nn-arc@stiatl.UUCP (NN Archives) (02/07/90)
Welcome to the USA East Coast NN Archive. This system is maintained by Paul Anderson (emory!stiatl.UUCP!pda or pda@SalesTech.Com). If you have repeated problems with the archive, contact me at that address or at (404) 841-4000. I will pull up the log of your request and try to help you out. I am usually in from noon to 6 pm US Eastern Standard Time (17:00 to 21:00 GMT/CUT). This is the general help message. It is being sent to you because you requested help or improperly formatted a message. The NN archive sources were provided directly by Kim Storm. (storm@texas.dk). The NN Archive server is an automatic server, so it may be a little cumbersome at times. In particular, sometimes the mailer here is unable to 'R'eply to your message: my mailer tends to be a little brain-dead. If you do not get your request back from the archive within 24 hours, the request was lost in transit somewhere. If this occurs, you can provide an explicit path to be used to route the request back to you. Put the following line in the body of your message, beginning at column 0: Send-To: path-from-me-to-you ie: Send-To: emory!texas.dk!storm This explicit path will then be used for your request. Note that the path *must* begin with emory, since this is the major node we connect to. Please be careful about requesting the entire set of patches, as it now exceeds the size of the compressed source! Please distribute patches to your neighbors! Thanks. Requesting Archives ------------------- The way to request information from the archive is via the Subject: field of mail. All message text is ignored. If you wish to register a message with the archive, then specify the Subject: as 'gripe' or 'suggest'. Following are legal values to which you can set the Subject: field. Subject: dir -sends a directory of what is available Subject: directory Subject: help -this message Subject: send summary -sends the summary of changes Subject: send xxx -sends the archive 'xxx' Subject: gripe -registers a gripe. Subject: suggest Multiple requests on the command line are supported: Subject: send nn6.3-p-3 nn6.3-p-4 summary help END of help summary ---------- Following is the directory obtained by the 'dir' command Send Description ----------------+------------------------------------- help | (27k) A general message about how to use and | request sources from the archive. The summary will give the | detailed information on each patch. If you request the | patches, you needn't request the summary. | summary | (25k) A summary of the patches in the archive to-date. | nn6.3-p-1 | nn 6.3 Official patch 1. (3k) This patch fixes a | core dump for users who have not read news before. | nn6.3-p-2 | nn 6.3 Official patch 2 (2 parts,69k). Minor bug | fixes & new 'decode' command. NNTP related bugs fixed. | nn6.3-p-3 | nn 6.3 Official patch 3 (35k). Fixes the bug where | NN won't find any news at all. Portability fixes. New | commands- advance-article, back-article. Support for | dynix/symmetry, A/UX 1.1, convex & xenix 386 added. | nn6.3-p-4 | nn 6.3 Official patch 4 (3 parts,155k). Support | for fortune, uPort, sgi added. Other enhancements & bug | fixes. Specifying patch 4 will get patch 5 as well, since | patch 4 introduces a database corruption bug. | nn6.3-p-5 | nn 6.3 Official patch 5. (3k) Fixes database | corruption bug of patch 4. | nn6.3-p-6 | nn 6.3 Official patch 6. (10k) Needed if using | C-news with patches later than 22-Aug-89. | nn6.3-p-61 | nn 6.3 Unofficial patch 61 (patch 1 to patch 6). | (3k) Fixes a problem that when killing an article, all | articles are killed. DO NOT apply this patch if you | are going to apply patch 7 and 8. | nn6.3-p-7 | Official patch 7. (5 parts, 230k) This patch | undoes patch 6 and applies a large number of fixes to | detailed for this listing, plus adds a number of features. | nn6.3-p-8 | Official patch 8. (3k) Fixes the long path bug | applied in patch 6 but removed by patch 7. | nn6.3-p-9 | Official patch 9. (52k) This fixes a number of | bugs with display logic and adds new features. Numerous | other bugs have been fixed. | nn6.3-p-10 | Official patch 10. (46k) This is a features | enhancement with some minor bug fixes. | archive-server | This is the source for the NN archive server | itself. I have placed it (inappropriatly) online here, | since there have been enough requests for it. It is | uncooked. Please do not expect a lot from it- either in terms | of portability or documentation. -Paul | END of directory