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- Subject: Contents
- 1) Introduction To The Archive Files
- 2) How You Can Help
- 3) Computer Technical Details (HOW CAN I GET THE FILES?)
- FTP
- WWW
- 4) Indexing Files
- 5) See Also
- 6) Where To Report Bugs
- 7) Acknowledgements
- 8) Planned Changes
- 9) What's Changed (since the last version)
-
- To find the beginning of section 5 search for a line beginning with
- `5)', there will be only one.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Subject: Introduction to the archive files
- 1) The alt.backrubs archive is my own collection of postings from the
- alt.backrubs newsgroup.
- Although the archive is chock full of interesting and informative
- postings I can't guarantee that anyone will find what they want there. I
- saved these posts because I was interested in them. I haven't even saved
- all the postings about topics I'm interested in (although I collected
- everything informative between about November 1991 and November 1996). I
- haven't saved anything about the old backrubs exchange programme and little
- from the seemingly endless arguments about sex and massage. There are
- entries about the new backrubs exchange programme in the frequently asked
- questions list (with answers) which is posted to alt.backrubs every two
- weeks.
-
- The archive is not complete because there have been times when I
- could not read the group. My site didn't receive alt.backrubs for the
- first few months of 1991, and other connections weren't terribly reliable.
- There is a record of a newsgroup creation message for alt.backrubs from
- February 1991. As well, two posters recall the group existing before 1991.
- The archive was opened to the public in December 1992. I was
- trying collect all the informative articles since about November 1991. In
- November 1995, the size of the task and of other commitments forced me to
- stop actively archiving posts. Until early November 1996 I was collecting
- everything posted to the group but major archive updates were sporadic. As
- of early November 1996 I have ceased because my main alt.backrubs newsfeed
- was cut off for reasons beyond my control. If you see something in
- alt.backrubs that you think should be in the archive then send it to me by
- e-mail.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Subject: How You Can Help
- 2) I will appreciate receiving by e-mail copies of the few articles
- that readers believe must appear in the archive. I have asked for the
- exchange list to be mailed to me when it is posted so that the
- exchange.update file can be kept current.
-
- Please send me mail if you find something wrong with the files or
- if you know of a different site where I could keep the files. I welcome
- all constructive criticism.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Subject: Computer Technical Details
- 3) Copies of the alt.backrubs archive are kept at four anonymous FTP
- sites. The main site is ftp.csd.UWO.ca. Mirror images of the archive are
- kept at SunSite USA (Sunsite.UNC.edu), SunSite Japan (sunsite.sut.ac.jp),
- and Lysator (lysator.liu.se). Information about the FTP sites is
- summarized in the chart below. For information about FTP consult the
- section entitled `See Also'.
-
- ============================================================================
- Sunsite.UNC.edu 198.86.40.81
- Directory:
- pub/academic/medicine/alternative-healthcare/massage-therapy/alt.backrubs
-
- FTP: <URL:ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/academic/medicine/alternative-heal
- thcare/massage-therapy/alt.backrubs/>
-
- WWW: <URL:http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/academic/medicine/alternative-heal
- thcare/massage-therapy/alt.backrubs/WWW/README.html>
-
- Special If you send e-mail to info@sunsite.unc.edu you will be
- Instructions: sent information about how to use the many services
- Sunsite provides.
-
- Located in: North Carolina, USA (GMT -5)
- Contact: ftpkeeper@sunsite.unc.edu
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Sunsite.sut.ac.jp 133.31.180.200
- Directory:
- pub/academic/medicine/alternative-healthcare/massage-therapy/alt.backrubs
-
- FTP: <URL:ftp://sunsite.sut.ac.jp/pub/academic/medicine/alternat
- ive-healthcare/massage-therapy/alt.backrubs/WWW/README.html>
-
- WWW: <URL:http://sunsite.sut.ac.jp/pub/academic/medicine/alternat
- ive-healthcare/massage-therapy/alt.backrubs/WWW/README.html>
-
- Located in: Tokyo, Japan (GMT +19)
- Contact: ISG@sut.ac.jp or
- use <URL:http://www.sut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/sutcomment.cgi>
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ftp.Lysator.liu.se 130.236.254.64
- Directory:
- pub/news/alt.backrubs/
-
- FTP: <URL:ftp://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/news/alt.backrubs/>
-
- WWW: <URL:ftp://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/news/alt.backrubs/WWW/
- README.html>
-
- Located in: Link\"oping, Sweden (GMT +1)
- Contact: ftp@lysator.liu.se
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ftp.csd.UWO.ca 129.100.11.252
- Directory: pub/news/alt.backrubs
-
- Special * Please connect during off-peak hours (between 7pm and
- Instructions: 7am). The server is in the Eastern timezone which is
- 5 hours behind GMT during standard time.
