Hello Frank,

On Friday, January 17, 2003, 5:19 PM, you wrote:

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F> In practice, ftp is a program, just as TB is. TB is really
F> "thebat.exe", and the ftp program that is packaged with
F> windows is "ftp.exe". ...

Okay. Thanks. This is new information to me!

F> If you open a DOS window and type "ftp", you will run the program
F> (not to worry, it won't actually do anything). You will then get an
F> ftp prompt and you can exit the program by typing "quit". Or you
F> can type "ftp -h" to get some help information.

More hidden Microsoft miracles. :)

F> The program is used to connect to another computer and
F> transfer files to or from your computer, hence the name of
F> the protocol.

So, as I wrote earlier, replying to another response to my question,
all the people who are wanting to use e-mail to transfer files--and
clutter up The Bat! with an HTML text editor--could just transfer them
using FTP. Excellent solution! :)

-- 
Best regards,
Mary

The Bat! 1.61 on Windows XP 5.1 2600 Service Pack 1


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