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From: LC.YRS@forsythe.stanford.edu (Richard Stanton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Accessing SIMTEL without ftp
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Date: 17 Nov 89 05:31:14 GMT
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In article <2988@ssc-vax.UUCP>,
djw@ssc-vax.UUCP (David J Warren) writes:
>
>I've noticed SIMTEL referred to in this newsgroup a number of times.
>
>After following this news group for awhile, I've found that a good
>source of binaries is SIMTEL but have yet to hear how to access the
>system. I've read the notes about how to get files across the
>InterNET with ftp but this doesn't help me because we are connected
>through uucp. Is there a way to get to SIMTEL through uucp?

From where I am, I can get files without using FTP by sending mail
to listserv@rpiecs.bitnet. This may be different for other people.
To get a directory, send the message

/pddir [Directory name] [Number]

The number gives the maximum age of the files you are interested in
(in days). The default, with no number, is either 10 or 30, I don't
remember which.

To get a file, send the message

/pdget [filename]

I may have the slashes the wrong way round, but this is the general
idea. You will (eventually) get what you want via e-mail, in
uuencoded form, which you will have to uudecode.

Richard Stanton

pstanton@gsb-what.stanford.edu