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Heinz, To access most public ftp sites, type "anonymous" at the login prompt, then type your e-mail address at the password prompt (better communications software allows you to construct scripts or macros which will automate this process). Here's an example of accessing the paleonet ftp site: ------------------------------------------------------------------- [4]quartz:/home/quartz/florin% ftp ftp.nhm.ac.uk Connected to mailserver.nhm.ac.uk. 220-If you have problems displaying the directory messages put a "-" before 220-your password. NCSA ftp as used in the Museum cannot deal with these 220-messages. 220- 220 mailserver FTP server (Version wu-2.4(1) Tue May 17 10:51:23 BST 1994) ready. Name (ftp.nhm.ac.uk:florin): anonymous 331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password. Password: 230-This is the Natural History Museum ftp server. 230- 230-Local time is Wed Nov 16 14:39:51 1994. 230- 230-Hello from quartz.geology.utoronto.ca ! you are user number 2 of a possible 10. 230- 230-The address of this machine is : ftp.nhm.ac.uk if you have any problems 230-please mail to : S.Steppie@nhm.ac.uk 230- 230-PLEASE NOTE: all transfers are logged and the server will force you to 230- enter a correct RFC822 mail address as the anonymous password. 230- 230-Please read the file README 230- it was last modified on Thu Jul 7 14:17:14 1994 - 132 days ago 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Note that I typed "anonymous" at the "Name:" prompt; when the "Password" prompt appeared I typed my complete e-mail address (which wasn't echoed, as it was interepreted as a password. With minor variations, this works for most ftp sites. -- Florin Neumann florin@quartz.geology.utoronto.ca
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