Jeremy C. Reed wrote:

> On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, Eric Lee Green wrote:
> 
> 
>>On Monday 30 June 2003 06:45 pm, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
>>
>>>while ! wget ftp://ftp.domain.com/pub/iso/thisfile.iso ; do
>>> echo trying again ; done
>>
>>As someone who operates a public access ftp site, I'd really, really, REALLY
>>appreciate it if folks would at least put a "sleep 5s" into that script to
>>keep it from hammering the FTP server so hard! (Granted, I don't run a high
>>volume site, but a Pentium 166 can only serve so many FTP sessions at a time,
>>y'know?).
> 
> 
> I agree (especially since I still run public servers on 486-66). You must
> have missed the rest of my same email that mentioned some ideas for
> delays.

use an ftp daemon that supports anti-hammering techniques.  Basically ban the 
people for X minutes if they try to reconnect too fast.