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     There is a possibility if you are hooked up to BITNET, or can send
messages to a BITNET LISTSERVer.  There are two such machines, which keep
copies of SIMTEL20 archives - rpiecs and ndsuvm1.  The syntax of the command
to send to these machines is

{send/tell} listserv@{rpiecs/ndsuvm1} /pdget pd1:<msdos.directory>filename.ext

where directory and filename.ext are as on SIMTEL20.  These machines then
queue batch type processes to their copies of SIMTEL, and you receive the
files via mail (usually) within a few days.  Long files are broken up into
uuencoded segments.  There usually is a limit of 3 files a day of 150000
bytes, depending on current usage.  Unfortunately, this *may* only work on
BITNET sites.  (You can try it - send the above as a mail message - in the
worst case it will bounce.)

     There is another method.  A machine exists whereby you can submit ftp
commands, and this machine will process these as some type of batch process.
Unfortunately, I cannot remember where this machine is - I'm thinking Berkeley
or Cornell.  Anyone have any idea?
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