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From: jef@well.sf.ca.us (Jef Poskanzer)
Newsgroups: alt.sources.d,alt.sources.wanted
Subject: Re: Anonymous FTP list - who archives alt.sources?
Message-ID: <18978@well.sf.ca.us>
Date: 12 Jul 90 01:17:22 GMT
References: <Jul.5.20.40.29.1990.21610@pilot.njin.net>
Reply-To: Jef Poskanzer <jef@well.sf.ca.us>
Organization: Paratheo-Anametamystikhood Of Eris Esoteric, Ada Lovelace Cabal
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Jon Granrose's most recent anonymous FTP list has three sites that
claim to archive alt.sources.  I thought I'd check them out.  Here's
what I found:

cheops.cis.ohio-state.edu:
    No archive of alt.sources is apparent.

irisa.irisa.fr:
    Connection timed out.

schizo.samsung.com:
    The FTP server's "dir" command is broken, use "ls" instead.
    Alt.sources archived in pub/usenet-archives/alt.sources.  However,
    the archive consists of compressed Usenet article files, there
    is no index apparent, and the most recent article is from 17may90.

sunic.sunet.se:
    Connection timed out.

So basically, there is no archive of alt.sources in North America, and
there may or may not be one anywhere.

Is this really the case?  I've always posted as if alt.sources was not
archived, but I still kind of assumed it was archived somewhere.  I
guess not.
---
Jef

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