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Article #1622Re: mail servers
From: Peter da Silva
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 1990 22:12
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 1990 22:12
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In article <BOB.90Aug22102618@volitans.MorningStar.Com> bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) writes: > A mail-based archive server is an impolite and destructive way to > distribute large amounts of information, and should be discouraged in > such applications. [goes on to point out that UUCP sites can be victimised that way] So how should a UUNET customer, who's paying for the non-zero-incremental- cost (NZIC) part of the link get data from FTP-able archives? The only way I know is to use a (*shudder*) mail-based archive server (MBIC). Ruling them out is throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Just make sure your mail-based server can recognise a NZIC link (easy, it's got a "!" in it) and refuses to send if it's not terminal. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' +1 713 274 5180. 'U` peter@ferranti.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uunet!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!uhnix1!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: mail servers Message-ID: <9RE5N-9@xds13.ferranti.com> Date: 23 Aug 90 22:12:21 GMT References: <1990Aug17.021921.1863@chinet.chi.il.us> <1594@i2ack.sublink.org> <BOB.90Aug22102618@volitans.MorningStar.Com> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 14