[Boatanchors] BAMA registration

[Jim Wilhite]

This problem has to do with the advanced settings of IE.  I can't remember 
where to change it, but it is in the local machine and how it treats 
connections.

The best thing to do is use an FTP program as you suggest Ken.

73  Jim
W5JO
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kenneth D. Grimm, K4XL" <kgrimm at adelphia.net>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 3:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] BAMA registration


> Duane Fischer, W8DBF wrote:
>
>>Gentlemen, Why not write direct to the BAMA founder, Ken Grimm directly? 
>>If anyone can help
>>you with a problem, he certainly can. Which is 'not' to infer that many 
>>here can
>>not, as they sure can, but sometimes there is some odd quirk that Ken may 
>>be
>>aware of that others are not. Depending who is available, it is also 
>>sometimes a
>>little quicker to write direct to Ken too.
> It's funny, in a way, that one of the major problems that folks have with 
> BAMA is the fault of good old Microsoft Internet Explorer.  In addition to 
> being one of the favorite targets of hackers, determined to exploit its 
> many weaknesses, it flat out lies to BAMA users.  I switched to Mozilla 
> Firefox simply because I was concerned about security with Internet 
> Explorer.  I was pleasantly surprised when I connected to BAMA with 
> Firefox  to download a file and had a window open up saying, "Alert - The 
> maximum number of anonymous FTP users (10) are already connected...try 
> back in a few minutes."  Wow!  A true statement as opposed to the spurious 
> "you need to give your username and password," or some other completely 
> bogus statement.
>
> BAMA does not require an account and/or password.  Never has.  It's open. 
> It's free.  But it will only serve 10 of you at any one time.  Of course 
> you can go to the mirror site which allows 50 connections.  If you prefer, 
> you can go on epay and buy the material that has been taken off of the 
> BAMA site by some slimebucket who is happily profiting from someone else's 
> labor.  In any case, you do not need an account to download anything from 
> BAMA!
>
> 73,
>
> -- 
>
> Ken K4XL
> k4xl at arrl.net