[comp.archives] [comp.archives] Royal Air Casuality Archive Server

aircas-adm@csoftec.csf.com (Air Casuality Admin) (06/06/90)

Archive-name: raf-casualty/05-Jun-90
Original-posting-by: aircas-adm@csoftec.csf.com (Air Casuality Admin)
Original-subject: Royal Air Casuality Archive Server
Archive-site: rootserv@csoftec.csf.com
Reposted-by: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti)



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         Database of Royal Air Force - Air Casualities (1914-1918)


This database contains an extensive listing of RFC/RAF Air Casualities
from World War I (one).

It contains:  date,rank,first name (or initials),lastname,remarks.

Please note, that this is the ROYAL AIR FORCE and during the years 1914-1918,
and the database has been provided to me by John Woodgate.  

The csoftec 'rootserv' mail archive server is a service which allows requests
for searching thru a large database, and forwarding of the requested info
on via regular uucp mail.

To request info from the Air Casuality Database, simply, send a message 
to:   rootserv@csoftec       or     rootserv@csoftec.csf.com

No subject is required, and it is not read by my rootserv program.

You may send one or more lines of text in the body of the msg using the 
following syntax.  In other words, you may have more than one search request
in the same msg.

          -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -

Examples:

send NAME from aircas to YOURUSERNAME@YOURHOSTNAME
       ^        ^            ^       ^     ^
       |        |            |       |     |
       |        |            |       |     |_____ Your system hostname
       |        |            |       |___________ @   (the @ sign)
       |        |            |___________________ Your user login name
       |        |
       |        |________________________________ see note: 1 
       |_________________________________________ see note: 2



Note 1:

aircas is the first of several large databases files which will be 
available here in the near future.

Note 2:

Distribution is by mail in less than 100 line messages.  

If your request has created a msg of more than 100 lines, the server 
will send you a msg, to further narrow your NAME search and try again.

Lets say you are user@system and you are requesting info for all the 
personnel in the database with the surname "Gray" then use the 
following syntax.  Case makes no difference in the search pattern.

send gray from aircas to user@system

Isn't that simple ?


QUESTIONS:  Send messages which might need to be read by a human to:

			 aircas-adm@csoftec.csf.com 

            otherwise your request is all computer read and generated.

   
            ....and thanks for using this system, 
         
            ....I hope you find something of interest   ! ! ! !


                /end of "air casuality help" file/

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