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Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 19:16:39 GMT
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DJ Delorie wrote:
> 
> > Shouldn't you consider revising the simtel FTP pointers? or
> > putting an expiry date on them?
> 
> Oops, fixed.
> 
> Simtel didn't just stop mirroring - they deleted their copy, which
> means that all the simtel mirrors vanished overnight.  I've sent
> requests out to the individual mirrors, and some of them are mirroring
> djgpp directly now.
> 
> On a side note, my T-1 line is running at 100% now ;-)

bzip2 time, maybe?  That has the disadvantage of making individual
content files fairly inaccessible.  It has the advantage that you
won't have to worry about the misuse of PKUNZIP.  You might also
consider ARJ.

I hadn't realized simtel had disappeared already.  Now you will
know just how popular it all is. 

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