Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!slcpi!kaplanr
From: kaplanr@slcpi.govt.shearson.com (Roger Kaplan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Answer to LISTSERV question
Message-ID: <190@slcpi.govt.shearson.com>
Date: 2 Feb 90 19:04:39 GMT
Organization: Shearson Lehmah Hutton, NY, NY
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I placed a message on this group last week about my problem reaching the
list server (LISTSERV) at rice.  I have received a deluge of answers and
I'm posting this to disseminate my experiences.

First, a recap:

   There is a "list server" at Rice University, which is accessible thru
email.  Among other things, it contains an extensive list of Mac-specific
files, mostly from the sumex archive at Stanford.

   I was having problems getting to the server because the address that
Geoff Allen posted in his message was "LISTSERV@ricevml.rice.edu".  The
problem is that the address is actually "LISTSERV@ricevm1.rice.edu".  The
last character of "ricevm1" is a one (1) not an ell (l).  

   For those of you who missed the original posting, you can get an index
from the server by typing

$MACARCH INDEX

for the latest 200 or so additions or

$MACARCH INDEX ALL

for the whole file.  This information was incorrect in Geoff's posting as
well.  You can also type

$MACARCH HELP

to get a brief help list, or simply "HELP" for the whole shebang.  I recommend
the short version; it gives you all you need to know to access the mac
archives.

   When you find something you like, use

$MACARCH GET <name>

to have the server send it to you.

   Incidentally, all of these $MACARCH commands should be lines inside the body
of the message, starting in the leftmost column.  I'm not sure if the contents
of the Subject: line are even looked at.


   Hope this information helps somebody...  and y'all can stop sending me 
messages telling me that it's a one, not an ell!!


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**Roger Kaplan      kaplanr@shearson.com   ...!uunet!slcpi!kaplanr
Shearson Lehman Hutton  (an AMEX company)   New Yawk, NY

Disclaimer: Neither AMEX nor SLH has anything to do with my postings.