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From: w8sdz@smoke.BRL.MIL (Keith Petersen)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: LISTSERV
Message-ID: <12182@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 20 Feb 90 00:52:15 GMT
References: <18571.25df2695@merrimack.edu> <17997@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU>
Reply-To: w8sdz@wsmr-simtel20.army.mil (Keith Petersen)
Organization: The SIMTEL20 Archives
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wnbell@acsu.Buffalo.EDU (william n bell) writes:
>Does anyone know how to get simtel20 files from a listserv?
>I tried listserv@ndsuvm1.bitnet but the server said "Use a closer"
>one. 

Because your host is on the Internet you should be using FTP to get
files from SIMTEL20.  It places a lot less load on the network and the
mail system.

If you must use LISTSERV from an Internet host, do NOT send your
requests to the BITNET address.  Use this address instead:

     LISTSERV@VM1.NODAK.EDU

The folks at the BITNET<->Internet gateways will thank you because your
email and the files you request will not go through their host.

Keith

-- 
Keith Petersen
Maintainer of SIMTEL20's CP/M, MSDOS, & MISC archives [IP address 26.2.0.74]
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