Hey Tom,
Thanks for the heads up. That nt is kinda cool. The installer even put a
link in my menu. I haven't used it yet, but it opens to a nice comfortable
gui. I'll have to read up on later when I have more time, as I've never used
downloader before (with 99% being spyware for windows & all).
-s
On Thursday 18 January 2001 03:43 am, you wrote:
>
> Well yeah I'd suggest one if you're wantin to grab several files
> unattended. I suspect you're gettin refused with a 'need password'
> mesg or somethin like that, for no other reason than the site is
> overloaded, ie, too many users. "Specially lately with all the
> clueless Christmas computers getin online. BUT.... IMNSHO...
>
> Browers, any of them, really suck as ftp agents. If you're in the
> habit of d/l'ing a lot (and what linux user isn't?), use a specific ftp
> utility. Many like to use the CL. Not me. I like a Russian app called
> Webdownloader (nt, it's available on any Mandrake /contrib mirror,
> nt-1.19-1mdk ). It does retries, resumes, and you can throttle it so
> you can surf, email, newsgroups while it's d/l'ing. It's idiot simple
> to configure and use, but mainly it works so well it's BulletProof FTP
