Re: lynx-dev ftp REST command

[dickey]

> 990113 & 990117 (twice) Jean-Pierre Radley asked:  
> >  sol.slcc.edu  is one of the *very few* sites I ever visit 
> > that does not understand the REST ftp command, 
> > and since the connectivity of that site isn't too steady, 
> > this becomes more of a pain as each release of lynx gets larger. 
> > Could  slcc.edu  install a more up-to-date ftpd dameon 
> > that will in fact permit resuming an interrupted download 
> > instead of always starting from byte 0 after a failure? 
>   
> so far, JPR hasn't received comment, let alone a response, to the above. 
> does FTP `rest' cause special problems itself or is  sol.slcc.edu 
> too unresponsive to be worth approaching on this (big smiles all round)? 

I did respond to it.
  
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