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- ARCHIE, FTP & NOW WORLD WIDE WEB BY EMAIL!!!!
- PCBoard PPE's Written by Nicholas Schiano!!!!
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- Internet Services by Email
- Version .20b 5/1/95
- A PCBoard PPE Written by Nicholas Schiano
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- Q: What's this Internet Services by Email stuff all about?
-
- A: There are many internet services that are available by email. Anyone with
- an email account anywhere can use these services. The problem is that not
- many people know about these services or if they know about them, they
- don't know how to use them.
-
- Two services of particular interest are ARCHIE and FTP. ARCHIE is an
- internet service that helps you find files that are available on the
- internet. You simply send an email message to the appropriate place with
- a search string and the ARCHIE SERVER trys to locate matches. The results
- of the search are emailed back to you. If the ARCHIE SERVER makes any
- matches, you will receive a report with (1) The name of the system where
- the file is located (called the HOST), (2) The directory where the file
- is located on the HOST system (this is a UNIX directory, **NOT** a DOS
- directory, and (3) The filename.
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- From the results of the ARCHIE search, you can use FTP (File Transfer
- Protocol) to retrieve the file. With FTP, you supply the HOST name, the
- DIRECTORY where a particular file is located, the FILE name, and tell
- the FTP SERVER if the file is binary (i.e. EXE, ZIP, .GZ, .BMP, .JPE, .GIF)
- or ASCII (i.e. TXT, READ.ME). If the file is binary, you will receive the
- file in UUENCODED format. It if is a text file you will receive it in it's
- raw form.
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- Q: What services are available from this Internet Services By Email program?
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- A: Currently, I'm still writing the software, and as of this date, I only have
- the ARCHIE and FTP working.
-
- Q: Just, exactly, does this program do?
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- A: Like I said above, anyone with an email account can do ARCHIE or FTP by
- email, the trick is knowing how. What Internet Services by Email does is
- AUTOMATE the process of writing the email requests. You simple type in
- the required info, the message is formated for you and automatically sent.
- The next time the BBS polls for email it will drop off your requests with
- the UUCP provider. When the BBS polls a second time for email, your request
- should be processed and you should have an email response waiting for
- you. It's a **VERY** inexpensive way to use internet services with out
- paying for a SHELL account or a SLIP/PPP acount! Plus it's user friendly.
-
- Q: What's in store for the future?
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- A: I plan to make the programs more "robust" by letting users decide which
- servers they want to use, etc... I also plan to add a KNOWBOT or KIS
- service, A WHOIS service, WAIS, A dictionary service, a WRITE TO THE
- PRESIDENT SERVICE, etc.
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- Q: What do I need?
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- A: PCBoard 15.21/5, a UUCP feed that provides you internet email, and that's
- it!
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- Q: How do I get it?
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-
- A: A less functional shareware version is available. You can get that via
- uuencode email.
- A registered version can be obtained by sending $10.00 to me (plus $10.00
- shipping if in a foreign country, if in US, shipping is free..). You'll
- get the latest fully functional version, updates, and support via my BBS.
- The support BBS, Nick's World, telephone #'s are: +1 516 981 4689 and
- +1 516 981 4941.
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- Q: What if I only want WWW or just FTP or just ARCHIE by email?
-
- A: If you only want one of the PPE's than you can get a registered version
- either one for only $5.00. The shipping policy above still applies if
- in a foreign country.
-
- Update for 5/12/95...
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-
- World Wide Web by email is also part of the package!!!! You can have your
- users type in a URL and an email request will be sent of to a mail server
- and <POOF> a web page will be returned as though you were using a text
- web server. Along with the text are the URL link at the bottom of the
- web page so if there is an audio file or a .jpg in the page, your user
- will get an email message with the URL - to retreive the embedded graphics
- or audio, all they need to do is type in that URL in their next request.
- You can retreive any Web resources that you could with a "live" internet
- connection!
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-
- Also, if you only want any particular module, I.E. just the World Wide Web
- by email or Just FTP by email, they are available separately for $5.00
- each. Just follow the instructions above!
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