spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (09/04/89)
Original-from: Randall Atkinson <randall@uvaarpa.virginia.edu>
[Most recent change: 3 Sep 1989 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)]
This is a periodic posting on how to get information about the
National Science Foundation (NSF) Internet.
The NSFNET Network Service Center (NNSC) makes current documentation
on the NSFNET available via a mail server and by anonymous ftp.
Because the contents of the documents are constantly being updated,
this posting only describes how to obtain a current copy rather than
providing the data directly.
1) Using anonymous FTP:
host: SH.CS.NET
username: anonymous
password: guest
directory: nsfnet (i.e. type: cd nsfnet )
The files "help-ftp", "help.1" and "nsfnet-help" will provide you with
information to get started.
2) Using the mail server: Send mail to the address shown below with
the first line of the mail message being the Request: line and and
the second line being the Topic: line below. You do not need a
"Subject:" line, but be sure your mailer puts out a valid
"From:" line that the server can respond to!
To obtain general information on the CSNET INFO SERVER send the
following message to the mail-server "info-server@nnsc.nsf.net":
Request: Info
Topic: Help
To obtain current contact information on the NSFNET and its affiliated
regional networks, send the following mail message to the mail-server:
"info-server@nnsc.nsf.net":
Request: NSFNET
Topic: NNSC
To obtain information on how to connect to the Internet through the
NSFNET or an NSF-affiliated network, send the following mail message
to the mail-server "info-server@nnsc.nsf.net":
Request: NSFNET
Topic: CONNECTING
To obtain information on the documents currently available on the
NSFNET from the info-server, send the following mail message to the
mail server "info-server@nnsc.nsf.net":
Request: NSFNET
Topic: NSFNET-HELP
If you need to contact the people at the NNSC directly, you can either
send mail or call them. It would be a good idea to read the NSFNET
documents first though.
Electronic Mail: <nnsc@nnsc.nsf.net>
Telephone: +1 (617) 873-3400.
--
Gene Spafford
NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center,
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spafspaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (10/17/89)
Original-from: Randall Atkinson <randall@uvaarpa.virginia.edu>
[Most recent change: 16 Oct 1989 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)]
This is a periodic posting on how to get information about the
National Science Foundation (NSF) Internet.
The NSFNET Network Service Center (NNSC) makes current documentation
on the NSFNET available via a mail server and by anonymous ftp.
Because the contents of the documents are constantly being updated,
this posting only describes how to obtain a current copy rather than
providing the data directly.
1) Using anonymous FTP:
host: SH.CS.NET
username: anonymous
password: guest
directory: nsfnet (i.e. type: cd nsfnet )
The files "help-ftp", "help.1" and "nsfnet-help" will provide you with
information to get started.
2) Using the mail server: Send mail to the address shown below (either
nnsc.nsf.net or sh.cs.net) and leave the "Subject;" line blank.
The first line of the message body should contain a "Request:"
line, followed by a "Topic:" line, as described below. You do not
need a "Subject:" line, but be sure your mailer puts out a valid
"From:" line that the server can respond to!
To obtain general information on the CSNET INFO SERVER send the
following message to the mail-server "info-server@nnsc.nsf.net" or
"info-server@sh.cs.net":
Request: Info
Topic: Help
To obtain current contact information on the NSFNET and its affiliated
regional networks, send the following mail message to the mail-server:
"info-server@nnsc.nsf.net":
Request: NSFNET
Topic: NNSC
To obtain information on how to connect to the Internet through the
NSFNET or an NSF-affiliated network, send the following mail message
to the mail-server "info-server@nnsc.nsf.net":
Request: NSFNET
Topic: CONNECTING
To obtain information on the documents currently available on the
NSFNET from the info-server, send the following mail message to the
mail server "info-server@nnsc.nsf.net":
Request: NSFNET
Topic: NSFNET-HELP
If you need to contact the people at the NNSC directly, you can either
send mail or call them. It would be a good idea to read the NSFNET
documents first though.
Electronic Mail: <nnsc@nnsc.nsf.net>
Telephone: +1 (617) 873-3400.
--
Gene Spafford
NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center,
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spaf