these sound like good reasons to keep ftp service.
What was the motivation for raising this? Surely the cost is low.
There’s been a lot of (to-be-expected) discussion time if there
isn’t really a problem, while making the change causes some.
Larry
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On 4/6/15, 6:18 PM, "C. M. Heard" <heard(_at_)pobox(_dot_)com> wrote:
I frequently use FTP to retrieve the mailing list archves. I am
unable to divine how to use HTTP to retreive the mail archive files
at ftp://ftp.ietf.org/ietf-mail-archive/ (meaning the ones in mbox
format). If there is a way to do so I would be happy to do so using
wget. I should note in passing that there are numerous links to
ftp://ftp.ietf.org/ietf-mail-archive/ and its subfolders on the IETF
web site; if the FTP service is discontinued those will need to be
fixed.
//cmh
On Fri, 3 Apr 2015, IETF Administrative Director wrote:
All;
The Technology Management Committee of the IAOC is considering
recommending to the IAOC ending support for FTP to retrieve files
from the IETF servers and would like to hear from the community
before the IAOC taking its decision. This does not include
rfc-editor.org.
The use of FTP to retrieve files from the IETF servers has been
declining steadily.
The files made available with that protocol are also available using
http and rsync. (See the modules exposed at rsync.ietf.org using
"rsync rsync.ietf.org::")
The majority of the current FTP traffic appears to be from mirror
sites that would be better served using rsync.
Input received by 20 April will inform the decision.
Thanks
Ray