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>>    Now if UUNET were to provide a method of doing anonymous FTP to their
>>    customers directly, you'd have a case. But they don't, so we need our
>>    mail servers.
>
>> They are, it's called "alternet".
>
>Alternet is a commercial TCP/IP service. What I'm talking about is a uucp
>to ftp gateway for UUNET customers, like what PUCC provides but without the
>bitnet hassles. It's as different as road and rail.


What bitnet hassles?  I send a mail message to BITFTP@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU
from any UUCP site, type in the EXACT ftp dialog I would interactively,    
and I get my response back uuencoded.  How could it be easier?  I guess you
could drop the uuencoding and/or put it in a shar file, but that's about it...

I personally find BITFTP easier than anonymous uucp.  The only thing that
could be better would be fully interactive access, and you won't find
that in the uucp store-and-forward world, I'm sure.

I'm sure there are ways it could be easier, but I'm still trying to figure
out how everyone got by before BITFTP :-)

- Alan Millar      AMillar@cup.portal.com