dbd%benden@LANL.GOV (06/08/88)
From: dbd%benden@LANL.GOV (Dan Davison)
Thanks to all who sent in requests to the archive-server while I was
debugging it. The error messages people got and sent to me allowed me
to track down a very subtle permissions problem.
In order to fix the problem, the archive server has been moved to
genome.lanl.gov. I have tested the server here, from Bionet in California,
and from Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York, and everything worked
(so far).
The server is now set up with top-level indices, an index in the matrix
directory (which are the same), and the 1987 and 1988 Matrix postings,
as well as a copy of the draft report.
To get a Matrix server help file (yes, those who got the mod.recipes
index will now get a real one) send the following:
To: archive-server@genome.lanl.gov
Subject: help
and the help message should come back within a day or so.
To get an index change the word "help" above to "send index" or "send
matrix index".
There are three files available: the 1987 BIO-MATRIX postings, the
1988 BIO-MATRIX postings (reasonably current) and the draft Matrix
of Biological Knowledge Workshop Report. These files are 87matrix.,
88matrix., and matrixreport., respectively. NOTE the "." in the
file name! People who send mail from upper-case only machines may have
trouble; let archive-management@genome.lanl.gov know if this happens.
The server scans its queues every 30 minutes, and requests for more
than one file are shar'd together. If you are on a system that doesn't
run the bourne shell, request separate files in separate messages
(that is, don't do: send matrix 87matrix. 88matrix. matrixreport.; instead
send three messages: send matrix87matrix. send matrix 88matrix. and send
matrixreport.) Shar is Unix-specific; if you are on some other OS,
ask for the files in separate messages.
There are various paths that may work to contact the server. Arpanauts
can use
archive-server@genome.lanl.gov
or archive-server%genome@lanl.gov
Folks on bitnet can try either
archive-server%genome.lanl.gov@CUNYVM
or archive-server%genome%lanl.gov@CUNYVM
or another private Arpanet-bitnet gateway if you have one. If you are
reading this on BITNET on an IBM machine running CMS, you're probably out
of luck: IBM mailers generally don't believe any other networks exist, and
don't allow more than 8 characters in the user name (the part before the
"@"). If you are on BITNET and reading this on a VAX, try looking for
GMAIL or ask a local wizard how to hack DECNET/BITNET mail into an
internet address. (It usually goes IN::"archive-server%genome.lanl.gov",
but it will be site-dependent).
Usenet sites can try the mail incantations given in the help file, but
I don't have a direct UUCP connection for genome (yet) so it may not
work.
European sites: give it a try, but I don't know if the mailer here
will be able to figure out what's going on. Continental Europe is
more likely to get a response than Britian, because the mailer here
gets confused about the reverse-ordering of JANET addresses.
If you'd like to talk to a person instead of a mail-response program,
send mail to archive-management@genome.lanl.gov. *Please* be sure to
mark your message "MATRIX ARCHIVE SERVER HELP NEEDED". I get a lot
of mail and if it's not marked it may get lost in the shuffle.
dan davison
theoretical biology
t-10 ms k710
los alamos national laboratory
los alamos, nm 87545
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