Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!cert.sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: jwright@cfht.cfht.hawaii.edu (Jim Wright) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Anti-viral archive sites, email access Message-ID: <0002.9012041359.AA13679@ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 1 Dec 90 22:07:30 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 41 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu # Archive access without using anonymous ftp # Last changed 04 October 1990 To get files from the anti-viral archives, you do not need access to anonymous ftp. (However, anonymous ftp is the preferred method.) Below is information on accessing the archive sites using only email. -=- One way to get access the archives is through the BITFTP server at Princeton. Send a message to bitftp@pucc.bitnet with the body of the message containing the single word HELP. This should get you more information, and give you access to any archive site on the internet. -=- You may access the archives at Heriot-Watt using email. Send a message to info-server@cs.hw.ac.uk with the message text: help If you are in the U.K., then the address is info-server@uk.ac.hw.cs. -=- Both the AppleII and the Atari ST archives have mail servers which provide access to their archives. You may receive automatic updates of Macintosh anti-viral programs via email. See the individual articles on these sites. -=- You may also retrieve files from the SIMTEL-20 and the INFO-MAC archives by using one of the many mail servers which maintain a shadow archive of these sites. Send the following message to one of the listserv sites. help See the IBMPC and Macintosh articles for a complete list of servers. Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com