On Thu, 16 Feb 89 10:48:01 GMT Eric Thomas (CERN/L3) said: >Herb, this would require extensive modifications to the code, all over >the place, and probably the provision of a multi-tasking system allowing >you to FTP while at the same time continuing to work on something else, >since FTP is synchronous and S&F is asynchronous. > > > Eric would it be stupid to suggest not using FTP and just using mail? Yes, I realize the problems of translation and such; but to distribute mail and not files, I would think this is ok. Just send the distribute job encapsulated in mail to [log in to unmask] . /mrg