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From: josef@peun11.uucp (Moellers)
Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm
Subject: Re: SIMTEL20
Keywords: Usenet access
Message-ID: <635@nixpbe.UUCP>
Date: 17 Nov 89 07:25:45 GMT
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ianj@sactoh0.UUCP (Ian R. Justman) writes:

>Is there a way to access SIMTEL20 via Usenet?  If so, I would very
>much like to know because I can't seem to get enough CP/M stuff.
>My signature says it all.

There is!
You can send mail to either of
   LISTSERV@VM.ECS.RPI.EDU
   LISTSERV@VM1.NODAK.EDU

The mail body should be something like (start in leftmost column):
/PDDIR
	- returns: CPM SIGM PC-BLUE MSDOS MISC
/PDDIR PD:<directory>
/PDDIR PD:<directory.subdirectory>filename.ext age
	- directory is one of CPM SIGM PC-BLUE MSDOS MISC
	- age = 0..9999, specifies age of files for directory listing
	  default is 30 days
	- wildcards are allowed e.g.
		/PDDIR PD:<CPM.*>*.* 9999
	 will work, but will probably cause a lot of nuisance
/PDGET format PD:<CPM.subdirectory>filename.ext (encoding
	- use format=MAIL, encoding=UUE (note the left brace!!)
	- no wildcards allowed here

The amount sent at each request is limited in number of files and number
of bytes sent.

Happy hacking 8-{)

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