Q: Where are the various anonymous FTP archive sites on the InterNet?
A: A summary follows. This information was fetched via FTP from Internet site pilot.njin.net (128.6.7.38), the file /pub/ftp-list/ftp.list on April 2, 1991.
ATTENTION: If you have any questions, comments, or anything else feel free to
mail me, but please read the rest of this header first!
NEW: I have added the GMT timezone info for each site that has telnet
port 13 responding in the standard way. It appears next to the "last mod"
date for each site. The number is what to add to the site's local time to
get GMT time. For instance, pilot.njin.net is GMT 4 which means that you add
four hours to pilot's local time to get the GMT time. So in reality, pilot
is fours hours earlier than GMT. Most unix systems can give you your GMT
time using the date command if you don't know it. Please try to keep ftping
to off-peak hours if possible.
This is my list of Internet sites accepting anonymous ftp. It is dis-
tributed automatically once each month.
If you are sending this on to someone or in any other way providing this
for someone else, please leave this header intact. Otherwise I get many
questions which this would have answered. Feel free to make this list avail-
able anywhere you like, as we all benefit from a freer flow of information.
This list is posted to comp.misc, and comp.sources.wanted, on Usenet and
is distributed via anonymous FTP from pilot.njin.net (128.6.7.38) as well as
being available from several other FTP sites (see list). I am also running a
simple mail-server from my account on pilot. For more information about the
server, mail odin@pilot.njin.net with a subject of "listserv-request" and a
message body of "send help". Rather than requesting the latest list from me
by mail, simply send the request to the listserv. If you send me a request
for the latest list, I will send you the help file for the listserv.
I don't have the time to read all these newsgroups so if there is any-
thing you want me to see, please use email. There is also a mailing list
which is being used to distribute the list, and to get feedback on any new
ideas. If you wish to be added to the mailing list mail me at pilot.
Special thanks goes to Edward Vielmetti for all the work he does posting
new archive information to comp.archives and to David Katinsky, who allows me
to work on this list from pilot.
If there are any corrections/updates/etc to be made please mail me at
odin@pilot.njin.net. That also goes for descriptions of the archives. I
don't have time to personally check each and every site so if you use a site
regularly and can put together a better description, please tell me so I can
update this list. This is especially true for sites described as "unknown"
or with vague descriptions. Also, if you are providing updates, it is easi-
est on me if you either state "add/remove <whatever>" or simply supply me
with a complete new description of the site. This makes it easier for me to
make the changes without any errors, especially in the case of archives being
moved to different sites.
The last line for each site contains the date of last modification, and
the login and password in the form <login>/<password>. For the sites that
have "odin@pilot.njin.net" for the password, substitute your own mail address
(user@host.domain). It is suggested that you use your mail address as the
password wherever possible, even if it isn't required to let sites keep
better track of who is using their site. For those people who dislike the
date or the login and password there, grep it out yourself. If you can't
stand the format the list is in, the raw database is available from pilot and
you can write your own format program.
For those unfortunates who do not have ftp but do have mail, I have
included the mail address of an archive that will retrieve files for you
through the mail. Send "help" in a message to the server to find out the
exact commands necessary.
The only mail-ftp archive I know of is:
bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu (most well-known)
Please don't ask me how to use it, as it can explain itself better than I
