SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) (01/14/89)
>]Also, Kevin Henigan got so frustrated trying to get files from a UUCP site >]that he figured out how to get the //JOB facility to work. This is a bit >]obtuse, and I don't know that it'll work from, say a Pro-Line site, but >]you may want to send mail to LISTSERV%BROWNVM.BITNET@MITVMA.MIT.EDU >]containing the following text - >] >]//JOB1 JOB Reply-via=Mail,Reply-to="user%node@mail.forwarder" >]INDEX APPLE2-L >]//JOB1 EOJ > >OK, I can talk with the listserver@brownvm, but so far I have not managed >to get the INDEX back!!!!. > >I have got RELEASE etc, and yy-nnnn not found, but no INDEX!!!! Hmmm... and I just got a message from someone else who failed to get a valid file returned in response to a GET command under similar circumstances. LISTSERV is SUPPOSED to know that mail has to be limited to 80 columns, but possibly under the JOB facility it "forgets" (??) Sooo... try one more time but use: INDEX APPLE2-L FF=PUNCH and use GET80 APPLE2-L yy-nnnnn instead of GET APPLE2-l etc. That will FORCE an 80 column response, and should produce valid mail (if my diagnosis is correct). Murph Sewall Vaporware? ---> [Gary Larson returns 1/1/90] Prof. of Marketing Sewall@UConnVM.BITNET Business School sewall%uconnvm.bitnet@mitvma.mit.edu [INTERNET] U of Connecticut {psuvax1 or mcvax }!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL [UUCP] -+- I don't speak for my employer, though I frequently wish that I could (subject to change without notice; void where prohibited) According to the American Facsimile Association, more than half the calls from Japan to the U.S. are fax calls. FAX it to me at: 1-203-486-5246