Subj : Re: Archives.thebbs.org FTP
To   : Mindsurfer
From : MeaTLoTioN
Date : Thu Aug 19 2021 13:22:24

On 19 Aug 2021, Mindsurfer said the following...
 
 Mi>  Me> Is the site actually still hosting those files? maybe the ftp
 Mi>  Me> server is not working right now?
 Mi> it still works in the tor browser. but who knows for how long. it would
 Mi> be nice if they would just link via http/https links. Any idea what was
 Mi> the initial reason for ftp links in the web?

I don't know for sure, but my guess is that FTP allowed partial download/resume 























































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































functionality where as downloading via HTTP didn't/doesn't.

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