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
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