info on ftp

The better FTP apps should allow you to transmit files of a type other than
plain ASCII. There are several free FTP programs out there. If you use
Firefox, you can get an FTP plug-in, Fire FTP which I believe allows
transmission of non-ASCII files.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "ROGER MILLS" <rfmilly@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 4:45 AM
Subject: TECH: info on ftp


> Who amongst y'all knows a lot about this?  I looked at the wikipedia page
> and a couple websites and suspect it's beyond my capabilities. And I'm
> disinclined to download some program just for a one-time use.
>
> One site metioned that the files must be ASCII. Does that mean that
> unicode (e.g. IPA) would not be transmitted correctly? Or does that create
> another level of problems?
>
> The problem involves sending a large file, almost 1MB; even the individual
> sections are too big to attach to email, and I have fears about that
> procedure anyway..........
>
> (There are alternatives)
>
>
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