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From: raymond@math.berkeley.edu (Raymond Chen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Mail server for FAQ file and SIMTEL20 index
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Date: 9 Mar 90 20:03:45 GMT
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[I've decided to make this a weekly posting.  Comments welcome.  This one
 is coming out sooner than usual because my first message apparently didn't
 emphasize key points enough.]

[@(#)help	1.2, last update: 3/8/90]

To access the FAQ server, send a piece of email with the subject
"Command" to raymond@math.berkeley.edu.  The body of the message may
contain any of the following commands:

path your-return-address		[optional]
	Bang-style addresses (based at uunet) and Internet-style
	addresses are acceptable.  The server can usually figure out
	the correct return address, provided your "From:" line conforms
	to RFC 1036 (Standard for Interchange of USENET Messages).

send filename
	Sends the latest version of the specified file.  Files
	available include:

help			This file
faq.csip		Frequently Asked Questions for comp.sys.ibm.pc.
gateway			John Chew's Inter-Network Mail Guide
			(Describes how to send mail to different networks)
email			Negotiating paths to get email through.
old.questions		Questions previously asked on comp.sys.ibm.pc
				and related newsgroups.  (Still embryonic)

	I do *not* have any of SIMTEL's files.  To get them, send mail
	to one of the list servers listed in faq.csip.

lookup regexp
	Looks in the SIMTEL20 directory index for any file whose
	filename or description matches the grep-style regular
	expression (**not** DOS wildcards!)  If you don't know what
	regular expressions are, just type in a fixed string (e.g.,
	"lookup modem").  The search is not case-sensitive.

	If the lookup generates more than 100 matches, the output will
	be truncated.  If you want the whole list, ftp it from SIMTEL20.

Lookup regexp
	Same as above, except the search is case-sensitive.

end
	Marks the end of your mail.  If you leave this off, the server
	might get confused.  So don't leave it off.

Note that the account is my regular account, so please, be gentle.
It's the only account I've got.

Sample usage from a UNIX machine:  Suppose I want the latest copy of
the FAQ file and want to see if SIMTEL20 has any programs that let me
redirect printer output to a file.

	% mail raymond@math.berkeley.edu
	Subject: Command
	send faq.csip
	lookup printer.*file
	end
	^D

After a few hours, I receive two pieces of mail.  One contains the FAQ
file, the other contains the output of my lookup request.
--
raymond@math.berkeley.edu     Maintainer of the csip Frequently Asked Questions