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From: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
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To: Paul Derbyshire <pderbysh AT usa DOT net>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 09:55:11 +0000
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Subject: Re: Free X sources?
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Paul Derbyshire <pderbysh AT usa DOT net> wrote:

> At 06:46 PM 2/4/99 +0000, I wrote:
> >>Err X as in what.  XWindows per chance?  If so try
> >>ftp://ftp.cs.umn.edu/pub/XFree86/3.3.3.1/source/
> >>
> >>If thats not what you want please be a little more explicit.
> >>
> >>		Peter Allen
> >
> >Thanks, although that particular FTP server is as slow as Molasses on >Pluto.
> 
> Actually, it's weirder than that. Internet Exploder chugs for a minute,
> displays part of the directory on the site, and then hangs. (No, it's not
> just slow, it's HUNG, the stop and other toolbar buttons don't work.)
> 
> My real FTP client seems to have no trouble with it, speedwise or with
> hanging.
> 
> I just wish IE let you set it up so ftp urls opened in another app. IE 3.x
> and below let you configure MIME types and extensions with apps from the
> Options dialog... with IE 4, it seems to be hard wired to use just IE and
> plugins. The exception is mail and news. It lets you configure that for
> some reason.

Trash IE, install Netscape, it hungs much less ;-)

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