FTP access to starship.python.net?

[Michael Hudson]

aahz at pythoncraft.com (Aahz) writes:

> In article <7h3r81yz73b.fsf at pc150.maths.bris.ac.uk>,
> Michael Hudson  <mwh at python.net> wrote:
> >aahz at pythoncraft.com (Aahz) writes:
> >> In article <7h3fzif1yi8.fsf at pc150.maths.bris.ac.uk>,
> >> Michael Hudson  <mwh at python.net> wrote:
> >>>samschul at pacbell.net (Samuel Schulenburg) writes:
> >>>>
> >>>> Who should I contact about accessing my account on Starship. I need to
> >>>> obtain a new password and access process.
> >>>> 
> >>>> I think i am having a memory lapse as it has been over a year sense I
> >>>> have had a need to access my files.
> >>>
> >>>I think emailing <your username>-starship at python.net will lead to
> >>>enlightenment.
> >> 
> >> Hmmmm.  I tried that, and I haven't been enlightened.
> >
> >well, then crew@ or webmaster@, I guess.
> 
> Actually, I did end up finally getting a response; they initially
> ignored the message because it didn't come from the address listed in my
> .starship_info.

<fx:edits python.net:~mwh/.starship_info to contain a working
 email address>

> It's not clear to me whether <username>-starship at python.net is
> supposed to be automated.

I'm pretty sure it *was* automated at some point, but I don't know if
that survived either the transition from qmail to exim or the
transition from the US to Germany (and also Redhat to Debian).

Cheers,
mwh

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