ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) (10/11/90)
We are still at a learning stage with our experimental mail server
at chyde.uwasa.fi, which my fellow moderator Harri Valkama is
running. Here is the current (volatile) extract from my prerecorded
chyde.uwasa.fi Questions & Answers file.
2. *****
Q: Many of us users have no ftp access. Would you please send
programs to me by email.
A1: To get files sent to you by email, please use our mail server.
To get more information write a message to hv@chyde.uwasa.fi.
The subject line of this message must be
chyde-request
The message must contain just the following text (at the beginning
of the line):
send help
Do not include a signature because it may confuse the server.
If you do not understand, please don't send the mail server request.
If you have ftp capability, please use ftp, since it causes less
load.
A2: Our customary format for the file names when announcing
programs for ANONYMOUS FTP is e.g.
/pc/pd2/dirmat20.zip
IMPORTANT!!! The format for the MAIL SERVER is shorter:
send pd2/dirmat20.zip
In other words omit /pc/ from the path when using our mail server.
19. *****
Q: I sent a mail server request to chyde.uwasa.fi but I get no
response at all. And I am sure that I did everything as instructed.
A: In that case your, or your system's, email address is probably
badly configured. Please contact your own system manager.
DON'T!!! send a repeat request until your email address problem
has been resolved!!!
What happens is this. We get your request, but when chyde tries
to honor your request to send you the file(s) by email, the email
bounces back to us because of the problems in your email address.
If you send repeat requests, it will just clog our post-master with
the bounced email.
Try using a corrected mail address to return the requests. You
can do this by adding the following command to (the body of) your
message to our mail server.
path <path to your machine>
e.g.
path youruserid@yourmachine.yourdomain.yourcountry
send WhateverYouWant
You should contact your system manager to asses an optimized path
especially if you are using UUCP or BANG paths to get your mail
delivered to us. Our mail server checks the mail queue every 15
minutes so if you don't get response in a reasonable time you'd
better check this one out with a little help from your friends. You
can use this command with or without the <> characters.
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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