On Sun, 17 Jun 2001, "Or Botton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Subject: Simtel
> I'm finding it hard, if not impossible, to download files from Simtel
> with Arachne. Anyone else encountered this problem?
> (Its since they changed the site design)
Or, et al,
I recently ran into this same thing...and needed the file enough
to dig out a temporarily workaround.
1. They have changed almost all (all that I've tried to access)
their http:// file access structure. 404 is the standard reply for
direct grabs of previously valid links. And their Search function
returns "No matches"....BUT......<g g g>
2. They appear to have been lazy...<g>...their ftp:// directory
structure seems to have been left alone...therefore...
3. Take http://yada.simtel.etc/pub/whatever/another/filename.ext
and change it to ftp://ftp.etc.etc....../filename.ext...
4. Launch this URL directly in Arachne, and see if you don't
immediately obtain the wanted file...it not, then..
5. Back the URL up to the next highest directory and try again..
...somewhere in this process, you will probably hit a good pageURL
and can then FTPSurf from there..
hth...been working for me.....<g g g>
...gregy
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