On 2002-02-15 15:54:15 -0500, David Mosher wrote: > Command-line Unix/DOS FTP clients, and cURL, prompt for a password, or use > what's specified in '.netrc'. By default, wget will send the user's > e-address for anonymous FTP, but this can be changed with '.netrc' or > '.wgetrc'.
Versions of wget starting at wget-1.7 won't send the user's e-address. > But many users don't know how to set this up. or, even if they do, are > running Lynx on remote systems where it may be difficult. Others rely on > DHCP to provide what they consider to be adequate, if modest, "IP address > anonymity". In any case, the fact that there are alternatives doesn't > excuse coughing up info unnecessarily. What's more important, no program should send private information without the user knowledge. ; To UNSUBSCRIBE: Send "unsubscribe lynx-dev" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
