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From: james@dlss2.UUCP (James Cummings)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted
Subject: Re: Looking for a Sys V compatible mail thingie
Message-ID: <328@dlss2.UUCP>
Date: 27 Jun 91 13:46:40 GMT
References: <1991Jun25.002026.997@nixbbs.uucp>
Organization: RedRock Development
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In article <1991Jun25.002026.997@nixbbs.uucp> root@nixbbs (System Operator) writes:
 |
 |Hi, I'm running a SysV system, and am looking for something like FTP -- 
 |mainly, you mail my system a command, like "directory", and it does that
 |command and mail the request back to you.  You can request it to "send"
 |files to you, or you can "put" (upload) files to it, by mailing.  Basic-
 |ally, I'm looking for something as close to "FTP-by-mail" as can be had
 |on a SysV UNIX machine.

	You need a mail-server not FTP.  "ftp" is file transfer protocol and
is a "lan/wan/ether/token net" protocol.  A mail-server will take "certain"
commands from the subject line of mail messages and then process them in
a prescribed way.

	Try getting your friend to check out the archie program at
quiche.cs.mcgill.ca; login archie; run something like "prog server"....
that should give you a good list to peruse.