Re: lynx-dev ftp REST command

[Philip Webb]

990113 & 990117 (twice) Jean-Pierre Radley asked: 
>  sol.slcc.edu  is one of the *very few* sites I ever visit
> that does not understand the REST ftp command,
> and since the connectivity of that site isn't too steady,
> this becomes more of a pain as each release of lynx gets larger.
> Could  slcc.edu  install a more up-to-date ftpd dameon
> that will in fact permit resuming an interrupted download
> instead of always starting from byte 0 after a failure?
 
so far, JPR hasn't received comment, let alone a response, to the above.
does FTP `rest' cause special problems itself or is  sol.slcc.edu
too unresponsive to be worth approaching on this (big smiles all round)?

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