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Article #160Re: bitftp changes, alternatives
From: Keith Petersen
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1991 15:25
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1991 15:25
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In article <121080001@vantage.UUCP> ray@vantage.UUCP (Ray Liere) writes:
>We (like many others) no longer have ftp access due to the changes in
>bitftp's policy. I very much appreciate the service they provided ...
>[...]
>With the loss of this unique resource, we all need to include (when known)
>the names of email-based servers that contain a particular piece of
>software (as well as the usually-included list of ftp sites).
If you do not have FTP access to SIMTEL20, files may be ordered by
e-mail from LISTSERV@VM1.NODAK.EDU or LISTSERV@VM.ECS.RPI.EDU.
If you are on BITNET: LISTSERV@NDSUVM1
LISTSERV@RPIECS
If your mailer knows domains: listserv@vm1.nodak.edu
listserv@vm.ecs.rpi.edu
If your mailer wants bang paths: uunet!vm1.nodak.edu!listserv
uunet!vm.ecs.rpi.edu!listserv
If you use bang paths, substitute your nearest neighbor which is also
on the Internet for uunet in the examples above. Some examples are:
ames, decvax, decwrl, harvard, hplabs, nosc, rutgers, sharkey, sun,
ucbvax, ucsd, udel, uw-beaver, wuarchive.
Send this command to the server to get its help file:
GET PDGET HELP
Sample command (which gets our catalog of MS-DOS files):
/PDGET MAIL PD:<MSDOS.FILEDOCS>SIMIBM.ARC UUENCODE
These commands should be sent as the body of a regular email message.
Do not include a signature because it confuses the server. If you
have xxdecode, you may wish to specify XXENCODE instead of UUENCODE to
avoid character translation problems.
Comments, questions, and suggestions should be directed to the LISTSERV
manager at one of these addresses, depending on which server you normally
use:
Internet BITNET
"John Fisher" <FISHER@VM.ECS.RPI.EDU> <FISHER@RPIECS>
"Marty Hoag" <INFO@VM1.NODAK.EDU> <INFO@NDSUVM1>
Please do NOT send your comment or question about the servers to SIMTEL20.
However, if you wish to report a program bug or to request information
on how to upload files to SIMTEL20, you may send e-mail to me at one
of the addresses below.
Keith
--
Keith Petersen
Maintainer of the MSDOS, MISC and CP/M archives at SIMTEL20 [192.88.110.20]
Internet: w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.Army.Mil or w8sdz@vela.acs.oakland.edu
Uucp: uunet!umich!vela!w8sdz BITNET: w8sdz@OAKLAND
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!ox.com!vela!rigel.acs.oakland.edu!w8sdz From: w8sdz@rigel.acs.oakland.edu (Keith Petersen) Newsgroups: comp.archives.admin Subject: Re: bitftp changes, alternatives Message-ID: <7438@vela.acs.oakland.edu> Date: 21 Jun 91 15:25:30 GMT References: <121080001@vantage.UUCP> Sender: news@vela.acs.oakland.edu Reply-To: w8sdz@wsmr-simtel20.army.mil Organization: The SIMTEL20 Archives Lines: 58