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ANNOUNCING ARCHIE.AU - The AARNet Archie Server

Archie.au is The AARNet Archie Working Group's archie server. It runs
"archie", a tool to help users locate information located on anonymous
FTP sites around the world. To get started with archie, telnet to
archie.au and login with userid archie.

Archie.AU also maintains copies (shadows) of many of the most popular
anonymous ftp sites from around the world, making it unnecessary for
users within Australia to access the remotely located system, improving
response time and reducing overall network traffic.

This system, which has been funded by AARNet, will not only run the
archie database, but will also support:

        +  Prospero (a remote file system)
        +  Ftp<->Mail Gateway
        +  Sydney Uni's Finger Daemon
        +  MHSnet access (as archie.oz)
        +  WAIS

and is shadowing the following archives:

        +  Simtel-20 PC archives                From oak.oakland.edu
        +  Garbo's PC archives                  From garbo.uwasa.fi
        +  MIT's X11 Distribution               From export.lcs.mit.edu
        +  Terminator's Mac Archive
        +  RFC's                                From venera.isi.edu
        +  The latest GNU software              From prep.ai.mit.edu
        +  Kermit Distribution                  From watsun.cc.columbia.edu
        +  Graphics including GIFs              From wuarchive.wustl.edu
        +  Amiga                                From ab20.larc.nasa.gov
        +  The latest WAIS sources              From think.com
        +  comp.sources.unix                    From gatekeeper.dec.com
        +  comp.sources.games                   From ftp.uu.net
        +  comp.sources.reviewed                From ftp.uu.net
        +  comp.sources.x                       From ftp.uu.net
        +  comp.sources.misc                    From ftp.uu.net

Archie.AU is a dedicated machine with more than 5 Gbytes of disk
space located on the AARNet backbone in Melbourne.  Response from archie
will be better than from any site located outside Australia and better
than many within Australia. Users can retrive files using FTP, MHSnet
or the FTP<->Gateway. Those using MHSnet to access this machine should
use a certain amount of sense when requesting lots of files. Don't
flood your downstream sites.

If you think it would be beneficial to the Australian Academic and
Research Community to have something else shadowed, or you have
comments related to the archie server, send mail to

        archive-wg@itd.adelaide.edu.au