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From: bajan@cs.mcgill.ca (Alan Emtage)
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Subject: Upgrade to archie email interface
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Date: 11 May 91 03:52:52 GMT
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The archie email server now implements the "list" and "whatis" commands.

The following are the entries from the help file. Enjoy.


list <reg expr1> [<reg exp2> ...]

		List all of the sites names currently stored in the
		database that match <reg expr> (a regular expression as
		defined by ed(1)). Multiple <reg expr> can be placed on
		one 'list' line. The format of the resulting list is: site
		name, site IP address and date last updated in the archie
		database.

whatis <substring1> [<substring2> ...]

		Search the Software Description Database (SDD) ffor
		<substring> (a case insensitive). The SDD is a text
		database containing the names and short descriptions of
		about 3500 software packages, documents and datasets
		available on the Internet. If you have any corrections or
		additions, mail them to 

			archie-admin@cs.mcgill.ca

		Multiple <substring> arguments may be placed on the same
		'whatis' command line.

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