[Techtalk] Sending floppy disks thru the mail

[James]

On Fri, 13 Sep 2002, BUNTER MATTHEW wrote:

> --- Reçu de       VITEUR.BUNTERMA 04 72 96 57 77             13/09/02 08.15
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> Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 17:04:43 +0100
> Subject: Re: [Techtalk] Sending floppy disks thru the mail
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> On Fri, 13 Sep 2002, Arashi wrote:
> 
> > This is a general question:  what are the chances of a floppy disk getting
> > corrupted when it's sent overseas via air mail?
> 
> Can you not ftp the file/s??

Assuming the prof insists on receiving the files on floppy, send the files 
electronically to a friend nearby, for the friend to mail on disk. That at 
least avoids the airmail element...


James.