comparc@twwells.uucp (comp.archives) (02/27/89)
As I said in my previous message, I now have a mail server for the
database up and running. Of course, this is brand new software, so
there are bound to be problems. I'll be keeping an eye out for them;
however, do let me know if you have any problems or suggestions.
The rest of this message contains the help message for the server and
an index of the sites I have. Rather than repost the entire database
periodically, I will post a message something like this one twice a
month.
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The comp.archives database server is a rather stupid set of shell
scripts to let you use e-mail to get information from the
comp.archive database. At this time, all that is available are some
informational messages and the archive site database.
What you do is to send a message to
comp-archives-database@twwells.uucp
The subject of the message is ignored; all commands go in the body of
the message. The commands it recognizes are:
path <path to you>
You *must* include a path line somewhere in the message
because the shell script will e-mail the response to that
address. I run a smart mailer here with a complete set of
maps, so if you are in the maps and trust the route from here
to there, you can just put user@site for the path.
send help
Send the latest version of this message.
send sitereg
Send a form you can fill out to register your archive. You
fill out the form and send it to
comp-archives-request@twwells.uucp
send format
Send a description of the comp.archives database entry format.
Warning, it's about 13K.
send index
Send an index of the comp.archives database. The index has
entries of the form:
<site name> -- <access> -- <title>
<keywords>
...
When requesting information about a site, use <site name> in
a "send site" command.
send site <site name>
Send information about a specific site. You will receive both
the database entry and the informational posting that went
with it, if there was one.
quit
Cause any data after this line to be ignored. Useful if your
mailer appends a signature to your message.
This server is entirely automatic and does not try to resend failed
mail, nor do I pay any attention to failed mail. If you don't get a
reply after a reasonable time, or get a bad reply, send mail to
comp-archives-request@twwells.uucp
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adobe -- mail -- Adobe PostScript File Server
adobe,postscript
aeras -- uucp --
comp.sources.games,comp.sources.unix,comp.sources.misc,comp.sources.x
arizona.edu -- ftp -- University of Arizona Programming Languages
icon-language,sr-language,prolog-language
cis.ohio-state.edu -- ftp uucp --
gnu,mail,news,communications,x11r3,newsgroups,rfc,idea
daisy -- uucp -- West Coast X Archives
x-window,x11,x,x11r2,x11r3,comp.sources.x
gatekeeper.dec.com -- ftp --
x-windows
grape.ecs.clarkson.edu -- bbs fido ftp -- CUHUG archive
comp.binaries.ibm.pc,ibm-pc,freemacs
jetroff -- uucp -- JetRoff Source Code and Fonts
jetroff,font,postprocessor,troff
jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov -- ftp -- Most Up-to-date Archive for "Off the Wall" Software.
perl,patch,warp,dist,metaconfig,configure
panarea.usc.edu -- ftp -- Archive for "maps"
map
pprg.unm.edu -- ftp -- B/W & color computer images, RFCs plus other assorted things.
computer-images,rfc
rpp386.dallas.tx.us -- uucp -- rpp386 Xenix Archive
xenix,software,patch
saab -- uucp -- comp.sources.games
game
sun.soe.clarkson.edu -- ftp mail -- Clarkson Archive
tex,isetl,freemacs
twwells -- mail -- comp.archives database server
comp.archives,archive
uhnix2.uh.edu -- mail -- GENBANK-SERVER
genbank
wsmr-simtel20.army.mil -- ftp -- THE SIMTEL20 ARCHIVES
cp/m,ms-dos,pc-dos,macintosh,unix,ada,newsgroups,user-groups
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Bill
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