Fwd: RE: [jvt-experts] ftp server clogged

[OKUBO Sakae]

Dear Q.D,F,G,2-5/16 experts,

I have thankfully received the attached helpful advice from Mr. Paul Long.
For downloading documents from the avc-site, please use http access with
your browser and ftp access with your ftp tool.

Best regards,

OKUBO Sakae
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>From: "Paul Long" <plong at ipdialog.com>
>To: "OKUBO Sakae" <okubo at GITI.WASEDA.AC.JP>
>Subject: RE: [jvt-experts] ftp server clogged
>Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 11:03:06 -0600
>X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
>Importance: Normal
>
>You can also use HTTP to download documents. (Note that this is not the
>same thing as using FTP via a browser, which is the main cause of all the
>problems.) HTTP is the preferred method because it is stateless--you don't
>lock people out because there is no HTTP "session." Instead of thenormal
>FTP URL, you use an HTTP URL. Replace "ftp:" in the old URL with "http:"
>and--this is the part that isn't obvious--insert "/ftp" after the domain
>name. Therefore,
>
>ftp://standard.pictel.com/avc-site/till_0012/0011_Gen/H2250v4-final_010317.zip
>
>is equivalent to
>
>http://standard.pictel.com/ftp/avc-site/till_0012/0011_Gen/H2250v4-final_010317.zip
>
>The same is true for directories.
>
>Paul Long
>ipDialog, Inc.