\pard\tx960\tx1920\tx2880\tx3840\tx4800\tx5760\tx6720\tx7680\tx8640\tx9600\f2\b0\i0\ul0\fs24 Q. How can I access Adobe's PostScript file server to obtain public programs and documentation?\
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A. Here's how you do it:\
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Use NeXT's Mail application (or Unix mail) and send a message to \
\f1 ps-file-server@adobe.com
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The message should contain nothing but the word "help" (either in the subject field or in the message text).\
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In response, the PostScript file server will send you a mail message that explains how to use the system. It's not an ftp site; it's a mail server, so you send mail requests, and a program parses the request and mails you the info that you requested.\
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In reply to the help command you typed above, you'll receive something like this message:\
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\f1 This message comes to you from the PostScript file server at Adobe Systems,\
ps-file-server@adobe.com. It received a message from you asking for help.\
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The file server is a mail-response program. That means that you mail it a\
request, and it mails back the response. (Note: the server is entirely\
automated, and the mail is read by programs, not humans.)\
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The file server understands these commands: help, index, send, path\
A command must be the first word on a line. More than one command can\
be sent in a message. The Subject: line is treated as a message line.\
Any line that does not begin with a command is ignored.\
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help Returns this message.\
All other requests are ignored.\
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index Returns a list of categories.\
All other send requests are ignored.\
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index <category> Returns list files available under <category>\
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send <category> <file> Sends you the requested file.\
More than one file may be requested, though\
there is a 100k limit on return messages.\
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path <mailpath> Forces server to use this return path\
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These are the current available categories:\
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AFMFiles\
Documents\
PPDFiles\
Programs\
Updates\
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To get more help, send another message to the server with:\
"send Documents long.help"\
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CAREFUL:\
Do not send requests from "root" accounts. The server will\
reject them in order to prevent long mail loops when mail\
bounces.\
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Several short requests always work better than one large\