Date   : Mon, 25 Jan 1988 08:22:31 PST
From   : rzh@freedom.llnl.gov (Roger H. Hanscom (415) 423-0441)
Subject: archives and ftp

   Can somebody help me???  I've been trying to use ftp to "get" files
   from Simtel20.  It works fine with small files, both ascii and
   binary.  But large files appear to hang-up.  I get "Auto logout -
   job idle too long" after about 10-15 minutes.  In these cases the
   file left in my directory has a length of 65,535 bytes.  Very
   suspicious, that's 2^16 - 1!  I'm running ftp on a SUN system
   (UNIX) using TENEX mode.  I tried binary with identical results.
   The files I'm trying to pick up are things like suprdos2.lbr,1
   or zcpr33.lbr,3 or z80dos10.lbr,1 .... the good stuff!  What am
   I doing wrong???  Thanks.