19 Mar
2007
19 Mar
'07
1:54 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of James Rice
Sent: 19 March 2007 04:25
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: ftp archives disappearing?
On 3/18/07, Teo Zenios <teoz at neo.rr.com> wrote:
If you want a mirror it would be nice just to ask the owner for a DVD
set of the data which takes little time and doesn't hog bandwidth from
others who just want a few files.
I ran a private FTP during the later 90's when cable 1st came around
in my area. I never cared if people connected and downloaded what was
on the site as long as they didn't use software that logged in
multiple times to suck down all the bandwidth from the other users,
and didn't hammer the site every second to get on when the slots were
full. Everybody is different and you need to respect their rules.
My employer lets me host my site of their bandwidth. I do throttle
downloads at 1.8kbps and limit connections to two from any IP address.
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