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From: joec@Morgan.COM (Joe Collins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: simtel20
Keywords: simtel
Message-ID: <442@ringwood.Morgan.COM>
Date: 13 Oct 89 14:12:48 GMT
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Organization: Morgan Stanley & Co. NY, NY
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There has been some good descriptions of how to access the
SIMTEL archives...but they don't describe how I access them.
So, maybe, my two cents will also help.
BTW the archives are GREAT.

I send mail to:
    listserv@vm1.nodak.edu      
This is NOT the SIMTEL archive, but a gateway(?)
to it for those who can't directly access it.

The subject line is blank and the only text is of the form:
    /PDGET PD:<MSDOS.SYSUTL>DRAIN.ARC
This means get me DRAIN.ARC from PD\MSDOS\SYSUTL.
Some hours after I send that out, I get mail back with the
object I asked for. Its encoded so I then edit the mail,
stripping off the header/trailer. After I save that,
I run UUDECODE on it...
Note, this is all done on my SUN workstation (3/60).

Finally, the output of UUDECODE is a file DRAIN.ARC
I then copy that off the SUN onto a PC floppy and
then I have it.

Some restrictions I have seen:
1-No more than 100k/day/user will be sent
2-No more than 3 files per day will be sent

A great place to start is with:
    /PDDIR PD1:<MSDOS.STARTER>*.* 
which means list everything in that subdirectory.
    /PDGET PD1:<MSDOS.FILEDOCS>AAAREAD.ME
which gets you the readme file for SIMTEL related information.

Also, read the newsgroup 'comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d' for related
useful information.

have fun,

joec@morgan.com