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[cc: list removed] On Fri, 25 May 2001, Mitch Halmu wrote: > If you were a dial-up user, chances are you wouldn't be able to do that. If you were a dial-up user, FTP would be far more efficient. Ever thought of the 8 to 7 bit conversion? The man page for uuencode says an expansion of 37% is quite normal. I would prefer to wait 10 minutes instead of almost 14 minutes for the same file. Suppose a clueless user takes about 15 minutes to find out how it works; if you use email regularly to transmit files, you will save time very fast. > A few simple reasons come to mind: first, you wouldn't have any or not > enough disk space on your system account (limited by quota) to store the > file. I think most ISP's prefer a onetime use of webspace instead of a 10 time use in pop boxes. > Second, an average user probably wouldn't have the skill. Then he/she should learn. I don't buy a car if I can't drive. I'm sorry for comparing internetworking with driving a car but I feel that FTP'ing is a basic skill if you want to use the internet in a professional way (and since most documents are being distributed for professional reasons, they should know). > Third, a .zip file will usually display as funny characters on a web > browser - that's why ftp is needed. Most browsers can handle .zip files and ask the user what to do with them. > Fourth, you probably wouldn't have shell access and ftp space from > your provider with a regular account. Then change ISP's. > Fifth, assuming you would have all the toys, you would have to spend > yourself the time to first upload the file, so that another may > retrieve it. C:\windows\ftp.exe ftp://www.bit.nl/~sabri/suexec.patch.gz > Sixth, if your file was a sensitive document, others > would have public access to it, etc. http://foo:[email protected]/~sabri/suexec.patch.gz > So what's a regular user to do? Email it! Hence the legitimate use of > email for transmission of large files. Most ISPs know that if they start > limiting this privilege, users will migrate to someone that allows it. Allowing != promoting... And like more people on this list; I consider it very rude to receive large attachments, especially from clueless salesdroids sending .doc files. That's the way to get me not buying anything. imho of course. -- /* Sabri Berisha CCNA,BOFH,+iO O.O Business Internet Trends * Join HAL!!: www.HAL2001.org ____oOo_U_oOo____ http://www.bit.nl/~sabri * ____________________________________________, +31 318648688 318643334 * DDoS: http://misterpoll.com/3517731598.html L_______________________ */
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