reece%nadc@sri-unix.UUCP (01/09/84)
I put out a request some time ago to try to find a milnet or arpanet site who keeps the net.sources stuff on-line and could provide anonymous access. Since no one responded (except to ask for responses) I assume that no such mechanism exists or is private. There seems to be a widespread interest in this since many of the messages we see on "wizards" say something like "I've just posted this really neat program to net.sources....". It's frustrating to not be able to get it. Can anyone within earshot establish such an archive for the public good? It wouldn't have to be very large-- perhaps the most recent two weeks worth of messages. It also shouldn't take much of anyones time if the machine had both interfaces. Any good samaritans out there? Jim Reece REECE@NADC
mike%brl-vgr@sri-unix.UUCP (01/12/84)
From: Mike Muuss <mike@brl-vgr> Jim - BRL will be able to provide net.sources material, both as a remailing of the USENET list, and as an archive. However, we will not be able to begin this service for at least 4 more weeks. At that time, it will be no trouble. (Also net.bugs). We will be acquiring fairly complete archives as well. -Mike Muuss UNIX-WIZARDS Moderator
chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (01/16/84)
We could provide limited (and I mean *limited*) access to net.sources
by linking the directory to ~anonymous/net.sources, but we don't have
the disk space to archive nor the person-time to give names to any of
the files, so everything would be by Usenet-News-Index-Number and
retrieval would be a pain. If I get any "yes" answers I'll make the
link. Our site name is MARYLAND.
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