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In article <1992Aug8.203551.773@dolphin.com> zac@dolphin.com (Zacharias J.  
Beckman) writes:
> Is there a means to reach the archive sites of NeXT software (i.e.:  
> sonata.cc.purdue.edu and nova.cc.purdue.edu) without FTP access?  Is  
> there an anonymous UUCP account?  Any other means?  I would very much  
> appreciate details.  Thank you!

Wow, I just answered this a few days ago here.  I'll check
the FAQ and see if it needs some polishing so I can refer
people there with more confidence.

You can get files from sonata by sending email to:

	archive-server@cc.purdue.edu

The subject can be anything you want since (normally) no
one sees it.  The body should be a list of commands.

The main one is "send", as in: 

	send next/2.0-release/source/Opener3.0.tar.Z

(which you should get if you plan to do a lot of this, BTW.)

That'll uuencode the file, split it into pieces, and mail
it to you.  You can control how this is done (like btoa
instead of uuencode or cut it in different sized chunks)
by using other commands. 

	help

Will send you a help file.  I'm rewriting this because the
current one is kind of ugly. 

The command "path" lets you change where the stuff is sent
(in case you want it to go to another account or your mailer
botches the header fields.)  I could send something to you
via the archive-server by saying: 

	path zac@dolphin.com

I hope that's enough info to get you started.  Look around
for my other posting as it was more detailed. 

As always, send Archive related mail to
archive-management@cc.purdue.edu. 

ab