W8SDZ@simtel20.arpa (03/22/87)
> Pardon my ignorance Keith, but what is the username of your fileserver > for netmail? If I would like to fetch a file using netmail I should > state the filname in the subject line, shouldn't I? I guess you get a > lot of letters asking for the same thing all the time, but I hope you > don't mind helping me... I don't mind at all. The files are here for everyone to access. Internet users should use FTP rather than netmail. FTP transfers the files much faster and avoids placing additional load on the mailer. The subject line is ignored by the fileserver. The fileserver cannot answer requests which use a path that includes seismo. The most successful route is ucbvax because they have an excellent program that properly formats the "From:" line of messages coming through the gateway. To obtain up to five files in a single request message by netmail from the public domain archives kept on SIMTEL20.ARPA, send a message to: ARCHIVE-REQUEST@SIMTEL20.ARPA or via uucp: ...!ucbvax!simtel20.arpa!archive-request ...!uw-beaver!simtel20.arpa!archive-request ...!decwrl!simtel20.arpa!archive-request ...!lll-crg!simtel20.arpa!archive-request ...!ut-sally!simtel20.arpa!archive-request ...!harvard!simtel20.arpa!archive-request [do NOT use host "seismo" - they are blocking messages from the server] The message body must contain lines beginning with the keyword SEND, one SEND line for each file requested. Case is not significant. The general syntax of a SEND line is: SEND format filename In general, a filename consists of the following components: device:<directory>file.type.generation "device:" is usually PD:, and the combination of PD:<directory> is expected unless an alias has been advertised of the form "alias:", which takes the place of both device and directory fields. The generation field should be left off in order to default to the highest generation number so you can be sure of getting the latest version of the file requested. "file.type" follows the usual filenaming conventions. In all formats listed below, if the file to be sent is larger than 55K, the file is sent in numbered parts. The parts must be reassembled in order and edited to remove any headers, preface, and trailers before the process can be reversed to reconstruct the original file. Allowable formats are: SEND HELP This file you are reading now. SEND INFO A detailed description of the SIMTEL20 Archives, which includes this file, pointers to certain key files, and descriptions of various file transfer programs and related utilities. SEND BOOTSTRAP A brief quick reference listing of filenames of the key utilities used to reconstruct files sent by the compression and encoding techniques listed below. SEND DIR filespec This format returns a CRC list of the requested files, and is the only format which allows wildcard filenames (but not wildcard directory names). The list is sent as an ASCII text file. The wildcard characters are "*" and "%". The asterisk means any number of characters, while the percent sign means exactly one character. Either or both may appear in any combination in either or both the file or type fields, while only the asterisk may appear in the generation field. SEND RAW filename If the file is ASCII, it is sent as-is, regardless of size. This format is the least efficient over network and mail gateway resources. Use this format only if you absolutely must. With the four formats listed below, if the file is ASCII and under 25k characters, it is sent as-is, as if RAW format was requested. Binary files are always processed according to the requested format. However, a request for ARC or SQ processing of files with type ".ARC", ".LBR", or ".%Q%" is ignored and the original file is either uuencoded or hexified (if possible), according to the requested format. If the file was not sent RAW, a short preface is inserted at the front of the message describing the process actually taken and a CRC entry describing the original file. SEND ARE filename or SEND filename The original file is made into a uuencoded ARC file. SEND ARH filename The original file is made into a hexified ARC file if the ARC file is under 64K bytes long. Otherwise, an apology is returned instead of the requested file. SEND SQE filename The original file is made into a uuencoded SQueezed file. SEND SQH filename The original file is made into a hexified SQueezed file if the Squeezed file is under 64K bytes long. Otherwise, an apology is returned instead of the requested file. To get started in finding your way around the SIMTEL20 archives, send a message to the server with the request: SEND INFO --Keith Petersen Arpa: W8SDZ@SIMTEL20.ARPA Uucp: {bellcore,decwrl,harvard,lll-crg,ucbvax,uw-beaver}!simtel20.arpa!w8sdz GEnie Mail: W8SDZ