Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!samsung!caen!ox.com!emv From: hv@uwasa.fi (Harri Valkama) Newsgroups: comp.archives Subject: [ibm-pc-binaries] mail server changes at garbo.uwasa.fi Message-ID: <1991Mar6.013448.15207@ox.com> Date: 6 Mar 91 01:34:48 GMT References: <1991Mar5.122827.1954@uwasa.fi> Sender: emv@ox.com (Edward Vielmetti) Reply-To: hv@uwasa.fi (Harri Valkama) Followup-To: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Organization: University of Vaasa Lines: 230 Approved: emv@ox.com (Edward Vielmetti) X-Original-Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Archive-name: sites/archive-server/garbo.uwasa.fi/1991-03-05 Archive-directory: garbo.uwasa.fi:/ [128.214.12.37] Original-posting-by: hv@uwasa.fi (Harri Valkama) Original-subject: mail server changes at garbo.uwasa.fi Reposted-by: emv@ox.com (Edward Vielmetti) I have now added a feature to our mail server to download files from our other directories as well as our PC directory. This came necessary when we have made arrangements in our directory hierarchy. It is necessary to add one more subdirectory level sooner or later. So our mailserver can now serve also unix and mac directories. So, what have this to do with you, our normal mail server user. Yes, one more directory name in front of your file request. If you want for example a file from our PC directory you must now on request it like this: send pc/arcers/arce.com If you want a file from our unix directory: send unix/sc/sc6.10.tar.Z and from our mac directory: send mac/appl/melt.sit And here is the new HELP file. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- x xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx x x Welcome to University of Vaasa, Finland x x garbo.uwasa.fi x x xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx x ************************** 1. MAIL SERVER INFORMATION ************************** garbo-request PC-PD archive mail server This is the help file for the mail server located at garbo.uwasa.fi This file can be requested by sending a 'send help' message, or a null message, to mailserv@garbo.uwasa.fi with a subject line of 'garbo-request'. (Don't include the quotes ''). It is now possible to get files from our other directories, too. Like unix, mac etc. Just put the subdir in front of your request. --------------------------------------------------------- * TO REPEAT: The Subject-line of the message MUST say * * 'garbo-request'. If it does not, I will get the mail * * and I will send you this file the first time, and * * delete your mail if it happens again. * --------------------------------------------------------- The server recognizes six commands. They are: path If you want to use a different mail address to return the requests you must specify it using this command. You should contact your system administrator to get the optimized path especially if you are using UUCP or BANG paths to get your mail delivered to us. Our mail server checks the mail queue every 15 minutes so if you don't get response in a reasonable time you'd better check this one out with a little help from your friends. You can use this command with or without the corner characters. AND: do remember to use your common sense when testing various addresses; because it might be a boomerang try to request a smaller ones because it is not very clever to jam the net with two mega requests which travels (at worst) two times over the Atlantic and still not get to the one who asked it. AND it can make several PostMasters unhappy while it travels. send help sends you this message. send pc/index sends you a list of available PC files with descriptions mac/index would send Mac files list send dir/file this sends the file 'file' from the index. Remember to use filepath name if you are requesting a file from a subdirectory. That is if you want a file called fv133.zip from arcers directory you must use request 'send pc/arcers/fv133.zip' Other example: 'send unix/sc/sc6.10.tar.Z' And still: 'send mac/appl/melt.sit' The format for the file name when using ANONYMOUS FTP is e.g. /pc/arcers/fv133.zip This FTP format is used in most of our news announcements. IMPORTANT!!! The format for the MAIL SERVER is shorter: pc/arcers/fv133.zip In other words omit / from the path when using our mail server. quit As a general rule, it is advisable to exclude your signature from your request to the mail-server or use this 'quit' command. 'quit' is useful if you have something in your .signature that might be interpreted as a server command. So if you wanted to retrieve 'pc/_files.in' from garbo.uwasa.fi you could send mail with 'garbo-request' as the subject-line with the body of the message being the text 'send pc/_files.in'. For example: (using standard Unix-mail; Subject is prompted - don't use it in the message body, it won't work) % mail mailserv@garbo.uwasa.fi Subject: garbo-request send pc/_files.in ^D % How to extract: ----------------- The files are sent using 'mailsplit' that takes care of the uuencoding, splitting and sending. Save all the parts on the same file in the right order and then remove the mail headers from the file and its parts. Run uudecode and you should have the binary file. --------- This server is based on the KISS package provided by Bill Wells (bill@twwells.com) and Jon Granrose (odin@pilot.njin.net). Many thanks for a fine package. I have included the MailSplit utilization to this package. I like to thank M F Wyle and H. Yamanaka for the wonderful program. It gave this server ability to deliver also binary files. Harri Valkama (hv@garbo.uwasa.fi) ************************************ 2. FTP and GENERAL INFORMATION ************************************ Files you find in this directory and its subdirectories are archived files. They are made by using PKPAK, PKZIP, PAK, LHARC or ZOO programs which you find also in /pc/arcers or /pc/pd2 in executable forms. --------------------------------------------------------------- PAK251.EXE, PKZ110EU.EXE, ZOO201.EXE, LH113DE.COM and PK361.EXE LHA210E.EXE --------------------------------------------------------------- are self-extracting programs which produce several programs by which these archive files are made. These EXE-files contain also documentation that helps you to use these programs. If you transfer new programs to us, use directories called 'incoming' and preferably use subdirectories like pc/incoming and mac/incoming. If your files are archived by some other program than the normal please transfer also the archiving program in such a form that others can also use your programs. Incoming is unreadable BUT writable. So you are able to 'cd' into that directory and 'put' the files in. And remember to use 'binary' when uploading binary files. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! And please drop me a mail for that I can contact the sender if I ! ! have any problems with uploaded files and/or just to thank him/her.! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See also files in directories /pc/pd2, /pc/ts, /mac and /unix See contents listing in file 'INDEX' and in 'ts' and 'pd2' subdirectories there are 0dir-ts and 0dir-pd2. Most files in pd2 are also found in other directories because I have now made links to proper categories. If you have suggestions concerning improvements of this archive site (or problems) please drop me a mail. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The directories /pc/ts and /pc/pd2 are moderated by Timo Salmi (email : ts@uwasa.fi) University of Vaasa ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Directory /unix and /vms are moderated by Hannu Hirvonen (email : hh@macavity.uwasa.fi) University of Vaasa ----------------------------------------------------------------------- You can find a short description of the programs in this directory in the file INDEX and directory listing in the file called _dir.lst and _file.lst There are also files called _files.in and _files.out which show you the names of the files that are either new (in) or that have gone (out) since 1st of the very month. For the detailed contents of the files in /pc/ts directory get the file tsarc117.txt (or whatever is the latest version). See 0news-ts file for the latest news about the files in /pc/ts. -- == Harri Valkama, University of Vaasa, Finland =========================== P.O. Box 700, 65101 VAASA, Finland (tel:+358 61 248426 fax:+358 61 248465) email: hv@garbo.uwasa.fi hv@nic.funet.fi hv@finfiles.bitnet Anon ftp garbo.uwasa.fi (128.214.12.37) & ftp.funet.fi (128.214.6.100)