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Subj: #3(3) File: "PDGET HELP"
Date: 93-10-09 03:22:21 EDT
From: LISTSERV@VM1.NODAK.EDU
To: Monk OTY
Mail Split By AOL Gateway
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few days later it sends me a message that it has "abandoned" my
request. Other requests it has been handling just fine.
A. The server does maintain a large "cache" of recently requested files.
Many requests are satisfied from this cache. However, for all the
rest the server must fetch it directly from SIMTEL20 using the
Internet file transfer protocol, FTP. "Directly" really is not
all that direct since the path between server and SIMTEL20 includes
many network segments and gateways. To complete a transfer, an
error-free connection must be maintained for the duration of the FTP
transaction. This is not always possible, whether it be from some
dysfunction along the path or heavy network load. The server will
retry a failed FTP transaction, but if it continues to fail, the
server eventually gives up.
Q. I keep sending requests to the server. I never hear anything back.
A. The server responses in some way to everything it receives. Your
requests may not be arriving, possibly because you are miskeying the
server's network address. Perhaps you are sending your requests to
TRICKLE rather than LISTSERV. Your requests may be arriving, but
with an unusable "From:" field in the mail header, so the response
never gets back to you.
Q. I get uuencoded files and they seem to uudecode ok but when I try
to unzip them I get strange errors. I've been using this unzip
program for years without problems.
A. Please check your PKUNZIP version! PKUNZIP v1.02 is not
compatible with the latest ZIP files. It was updated to PKUNZIP v1.10
in April 1990. Please download the latest version and try again.
At the time this was being written pd:<msdos.zip>pkz110eu.exe was the
current version. But do a /pddir <msdos.zip>*.* 99999 to get a
list of the latest files.
Q. Gee, this public-domain/shareware stuff is the greatest. How do I
go about adding my own contributions?
A. Remember, the archives are actually kept at SIMTEL20. The servers
only provide access to them. Contributions must be sent to the
people there. Send an electronic mail message to:
"Keith Petersen" <W8SDZ@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL>
Be sure to tell him what it is you have and what it is for. After
he verifies he does not already have it, you and he can negotiate
methods for submitting the software.
Q. Hey, I have FTP on my system. How do I go about connecting to
either RPITSVM or NDSUVM1 and fetching the SIMTEL20 files?
A. Two points about the servers have been missed. (1) The servers are
there to provide access to the SIMTEL20 archives for people WITHOUT
FTP capability. Users on hosts that do support FTP have the
privilege of connecting directly to WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL. (2) The
servers do not actually have a complete collection of the archives;
only a varying set of recently requested files are stored locally.
If you have FTP access to the Internet, connect to
WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL and use anonymous login.
Q. Who do I contact with suggestions or unsolvable problems?
A. Depending on which server you normally use:
"John Fisher" <FISHER@RPITSVM> or <FISHER@VM.ITS.RPI.EDU>
"Marty Hoag" <INFO@NDSUVM1> or <INFO@VM1.NODAK.EDU>
DO NOT send your comment or question about the server to the people
at WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL. However, if you wish to report program
bug or something similar about a SIMTEL20 file, you may send it to
"Keith Petersen" <W8SDZ@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL>
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