HOWTOs can be retrieved via anonymous FTP from ftp://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO as well as from many mirror sites around the world. Please use a mirror site if possible.
You can also browse HOWTOs in HTML format or grab Linux-html-HOWTOs.tar.gz for viewing on your own PC. The files will be extracted into HOWTO/.
Many mirror sites mirror the HTML files. www.linuxdoc.org is heavily used, so please use a mirror site if possible.