On 20 Jan 00 at 6:27, Thomas Mueller wrote:
>>Getting it by email probably would be faster as the file now resides
>>on your ISP's server and the only factor is your connection speed and
>>how busy your ISP's server is when you download the mail message.
>>>
>>Dale,
>>
>>Why should downloading by email be faster than HTTP if the email size is 4/3
>>the HTTP size? But I suppose sometimes one might engage the hTTP server at
>>a busy time and get a slow download. Last night I downloaded Arachne 1.60b1
>>by HTTP, using DOS Lynx386, and speed ran about 2450 bytes/sec with 56 K
>>modem.
That is what happened when I started downloading 1.6b1, so I aborted
the download and requested it by email.
>>Did you get that test message I sent by Telebot SMTP? It seemed to go
>>through with Arachne 1.50b2 but not with UKA_PPP.
Sorry, Thomas, nothing personal from you today via Telebot. I need to
test that myself. I will keep an eye out for any mail from you there
and reply to anything I receive so you will know that I got it.
Regards,
Dale Mentzer
Some days you're the dog, some days you're the hydrant.
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