sjb@csri.toronto.edu (Stephen Bellantoni) (11/30/88)
> From: Arvind Gupta <arvind@csri.toronto.edu> > Are we on internet and [is] FTP available. I want to get a copy of the focs > attendees and apparently I can get it using ftp. > Arvind Yes we are on the internet and yes ftp and telnet are both available. Just recently they installed the name server so that you can reach most internet addresses just by using the name that they give you, e.g. "vm1.nodak.edu". That particular server can also return information to you by mail. If you want to ftp many megabytes of data, you might want to ask around to see if someone's got it already. I went and ftp'd the list of attendees from FOCS 88, it is in /var/scr/theory/focs88.people ----------------- After some conversation about the never-ending "aliases" saga, I have created a mail alias that should solve our problems (whatever they may be). The alias, "theorynews", does both the following: (1) sends the mail to the newsgroup ut.theory, which you read with "rn". (2) sends the mail to everyone listed in the file neat.ai:/local/share/mail/lists/theorynews. Currently this file contains "bor,fich,gathen,rackoff,sacook". You use this by typing "mail theorynews". The file (mail/lists/theorynews) is writeable by everyone. If you want to get your stuff by mail and skip reading ut.theory, then just add your name to that list. If you want to read ut.theory instead, take your name off. In order for the "theorynews" alias to be useful, we have to use it consistently. That is, do *not* use the "theorygroup" alias, and do *not* Pnews to ut.theory. Either one of these would miss some people.
sam@csri.toronto.edu (Sam Weber) (12/01/88)
In article <8811300150.AA01325@harbord.csri.toronto.edu> sjb@csri.toronto.edu (Stephen Bellantoni) writes: > ...... > (2) sends the mail to everyone listed in the file > neat.ai:/local/share/mail/lists/theorynews. > Currently this file contains "bor,fich,gathen,rackoff,sacook". > >You use this by typing "mail theorynews". > >The file (mail/lists/theorynews) is writeable by everyone. If you want to >get your stuff by mail and skip reading ut.theory, then just add your >name to that list. If you want to read ut.theory instead, take your name off. What should those of us without accounts on ai do? (Life's tough for us sort-of theory types :-) ) -- --Sam Weber "I never think of money I think of milk and honey sam@csri.toronto.edu Grinning like a cheshire cat" -The Muppet Movie