Subj : Re: archives.thebbs.org files gone
To   : Nightfox
From : jack phlash
Date : Fri Jun 10 2022 07:51:06

on 09 Jun 2022, Nightfox said...

 Ni> Earlier, I was trying to download a file from archives.thebbs.org, and
 Ni> while their site is still up, and FTP site is still running, it seems
 Ni> their FTP site is empty.  I was able to log into their FTP site (using a
 Ni> FTP program, since web browsers no longer support FTP), and I was able
 Ni> to log in (using "anonymous" for the username and an email address for
 Ni> the password), but when I do a ls, no files are listed.  It seems their
 Ni> FTP site is empty.

That's a huge bummer, though it's been clear that the site has been on autopilot for many years now, to the point where it could barely even function as archive at this point. I can't say I'm too shocked. :/   

 Ni> Does anyone know if there is a mirror or backup of archives.thebbs.org
 Ni> available?

I have one, but I don't currently have it up anywhere since I heard Mike was kind of touchy about people mirroring his site. There is another one (not mine, but I did contribute some of the files to it) on archive.org. It doesn't look not quite as complete, but is very close:

https://archive.org/details/archives_thebbs_org

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