Date:	Tue, 05 Jun 2001 21:05:05 +0300
From:	"Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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> Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 10:15:35 -0400
> From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
> 
> * When referring to a single file, use the www.simtel.net urls (start
>   at www.simtel.net and navigate, they're only two clicks away).  For example,
>   http://www.simtel.net/gnudlpage.php?product=/gnu/djgpp/v2/djdev203.zip&name=djdev203.zip

This has a disadvantage of being very long, so it would be hard to use
those URLs in the FAQ, for example.

> Note; it's not a set of machines any more, it's down to one, but if
> you go through the www.simtel.net site they link to all the mirrors
> anyway.

I hope this will solve the problem with one of the 3 main mirros being
stale, which caused its stale files to propagate to other mirrors.

"If you have one watch, you always know what's the hour, even if it's
somewhat inaccurate.  If you have two watches, you are confused."

                                                           Anonymous

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