Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!ut-sally!husc6!necntc!ames!sdcsvax!ucbvax!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL From: SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: APPLE2-L Message-ID: <8709090931.aa08129@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA> Date: Wed, 9-Sep-87 10:05:00 EDT Article-I.D.: SMOKE.8709090931.aa08129 Posted: Wed Sep 9 10:05:00 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 11-Sep-87 01:49:00 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 29 If you are a subscriber to APPLE2-L you get EVERYTHING sent to the list (the server is a robot; it can't tell files from notes). The purpose of the list is FILES (it's not meant to duplicate info-apple). I've asked some technical questions of the author of the server software, but it appears that, for now, the server doesn't send files to other nets in "mail" envelopes. That is, the only way many people can get files at all is to subscribe to the list. If you do get a response to file requests (have you tried sending mail to LISTSERV@BROWNVM with the message: GETPP NOTEBOOK FILELIST IF you can get the server to send you the notebook, THEN you DO NOT want to subscribe to the list (as you'd get files as mail that you don't want), but you would want to get the notebook from time to time to see what's been posted and retrieve whatever files (with the GETPP command) that you decide you want. If the GETPP command doesn't work, then you have to get the files as mail or not at all (at least until code is added to the server to put files in an "envelope" for delivery to sites not on bitnet -- a feature that may not be too far in the future, we hope). --------------------- ARPA: sewall%uconnvm.bitnet@wiscvm.wisc.edu Murphy A. Sewall BITNET: SEWALL@UCONNVM School of Business Admin. UUCP: ...ihnp4!psuvax1!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL University of Connecticut