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In <1993Feb4.222704.23888@bby.com.au> gnb@baby.bby.com.au (Gregory N. Bond) writes:

| Does this [alex] work for other forms of request as well, such as ftpmail
| etc?

I don't think so.

| Does Alex "distribute" (i.e. can I ask a local agent to ask
| archie's alex server rather than ftping directly?)

I'm not sure what you mean there, but you can use
	/alex/domain-name-in-reverse/path/name
any time you're connected to archie.au, via whatever means you
connect (including ftpmail, netfetch/fetchfile, etc) and that
will then use alex to fetch the file to archie if needed, then
return the file to you.

Eg: /alex/au/oz/munnari/netinfo/internet-number-template

will get /netinfo/internet-number-template from munnari.oz.au

Note the domain name is backwards (UK JANET order if you like)
and the components are separated by slashes rather than dots.

Also note that alex on archie.au is experimental - it may not
always be running (the netftp thing will use alex if its there
but fall back to a regular ftp if something goes wrong, so
that one is pretty save to use).

kre