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Re: EMAIL != FTP
From: Jim Mercer <jim () reptiles org>
Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 20:46:58 -0400
On Fri, May 25, 2001 at 11:22:15AM -0400, deeann mikula wrote:
On Fri, 25 May 2001, Sabri Berisha wrote:Second, an average user probably wouldn't have the skill.Then he/she should learn. I don't buy a car if I can't drive. I'm sorry for comparing internetworking with driving a car but I feel that FTP'ing is a basic skill if you want to use the internet in a professional wayuh, when is the last time that you worked the front line of an ISP? most people have never even heard of FTP. i almost spewed my orange juice all over my desk when i read that paragraph. :)
yep, and thanks to people like you, they will never hear about FTP. you are helping to create a society of users who think that Netscape/Explorer is the internet, with no concept of any of its other applications.
unfortunately, i have accepted the fact that there is no stopping customers from emailing 10MB (and larger!) files, they can just go to our competition if we prevent it.
that would be my tactic, but then i'm my own boss, so i can make those decisions. i get the impression that you (or someone else on the "pro-ftp-by-email" side) is "just and employee" and has to do as they are told. well, have a bit of guts, and try to explain to management what the implications (both current and local as well as future and far-reaching) of such policies are. when 100 customers leave because 1 customer hosed your mail server, then maybe they will start listening to tachnical advice, as opposed to relying solely on marketing advice. -- [ 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 Marko Karppinen (May 25)
- Re: EMAIL != FTP David Howe (May 25)
- Re: EMAIL != FTP Scott Francis (May 25)
- Re: EMAIL != FTP deeann mikula (May 25)
- Re: EMAIL != FTP Robert Sharp (May 25)
- Re: EMAIL != FTP Steve Sobol (May 25)
- Re: EMAIL != FTP Albert Meyer (May 26)
- Re: EMAIL != FTP Greg A. Woods (May 25)
- Re: EMAIL != FTP Albert Meyer (May 25)
- Re: EMAIL != FTP Steve Sobol (May 25)
- Re: EMAIL != FTP Jim Mercer (May 25)
- Re: EMAIL != FTP Scott Francis (May 25)
- Re: EMAIL != FTP Valdis . Kletnieks (May 26)
- Re: cleaning up MIME external-body attachments.... Greg A. Woods (May 26)
- Re: cleaning up MIME external-body attachments.... Valdis . Kletnieks (May 26)
- Re: EMAIL != FTP Craig Partridge (May 25)
- Re: EMAIL != FTP Jan P Tietze (May 25)
- RE: EMAIL != FTP Robert Blayzor (May 25)
- Re: EMAIL != FTP Craig Partridge (May 25)
- Re: EMAIL != FTP Jim Mercer (May 25)
- Re: EMAIL != FTP Alexei Roudnev (May 25)