cc.fdc@COLUMBIA-20.ARPA@sri-unix.UUCP (08/20/83)
From: Frank da Cruz <cc.fdc@COLUMBIA-20.ARPA>
About 6 weeks ago I announced the availability of the KERMIT package
on the ARPAnet at COLUMBIA-20. In case you missed it, KERMIT is a
file transfer protocol for use primarily between micros and mainframes
over TTY lines, and is implemented on a wide variety of both. At that
time, I said that if there were sufficient interest in it, I'd start a
mailing list. Well, there is, and I have. The list is intended for
people who maintain or install KERMIT at their sites, or who are
(thinking about) working on a new implementation, or who have bugs
and/or fixes to report, or are interested in discussing the protocol.
Here's how to use the list. From ARPANET:
Mail requests to be added/deleted to/from the list to
INFO-KERMIT-REQUEST@COLUMBIA-20
Mail messages to be seen by all the participants to
INFO-KERMIT@COLUMBIA-20
>From CCNET (A DECnet network comprising Columbia, CMU, and CWRU), use
the same procedure, but mail to host CUCS20. The same facility is
also available from BITnet (a network based on IBM RSCS communication
comprising many universities with IBM systems or VAXes), again using
host CUCS20.
An archive of all the messages will be available in the file
PS:<KERMIT>MAIL.TXT, available via anonymous FTP from COLUMBIA-20
(ARPANET) or anonymous NFT from CUCS20 (CCNET).
Any message sent to INFO-KERMIT from any host will reach all
participants, no matter which network they're on. We'll try running
the list without condensing it into a digest, and see how the traffic
goes.
- Frank da Cruz, Columbia University