atman@cscihp.ecst.csuchico.edu (Homeless hacker) (11/16/90)
I desperately need a copy of a program called "BackMail" that was posted to c.b.i.p. a few months ago. Please, if anyone has it, email it to me, to tell me where I can FTP it. Many, many thanx in advance... Shaun.
ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) (11/16/90)
In article <1990Nov16.030923.6115@ecst.csuchico.edu> atman@cscihp.ecst.csuchico.edu (Homeless hacker) writes: >I desperately need a copy of a program called "BackMail" that was posted >to c.b.i.p. a few months ago. Please, if anyone has it, email it to me, >to tell me where I can FTP it. From uwasa.fi INDEX: comm : -------- backmail.txt Description of backmail utility pgm bkmail11.zip Background email & file xfer pgm v1.1 ...... Q: Someone email me a .zip extractor (or something equally common) A: This is not a flame but a friendly piece of advice for you, and others occasionally posting similar wishes concerning easily available shareware and PD programs. You already know which program you want. Better still than making an offhand request that may end up with several kind netters duplicating each others' efforts for your benefit by rushing to email the material to you, how about doing the work yourself and getting it from an ftp site, or a BBS near you. The program you want is not difficult to locate. That's what the well-known file lists are for. Note that I am NOT saying that one shouldn't ever ask questions about the availability of programs, only that we have tried to make it easy for you to locate common programs from uwasa.fi (or Simtel20) all by yourself. A2: How to find files on chyde.uwasa.fi: If you are looking for a particular program at chyde.uwasa.fi you should always start by getting the following files: /pc/INDEX /pc/pd2/0dir-pd2 /pc/ts/0dir-ts /pc/ts/tsarc100.txt (or whatever version number is latest) And for seeing what is new in the /pc/pd2 and /pc/ts directories, get /pc/pd2/0news-pd2 /pc/ts/0news-ts ................................................................... Prof. Timo Salmi (Moderating at anon. ftp site 128.214.12.3) School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun