mlaidlaw@Daisy.EE.UND.AC.ZA (Mike Laidlaw) (06/11/91)
I am a usenet/internet user from outside the USA and thanks to another user have got a listing of whats on the ab20 archive.I have tried to use the ftp mail server "FTPMAIL@DECWRL.DEC.COM" but I have recieved no reply from it.What I mean by no reply is that when I sent a "DIR" command to it for ab20,it sent me mail saying that my request was on the queue and to expect it in a day or so.After a day,I recieved more mail from it but this time with a copy of the ftp transaction as well as the listing of the root of ab20.Then I sent to FTPMAIL a script to get some binarys (about 1 megs worth) and have been waiting for any reply for 2 weeks.Have I exceeded a limit on gets or is it something else ? Please could anybody help me. BTW I have checked my script 10^10^10^10 (an exaggeration) times and have found no fault with it.Here is a copy of it for you to check: reply mlaidlaw@daisy.ee.und.ac.za connect ab20.larc.nasa.gov ascii get /amiga/applications/Convert.ReadMe get /amiga/applications/HyperText.readme get /amiga/applications/NewTest.readme get /amiga/applications/README get /amiga/applications/cal-1.2.Readme get /amiga/applications/citebase.readme get /amiga/applications/sc.readme get /amiga/applications/spread12.Readme get /amiga/games/Empire22w.ReadMe get /amiga/games/LOC-Simulator.Readme get /amiga/games/NetHack-3.0-PL9.Readme get /amiga/games/Predator.Readme get /amiga/games/README get /amiga/games/Read.Me get /amiga/languages/README get /amiga/text/CManual.txt binary compress uuencode get /FILES.Z get /amiga/applications/Boards.lzh get /amiga/applications/clock.lzh get /amiga/applications/analycalc-25.3a.lzh get /amiga/applications/plans.lzh get /amiga/applications/tbuildscreen2.lzh get /amiga/fish/aquarium/aquarium-401-410.lzh get /amiga/fish/fishcon/fishcon-450.lzh get /amiga/games/Dungeon.lzh get /amiga/games/MechForce-3.71.lzh get /amiga/games/Monopoly.lzh get /amiga/text/filelab.lzh dir /amiga/games/patches dir /amiga/graphics/anims dir /amiga/graphics/blankers dir /amiga/graphics/conv dir /amiga/graphics/fonts dir /amiga/graphics/icons dir /amiga/graphics/mandelbrot dir /amiga/graphics/plotting dir /amiga/graphics/ray-code dir /amiga/graphics/viewers dir /amiga/graphics/wdb dir /amiga/languages/assembly dir /amiga/languages/c dir /amiga/languages/misc dir /amiga/languages/pascal dir /amiga/music/modules dir /amiga/music/tools dir /amiga/utils/archivers dir /amiga/utils/comm dir /amiga/utils/emulators dir /amiga/utils/printer dir /amiga/utils/virus dir /amiga/utils/2.0 dir /amiga/utils/amigavision dir /amiga/utils/arexx dir /amiga/utils/disk dir /amiga/utils/editors dir /amiga/utils/file dir /amiga/utils/sound dir /amiga/utils/system cd /amiga ls quit Thanks in advance, Myron :-)
robert@dg.se (Robert Claeson) (06/14/91)
In article <1991Jun11.091551.6524@Daisy.EE.UND.AC.ZA>, mlaidlaw@Daisy.EE.UND.AC.ZA (Mike Laidlaw) writes: |> I am a usenet/internet user from outside the USA and thanks to |> another user |> have got a listing of whats on the ab20 archive.I have tried to use |> the ftp |> mail server "FTPMAIL@DECWRL.DEC.COM" but I have recieved no reply |> from |> it.What I mean by no reply is that when I sent a "DIR" command to it |> for |> ab20,it sent me mail saying that my request was on the queue and to |> expect it |> in a day or so. Lucky you. I sent off a message containing "help" to it and am still waiting for something to appear in my mailbox. -- Robert Claeson Just because I am writing this doesn't mean that my employer agrees with me.
CB@brewhq.swb.de (Christian Balzer) (06/15/91)
In article <1991Jun11.091551.6524@Daisy.EE.UND.AC.ZA> mlaidlaw@Daisy.EE.UND.AC.ZA (Mike Laidlaw) writes: > [Problems with the ftpmail service at decwrl] > >BTW I have checked my script 10^10^10^10 (an exaggeration) times and have >found no fault with it.Here is a copy of it for you to check: > [Correct looking script deleted] > First of, I don't speak for DEC, I just take their money. The ftpmail service is, as I understand it, not a privat thing to Digital employees, but there are priorities... On the other hand, the service hasn't been designed to handle the ever increasing load of all the mail-FTP requests out there. The script you submitted might have been: a) thrown into the bit bucket, or b) just delayed due to the shere size of it. Try submitting smaller jobs and keep in mind that this is not an _official_ (whatever that means ;-) service and maintened in the spare time of the great folks at decwrl. Cheers, <CB> -- // <CB> aka Christian Balzer, P.O. Box 1348, D-6108 Weiterstadt, Germany \X/ -The Software Brewery- Domain: CB@frambo.enet.dec.com | CB@brewhq.swb.de SWB US-Bang: {uunet}!cbmvax!cbmger!brewas!CB | EU-Bang: unido!incom!brewas!CB