To: uri@bunyip.com
In-Reply-To: <9403040144.aa05625@nic.near.net>
Subject: Re: FTP URL mapping (correction)
Date: Thu, 03 Mar 1994 21:34:32 -0500
From: John Curran <jcurran@nic.near.net>
Message-Id: <9403040234.aa08279@nic.near.net>
] From: John Curran <jcurran@nic.near.net>
] Message-Id: <9403040144.aa05625@nic.near.net>
] ...
] I believe in trying to interoperate with _almost_ everything.
] However, I'm certain that are not FTP servers _so_ broken that
] interoperability is not a worthwhile goal.
There's an extra "not" in the above sentence. It should read:
However, I'm certain that ARE FTP servers _so_ broken that
interoperability is not a worthwhile goal.
In other words, being generous is what is accepted as an FTP server is a
good idea, but only to a certain degree. At some point, you have to push
back on the FTP server vendor to at least read the specification once...
/John