- * Read about the special access features (including
- automatic uncompression) in the pub/README file.
-
- FTP: <URL:ftp://ftp.csd.uwo.ca/pub/news/alt.backrubs/>
-
- WWW: <URL:ftp://ftp.csd.uwo.ca/pub/news/alt.backrubs/WWW/README.html>
-
- Located in: Ontario, Canada (GMT -5)
- Contact: jamie@csd.uwo.ca
- ============================================================================
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Most of the files in the archive have been encoded by the Free
- Software Foundations GNU product gzip. The compressed files all have `.gz'
- at the end of their names. These files cannot be read normally without
- first being decoded. These files are smaller so they take less storage
- space and can be transferred over networks faster. All FTP sites (and FTP
- mailservers) provide a way to transfer the compressed files. Some FTP
- sites provide a method to decode files as they are being sent,
- ftp.csd.uwo.ca is one such site. For information about the automatic
- decompression feature at the ftp.csd.uwo.ca site read the file
- ~ftp/pub/README at that site -- the file is only at that site because the
- file is not part of the alt.backrubs archive.
- If you want to transfer the (smaller) compressed versions of the
- files to your site, for decoding, the transfer must be in binary form and
- you'll need gunzip or a similar program to read the files. The file
- `00README' in the archive contains information about where you can obtain
- the program. It is the only file in the archive that is not compressed or
- solely for indexing.
- The files are in mailbox format (so you can read them as ordinary
- text files or use any standard mail reader to treat them as a list of mail
- messages). See the section entitled `See Also' for pointers to information
- about FTP and FTP-by-mail.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- There is World Wide Web access to the archive at the following
- addresses:
- Mirror in USA
- <URL:http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/academic/medicine/alternative-health
- care/massage-therapy/alt.backrubs/WWW/README.html>
-
- Mirror in Japan
- <URL:http://sunsite.sut.ac.jp/pub/academic/medicine/alternative-health
- care/massage-therapy/alt.backrubs/WWW/README.html>
-
- Mirror in Sweden
- <URL:ftp://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/news/alt.backrubs/WWW/README.html>
-
- Main site in Canada
- <URL:ftp://ftp.csd.uwo.ca/pub/news/alt.backrubs/WWW/README.html>
-
- When you connect you can read the category list (Archive.Index) and
- follow links from the files listed there to their descriptions in the
- Abstracts list. From the Abstracts list you can go right to the compressed
- files. Those users with browsers that automatically uncompress files for
- reading (it's very easy to do, I'm surprised more browsers don't do this
- yet) will be able to read the files directly.
- If you see something wrong with any part of the WWW interface
- please send me (jamie@csd.uwo.ca) a note with the details.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- This post is automagically posted, every 30 days to alt.backrubs,
- and alt.answers by the MIT faqserver. Hopefully soon, it will be posted
- every 10 days to alt.backrubs as it used to be.
- Significant change to the archive may also be announced in
- comp.archives. Postings to comp.archives may be duplicated in alt.answers
- and news.answers but will not be cross-posted as this causes problems at
- the MIT archive.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Subject: Indexing Files
- 4) I have tried to use short descriptive filenames. However the
- subjects of many files overlap so I've included some files, with `->' in
- their names, just to help users find the files they are interested in.
- There is a category list is in the file `Archive.Index'. All the
- files that have `->' in their name are for indexing only. The file
- `Abstracts' contains a brief description of every file in the archive. I
- use it to determine where to put postings.
