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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.sdsmt.edu!news.mid.net!newsfeeder.gi.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.fido.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!diltd.demon.co.uk From: ric@diltd.demon.co.uk (Ric Harwood) Newsgroups: demon.ip.support,demon.tech.unix,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Batch FTP and Web Pages Date: Thu, 04 Jul 1996 01:21:04 GMT Organization: Discovery International Ltd Lines: 28 Message-ID: <836443261.19282.0@diltd.demon.co.uk> References: <31D4AA3A.BC0@www.play-hookey.com> <836073421snz@dsl.co.uk> <31D87436.7C7F@www.play-hookey.com> <836295557snz@dsl.co.uk> <Pine.3.91.960702173600.672C-100000@hammerhead.cs.odu.edu> <836393413snz@dsl.co.uk> <31DAAD18.2813@www.play-hookey.com> Reply-To: ric@diltd.demon.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Host: diltd.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: diltd.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 In demon.ip.support, <31DAAD18.2813@www.play-hookey.com>, Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com>, Ken Bigelow wrote: >Instead of squawking about tariffs and costs, let's see if we can solve the >problem using existing conditions and current technology. One possibility: does >Demon (or other ISPs) limit the size of an attachment that can be sent with an Demon, NAFAIK. People have reported regularly receiving 5mb files without difficulty. >e-note? If not, here's a very practical way to get those large files. My nephew in >California (I'm in Maryland) sent me an 8 MB file that way, and it worked fine. >Would the method fly in the UK? It does, and wrt the initial topic, [batch http] Dr. Bob's guide to the internet by email, says how this can be done. [posted earlier in this thread by IIRC Brian] Regards, Ric -- _____________________________________________________________ <irl://thereis.nothing.that.agood/days/surfing/can't/cure.exe> ______________________________________________________________ PGP: 0766ABE5 | Homepage http://area51.upsu.plym.ac.uk/~ric/