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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.fido.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!uknet!xara.net!agate.xara.net!xara.net!agate.xara.net!zynet.net!alex From: alex@starfleet.zynet.co.uk (Alex McLean) Newsgroups: demon.ip.support,demon.tech.unix,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Batch FTP and Web Pages Followup-To: demon.ip.support,demon.tech.unix Date: 28 Jun 1996 15:59:55 GMT Organization: Starfleet Command Lines: 20 Message-ID: <slrn4t807q.u04.alex@starfleet.zynet.co.uk> References: <31c2e7bd.14691630@news.demon.co.uk> <834878464snz@pair.com> <Snews.960627.045151.chris.7102@keris.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: starfleet.zynet.co.uk X-Newsreader: slrn (0.8.5) In article <Snews.960627.045151.chris.7102@keris.demon.co.uk>, Chris Croughton wrote: >If you drop the modem connection that will kill it, though, which >doesn't solve the problem of slow sites with dialup connections - the >machine will still be logged on, even if you aren't looking at it (and >if you don't want to look at it, why not just switch to another >session?) Yep, obviously - sorry, I was directing the comment to ric, who I know has an account on a unix box with a direct internet connection. So he can log on, set off the transfer, log off, drop his link, and collect the file later. We may be able to offer a free httpmail service, it seems as though there could be a demand for it. Follow-ups reduced. Alex