-
- I plan to change the filename from Archive.Index to Categories once
- Lorre Smith's index of the archive (see Subject 8, below) is integrated
- into the archive. The WWW interface already includes a Categories.html
- file.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Subject: See Also
- 5) The alt.backrubs FAQL (frequently asked questions list with
- answers) is posted every 14 days to alt.backrubs, news.answers and
- alt.answers. It contains lots of useful information. You can retrieve the
- FAQL using Anonymous FTP from the rtfm.mit.edu site (it is in the directory
- `pub/usenet/news.answers/backrubs'). Hopefully, we will soon return to
- fortnightly postings.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- If you don't know what Anonymous FTP is then I suggest you read the
- article entitled `Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Usenet' that
- is regularly posted to the news.announce.newusers and news.answers
- newsgroups. For more information about Anonymous FTP or how to retrieve
- files from FTP sites using only a mailserver see the Anonymous FTP FAQL (see
- below). The file `00README' in the archive contains some information about
- programs to reverse compression for Apple Macintosh computers.
- The Anonymous FTP FAQL is posted regularly to the following 8
- newsgroups: alt.sources.wanted, comp.archives, comp.archives.admin,
- comp.sources.wanted, news.newusers.questions, alt.answers, comp.answers,
- and news.answers. It is also stored in the rtfm.mit.edu FTP site in file
- `pub/usenet/news.answers/ftp-list/faq'.
- Using a mailserver to retrieve compressed files from the archive
- (all the files, except the zero length ones and `00README', are compressed)
- will probably require the use of another decoding program (atob or
- uudecode). Both programs are widely available and almost certainly
- installed at any multiuser site. FTP mailservers might be able to use the
- automatic uncompress feature at the UWO site. I haven't tried it so I
- can't say for sure. The mailservers are intended for people who cannot use
- an interactive FTP program. So the mailservers can continue to provide
- that service, you should use them only if you cannot use another method.
- If your only access to the 'net is by mail then you will likely be
- interested in `Doctor Bob's Guide to Offline Internet Access'. That guide
- is posted regularly to the following 8 newsgroups: alt.internet.services,
- alt.online-service, alt.bbs.internet, alt.answers, comp.mail.misc,
- comp.answers, news.newusers.questions, news.answers with Subject `Accessing
- the Internet by E-Mail FAQ'. It is also stored in the rtfm.mit.edu FTP
- site in file `pub/usenet/news.answers/internet-services/access-via-email'.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Subject: `The simplest way to put it, Doc: I've got problems.'
- 6) If you find something wrong with the archive, or have suggestions
- about how to improve it, please send mail to jamie@csd.uwo.ca. Check out
- Subject 8 for information about what changes are planned.
- If you are having trouble with the UWO FTP site please send mail to
- jamie@csd.uwo.ca. If I can't solve the problem then I will pass the
- information on to the site's FTP administrator. If I don't reply to your
- mail within five days I haven't received it.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Subject: Acknowledgements
- 7) The archive would not be possible without the permission of the
- head of sysgrp at uwocsd. Thanks, Dave. Thanks as well to Jonathan Magid,
- Devendra Narayan, and Martin Stjernholm for mirroring the archive.
- Thanks as well to all those who post interesting, informative and
- stimulating articles to alt.backrubs. It's because of you that there is
- anything I find worth preserving in the archive.
- I must not forget to thank those who have taken the time to point
- out errors in and make suggestions about this post and the archive. I'm
- grateful for your advice and interest.
- Those of you reading this post in news.answers or alt.answers
- should also be grateful to the news.answers moderation team and others at
- MIT who make that archive function so smoothly.
- If you're reading this with a WWW browser and the formatting is a
- mess or you hate the navigational links, don't blame me. I didn't write
- the brain dead robot that butchered (er, deconstructed :)) the text.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Subject: What's planned
- 8)
- Lorre Smith, a senior professional librarian, is preparing a
- comprehensive index to all files in the archive. I have a first draft of
- the index now (Aug 1996).
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Subject: What's New
- 9)
- Since 8 Feb 1998:
- The archive is now mirrored in Sweden too. I corrected some of the
- dates (the FAQL is posted every 14 days). I added some text to make it
- clearer that I welcome suggestions of articles to update the archive with.
- --
- J. Blustein <jamie@csd.uwo.ca>
- A donkey laden with books is neither an intellectual
- nor a wiseman. For it is said: `however much one
- studies, one cannot know without action.'
- --
- The Wicked Kubla Kubla in _The Fourth Tower of
- Inverness_ by Meatball Fulton
-