[PLUG-TALK] Government Honesty

[Rich Shepard]

On Thu, 11 Mar 2010, Pete Lancashire wrote:

> Years ago when I was using NOAA data I ran into this issue. I cant
> remember the exact solution but I did get the data via Perl's ftp module.

pete,

   In situations like this I'll use Opera (which presents itself as
Microsqish) if it's a Web server and ncftp if it's a ftp server. In rare
instances nothing works unless the server sees the "right" OS on the
querying end.

Thanks for the offer,

Rich