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From: rudd@cbnewsf.ATT.COM (j.a.rudd)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Searching for but haven't found
Summary: I have gotten files from listserv@vm1.nodak.edu
Message-ID: <349@cbnewsf.ATT.COM>
Date: 5 Dec 89 23:30:36 GMT
References: <342@aeshq.UUCP> <6223@cbnewsh.ATT.COM>
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In article <6223@cbnewsh.ATT.COM>, mbb@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (martin.b.brilliant) writes:
> 
> > (While reading these, please remember that I don't have ftp.)
> 
> If you can get mail to listserv@vm1.nodak.edu you can get most of
> what's at SIMTEL, including STEVIE.
> 
> Let me take this opportunity to thank Keith Peterson for correcting my
> complaint that SIMTEL files are not accessible without ftp.  Actually,
> my gratitude may be premature, as I have not yet succeeded in correctly
> murmuring all the necessary invocations to get files.  But I've got
> directory listings, and I'm optimistic.
> 
> M. B. Brilliant					Marty

I followed the "listserv" instructions Keith Peterson gave as a
followup to one of Marty's previous articles and not only have I
received directory listings but also several files. It works.

The only trap I fell into is that "wild cards" in file names only
works with the /PDDIR command, NOT the /PDGET command (I know, this
WAS in Keith's article but I forgot to re-read the article when
I first requested a multi-file product). A separate /PDGET command
is required for EACH file, but you can put multiple /PDGET lines
in your mail message (limit - 3 /PDGET requests per day per user).

There is a useful file in each product catagory directory with the
name of "00-INDEX.TXT" (I think thats right) that gives one liner
descriptions of all or most of the files. To request it for the
"msdos" "editor" directory, I used:

/PDGET MAIL PD:<MSDOS.EDITOR>00-INDEX.TXT TRANSLATE

since it is a text file. It arrived as mail in fine shape on
a UN*X system.

To get the "scanv49" product, I used:

/PDGET MAIL PD:<MSDOS.TROJAN-PRO>SCANV49.ARC UUENCODE

and it arrived 2 mail messages that I edited together, uudecoded,
shipped to my PC, and "pkxarc -e"ed successfully.

I am a delighted user of listserv@vm1.nodac.edu.

John Rudd, AT&T Bell Labs, ...!att!beehive!rudd