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[James Miller <jamtat AT mailsnare.net>]

On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> > BL3 does seem better in all respects (other than the lack
> > of ftp).
>
> ftp is not worth the space (which is limited to what can fit
> on two floppies).  ftp downloads are better handled by wget.
> Fewer users need ftp uploads (you are the only one who seems
> to miss it).  The ftp client was removed in BL2.  There was
> no good reason to restore it in BL3.  I would, however, be
> happy to consider creating an add-on package for ftp.

The ftp binary I robbed from a BL1 install for my BL3 was something like
50-80KB.  I can post it at my add-ons page if it seems of interest to you
or anyone esle.

James