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In article <tim.650104986@holly> tim@delluk.uucp (Tim Wright) writes:

   Sorry if I've missed the point of this (I dropped some news due to a sudden
   deluge !!). You seem to imply that the GNU software is available from the
   mail server. At least last time I tried this simply was *NOT* true. I needed
   the GNU binutils. They're not all that large. I tried the info server. Net
   result - please use hhcp/cpf. But I'm not on JANET. And I can't afford a
   PSS link - not in comparison to the cost of a nice cheap TB link.
   I don't think it's too unreasonable not to mail out multi-megabyte files.
   What would be nice would be a Trailblazer dedicated to anon uucp or maybe
   even slip for FTP. If a modem could be found, would IC be willing to
   have it hooked up for this purpose ?

Horse's mouth here.  I am one of the people who run the archive at
IC.DoC and we don't allow the info-server to email out copies of any
large software because it is hard on us, and on sites who then have to
relay, to store such large messages.

I would like us to have modems just for access to the archive with
anonymous uucp and SLIP.  However IC.DoC hasn't the spare money to pay
for extra modems and phone lines, the few we have are in heavy use by
staff or were payed for by companies for use as uknet links.

Currenly the software is available via guest niftp (that is the UK
Blue Book file transfer protocol) over X.25.  We are not on Internet
(but I would like us to be).  Most of the smaller packages are
available via email using the info-server.  We also write tapes for a
small charge.  As the UKUUG paid for the disc that the archive is on I
don't think it is fair to claim they are trying to restrict it in any
way, quite the opposite.

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