From: UnixOS2 Archive
To: "UnixOS2 Archive" <UnixOS2_Archive at unixos2.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 04:40:45 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600
Subject: [UnixOS2_Archive] No. 368

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Monday 11 November 2002
 Number  368
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Subjects for today
 
1  Re:  UnixOS2 Downloads : email at eracc.hypermart.net (ERACC Lists)
2   UnixOS2 Downloads : IanM" <IanM>

**= Email   1 ==========================**

Date:  Tue, 12 Nov 2002 11:10:14 -0600
From:  email at eracc.hypermart.net (ERACC Lists)
Subject:  Re:  UnixOS2 Downloads

 In: <200211121438.000047VU at server1.os2site.com>
 On: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 14:39:31 +1100 (EDT)
 Screaming:  UnixOS2 Downloads
 "IanM" <IanM> did rant:

+Hi everyone

+Please dont use multi threaded downloaders on UnixOS2.org,
+your IP subnet will automatically be banned after 500 errors.

+Why do I do this ?

+Simple, to many people out there use downloaders with
+20 or more threads enabled, this is against the internet RFC's and 20
+threads does leave much for anyone else to access the website.

+You can only download TWO files at once, one smeg has attempted  to
+download 250 files at the same time last night, this alone stopped all
+access to my domains for email and web access for a few hours until I
+noticed it and banned his subnet (and 3 others while I was looking at the
+logs).

+Be nice, stick to the standards, and why are 80 percent of users using MS
+Explorer to download files ? Be truthful and put the correct string in
+your downloader, and please set your threads to TWO.

Hi Ian,

Wouldn't using wget with an input file help avoid multiple download
threads? It's what I use here and AFAICT it gets one file at a time
and reuses the connection if all the files for a single site are
contiguous in the file. I built a NON-REXX batch script called
"mywget.cmd" that looks for a file in the current directory called
"getthese" and fires off wget in the background if found. One has to
create the "getthese" file by hand and, for now, it needs to be in
the directory to which one wishes to download the files. I find I
use it regularly to download from both HTTP and FTP sites.

If anyone is interested I can post to the list or e-mail instructions
on how to use wget in this manner.

Gene <gene at eracc.hypermart.net>
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**= Email   2 ==========================**

Date:  Tue, 12 Nov 2002 14:39:31 +1100 (EDT)
From:  "IanM" <IanM>
Subject:   UnixOS2 Downloads

Hi everyone

Please dont use multi threaded downloaders on UnixOS2.org,
your IP subnet will automatically be banned after 500 errors.

Why do I do this ?

Simple, to many people out there use downloaders with
20 or more threads enabled, this is against the internet RFC's
and 20 threads does leave much for anyone else to access
the website.

You can only download TWO files at once, one smeg has attempted 
to download 250 files at the same time last night, this alone stopped
all access to my domains for email and web access for a few hours
until I noticed it and banned his subnet (and 3 others while I was looking
at the logs).

Be nice, stick to the standards, and why are 80 percent of users
using MS Explorer to download files ? Be truthful and put the
correct string in your downloader, and please set your threads
to TWO.

Cheers
IanM
http://www.os2site.com/


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