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Re: EMAIL != FTP
From: Jim Mercer <jim () reptiles org>
Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 20:27:26 -0400
On Fri, May 25, 2001 at 07:55:17AM -0400, M. David Leonard wrote:
Sorry, can't resist replying here. In my limited (7 years) experience, 99% of all large file transfers via e-mail consist of dancing babies, horny snowmen, clumsy reindeer/monkeys/people movie clips.
in my time, i have seen systems swamped by full disks, when disks were expensive, and full disks when disks were cheap. i've seen queues backing up because the bank of 1200 bps modems weren't enough, and queues backed up because a series of 400Meg messages kept failing halfway through delivery. in the case of 1200 bps modems, the problem was with people trying to fetch large (2meg) files via BITFTP-type email facilities. in the case of 400Meg messages, it was single zip files purporting to contain a full Windows NT distribution and applications. -- [ Jim Mercer jim () reptiles org +1 416 410-5633 ] [ Now with more and longer words for your reading enjoyment. ]
Current thread:
- Re: EMAIL != FTP, (continued)
- Re: EMAIL != FTP John Fraizer (May 25)
- Re: EMAIL != FTP Jim Mercer (May 25)
- EMAIl ==> MAIL ==> parsels + letters Alexei Roudnev (May 25)
- Re: EMAIL != FTP M. David Leonard (May 25)
- RE: EMAIL != FTP Robert Blayzor (May 25)
- Re: EMAIL != FTP Valdis . Kletnieks (May 25)
- RE: EMAIL != FTP Robert Blayzor (May 25)
- Re: EMAIL != FTP Wayne Bouchard (May 25)
- Re: EMAIL != FTP Alexei Roudnev (May 25)
- Re: EMAIL != FTP David Charlap (May 25)
- Re: EMAIL != FTP Jim Mercer (May 25)
- RE: EMAIL != FTP Robert Blayzor (May 25)
- Re: EMAIL != FTP Alexei Roudnev (May 25)
- Re: EMAIL != FTP Greg Maxwell (May 25)
- Re: EMAIL != FTP Mitch Halmu (May 25)
- Re: EMAIL != FTP John Fraizer (May 25)
- Re: EMAIL != FTP Shawn McMahon (May 25)
- RE: EMAIL != FTP Robert Blayzor (May 25)
- Re: EMAIL != FTP Mitch Halmu (May 25)
- Re: EMAIL != FTP Scott Francis (May 25)
- Re: EMAIL != FTP Sabri Berisha (May 25)