# Re: FTP URL mapping (correction)

John Curran (jcurran@nic.near.net)
Thu, 03 Mar 1994 21:34:32 -0500

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    To: uri@bunyip.com

    In-Reply-To: <9403040144.aa05625@nic.near.net>

    Subject: Re: FTP URL mapping  (correction)

    Date: Thu, 03 Mar 1994 21:34:32 -0500

    From: John Curran <jcurran@nic.near.net>

    Message-Id:  <9403040234.aa08279@nic.near.net>

] From: John Curran <jcurran@nic.near.net>
] Message-Id: <9403040144.aa05625@nic.near.net>
] ...
] I believe in trying to interoperate with _almost_ everything.
] However, I'm certain that are not FTP servers _so_ broken that
] interoperability is not a worthwhile goal.

There's an extra "not" in the above sentence. It should read:

However, I'm certain that ARE FTP servers _so_ broken that
interoperability is not a worthwhile goal.

In other words, being generous is what is accepted as an FTP server is a
good idea, but only to a certain degree. At some point, you have to push
back on the FTP server vendor to at least read the specification once...

/John

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