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From: jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: How to get rfc without ftp access?
Summary: Mail retrieval from service@nic.ddn.mil
Keywords: no ftp, rfc
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Date: 3 Dec 89 02:23:53 GMT
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In article <343@aeshq.UUCP> peter@aeshq.UUCP (Peter Mielke) writes:
>My boss wants to get some rfc's from rutgers but we don't have ftp access.
>Is there a way to get them or could someone mail them to me. The specific
>files are:
>	rfc973, rfc-index and rfc882/3

  From the RFC-INDEX file:

    Additionally, RFCs may be requested through electronic mail from the
    automated NIC mail server by sending a message to SERVICE@NIC.DDN.MIL
    with a subject line of "RFC ####"

I would assume that you can do "RFC INDEX" or "RFC RFC-INDEX" to get
the index, although I'm not 100% positive about that.  You might want
to try sending mail with the subject "HELP" to service@nic.ddn.mil
just to see what you get back.

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