:56 +1700
References: <1992Aug29.102127.1491@lub001.lamar.edu> <BtrKyo.F74@cs.psu.edu>
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