At 07:46 PM 16/02/03 -0800, Shannon Nugent wrote: >Has anyone had any experience using FTP mail servers? I'm using the >v.90 script for my modem and am only getting a connection speed of >31.2k at best. That stinks!!!!!! Our phone lines are really crappy >here. It takes me forever to download big files and sometimes I just >don't have the time to wait. Also I tend to get disconnected a lot >(after about an hour or so if I leave it idle). A have the "connect if >idle for..." box in OSX and OS9 unchecked. Still it'll disconnect >sometimes after an hour or so if the comp is left idle. Anyways, >somebody talked about this problem earlier and i need to know if anyone >has had any experience with these FTP mail servers. The instructions I >got from one gopher server seems a bit confusing yet.
Yes, I used them a lot a few years ago. They work, their main benefit is for getting files when your connection to the server the file is on is bad -- effectively it moves them all to your mailbox on your ISP. The assumption is that you have a more stable connection to your mail server. (So perhaps this won't help you so much.) Anyway, if you want to try it, give the URL of a file you want to get and I can tell you the message you send to fetch it. You'll need something like Aladdin's Expander to reassemble and decode it. After the first one it's pretty simple. -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
