From: w8sdz@Simtel.Net (Keith Petersen)
Subject: How to get Simtel.Net files by e-mail (revised 960708)

ftpmail@Simtel.Net (also known as ftpmail@wcarchive.cdrom.com) - ftp's
files and sends them back via electronic mail.

If you have problems please email to ftp-bugs@wcarchive.cdrom.com

>>Valid commands to the ftpmail gateway are:

reply-to email-address       Who to send the response to.  This is
                             optional and defaults to the users email address

>>Followed by one of:

help                         Just send back help
delete jobid                 Delete the given job
open [site [user [pass]]]    Site to ftp to.  Defaults are
                             wcarchive.cdrom.com anonymous reply-to-address.

>>If there was an open then it can be followed by up to 100 of the
>>following commands

cd pathname                  Change directory.
ls [pathname]                short listing of pathname. Default pathname
                              is current directory.
dir [pathname]               long listing of pathname. Default pathname
                              is current directory.
get pathname                 Get a file and email it back.

compress                     Compress files/dir-listings before emailing back
gzip                         Gzip files/dir-listings before emailing back

uuencode
btoa
                             These are mutually exclusive options for
                             converting a binary file before emailing.
                             (Default is uuencode.)

force uuencode
force btoa
                             Force all files or directory listings to
                             be encoded before sending back.
                             There is no default.

no [compress|gzip|uuencode|btoa|mime]
                             Turn the option off.

size num[K|M]
                             Set the max size a file can be before it
                             is split up and emailed back in parts to
                             the given number of Kilo or Mega bytes.
                             This is limited to 10240000.

mode binary
mode ascii
                             Change the mode selected for the get
                             command.  Defaults to binary.
quit                         End of input - ignore any following lines.

Example scripts are:

open
dir
quit
        Connect to wcarchive.cdrom.com and send back the contents of the
        top level directory

reply-to lmjm@doc.ic.ac.uk
open
cd simtelnet/msdos
get SIMDOS-L.ZIP
quit
        Connect to wcarchive.cdrom.com and send back the file SIMDOS-L.ZIP
        to lmjm@doc.ic.ac.uk

open src.doc.ic.ac.uk
cd graphics/X11/X.V11R5
get ls-lR.Z
cd ../contrib
compress
ls -ltra
quit
        Connect to src.doc.ic.ac.uk, send back the file ls-lR.Z in
        graphics/X11/X.V11R5.  As this is a binary file it has to be
        transfered in binary mode.  Because it is binary it will automatically
        be uuencoded (the default binary encoder).  Then change to ../contrib
        and mail back a compressed directory listing.  Although compressing ls
        output makes it binary, which then has to be encoded, it still ends up
        smaller than the original.

open
cd graphics/X11/X.V11R5/fixes
get fix-08
get fix-09
get sunGX.uu
quit
        Retrieve some recent X fixes

open
cd gnu
atob
mode binary
get emacs-18.57.tar.Z
quit