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FTP and Mail Access from Compuserve
By Steve Vance

>  [ Editor's Note:  Del, welcome aboard.  I think that Compuserve will allow
>  [ you to FTP the files in our digest.

I just tried this, and it works fine from CompuServe.  Just type GO
FTP.  I filled in the IP address (129.91.163.1) where it asked for
machine name, but "foxtail.com" would probably work, too.  Using

 [ Editor's Note:
 [ Actually, I've never registered an ALIAS DNS record for foxtail.com
 [ so you can't use foxtail.com's name for FTP (yet).  129.91.163.1's
 [ "real" name is so long that you don't want to have to type it.
 [ 129.91.163.1 is actually easier.

WinCIM, the CompuServe FTP client is rather quite nice.  You are
presented with a list of file names, with a checkbox next to each.
Just put an X in the checkbox of each file you want a copy of.

>  [ If you would like the back-issues mailed, I'll do that -- its no problem.
>  [ However, at one time Compuserve used to charge for incoming Internet mail.

You are correct, Jody, that they no longer charge anything extra to
send or receive Internet mail.  They do have a per-message size
limit, something like 32k.

 [ Editor's Note:
 [ Thats good to know.  Only 3 digests so far were longer than 32k.  I
 [ think all of them had MIDI files in them.
 [ Jody



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