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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 23:57:35 +0100
From: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: FTP?
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In-Reply-To: <3A773FA0.2AE93D01@home.com>; from superbiskit@home.com on Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 05:26:40PM -0500

On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 05:26:40PM -0500, David A. Cobb wrote:
> Several web pages, including some at <sources.redhat.com>, link to
> <ftp://sourceware.cygnus.com/pub/something/else> but every
> attempt to get ftp access to sourceware comes back with a requirement
> for username/password.  "anonymous + me AT my DOT email DOT server" gets
> a denial.  Are you still serving FTP?  What's the secret?

The fact: sources.redhat.com serves only 30 ftp connections in parallel.
The secret: Your IE interprets the refused connection wrong.
The solution: Use a mirror.

Corinna

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