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  From: Daryl Tester <dt@picknowl.com.au>
  To  : LinuxSA <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 11:54:59 +1030 (CST)

Re: Differece (http and ftp)

Matthew Tippett wrote:

> I personally find that typically FTP is more reliable, (since you can drop
> to a FTP client that won't drop the file after 99% - which is what NS seems
> to want to do all the time :().

Plus, if you connect to one of the "better" FTP servers, you can restart
a file download (no more downloading the file again from scratch - just
download that remaining 1% :-).  See your favourite client's reget (or
equivalent) command.  Note that this does need to be supported at the
server, not just at the client end.

Regards,
  Daryl Tester

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