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FTPplanet.com Newsletter -
Week Ending June 29, 2002
o FTP TIP -- Masking Visible Files
o FEATURE -- Paid Internet Service Provider, RCN
o FTP NEWS -- Audiogalaxy, gone the way of Napster
o SURVEY RESULTS -- "Why use FTP for your file
transfers?"
o NEWSLETTER INFO -- Archives, subscribe /
unsubscribe, feedback ...
A little known, but very useful feature in WS_FTP Pro
and
WS_FTP LE is File Masking. When used appropriately, it
can help you organize, navigate, and/or manage your
files.
What the File Masking feature does is mask the visible
files of a directory. So, for example, you only see
your
music files (.mp3) or webpages (.htm*).
The File Masking box is located on the right-hand side
of both your local and remote system Windows.
Immediately
below the 'MkDir' button, you'll see an empty
rectangular
box, as if a button were missing. Place your cursor in
this
box and type in your mask criteria. Use an asterisk
(*)
for any undefined criteria.
If you wanted to display only MP3 files, you'd type
'*.mp3' (without the quotes). To search for all file
names that have 'ie' in their name, you'd type '*ie*'.
An empty box or just an asterisk alone (*) will resort
to showing you everything.
"I found RCN via a promotion they had on a
postcard in a
Boston bar - 3 months for a $1.00 for dial up
service...
and then they didn't bill me for 6 months....
It's a great dial-up ISP with many local #'s but not
in
all states -- it's fast - reliable & never gets a
busy signal.
Even though there are only 4 #'s to dial in my area --
they
go thru fine at 44000 bps which is fine on my 56K
modem
RCN is a good ISP & worth exploring."
As of last week, the popular MP3 music sharing site
Audiogalaxy reached an out of court settlement with
the
music industry. The settlement requires that
Audiogalaxy
obtain permission from either the artist or music
company
before allowing a title to be shared on their system.
According to the Recording Industry Association of
America, Audiogalaxy has also agreed to pay an
undetermined amount of money as part of the
settlement.
What this means to you is that Audiogalaxy is
virtually
dead. As of this newsletter, all music search attempts
on
Audiogalaxy returned no results and the FTP search
remains
'offline'.
Where will Audiogalaxy go from here? Well, it may be
up
to you. Audiogalaxy is running a poll on their site
asking
registered users what they think Audiogalaxy should do
next.
Copyright 2002 by Ipswitch, Inc.
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