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- Moderator: Harri Valkama (hv@garbo.uwasa.fi)
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- 1. MAIL SERVER INFORMATION
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- garbo-request Mac PD archive mail server
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- This is the help file for the mail server located at garbo.uwasa.fi
- This file can be requested by sending a null message or 'send help'
- command to mailserv@garbo.uwasa.fi with a subject line of
- 'garbo-request'. If that subject is not used, the request will not be
- handled properly.
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- * TO REPEAT: The Subject-line of the message MUST say 'garbo-request'!! *
- * If it does not, I will get the mail and I will send you this file the *
- * first time, and delete your mail if it happens again. *
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- To contact a human, make sure that 'garbo-request' is NOT in your
- Subject-line.
-
- The server recognizes six commands. They are:
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- path <path to your machine>
- If you want to use a different mail address to return
- the requests you must specify it using this command.
- You should contact your system administrator to get
- the optimized path especially if you are using UUCP or
- BANG paths to get your mail delivered to us. Our mail
- server checks the mail queue every 15 minutes so if
- you don't get response in a reasonable time you'd
- better check this one out with a little help from your
- friends. You can use this command with or without the
- corner characters.
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- send help sends you this message.
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- send index sends you a list of available files with descriptions
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- send file this sends the file 'file' from the index. Remember to
- use filepath name if you are requesting a file from a
- subdirectory. That is if you want a file called
- docter235.sit from appl directory you must use request
- 'send mac/appl/docter235.zip'
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- The format for the file name when using ANONYMOUS FTP
- is e.g.
- pub/mac/appl/docter235.sit
- This FTP format is used in most of our news
- announcements.
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- IMPORTANT!!! The format for the MAIL SERVER is shorter:
- mac/appl/docter235.sit
- In other words omit pub/ from the path when using
- our mail server.
-
- quit As a general rule, it is advisable to exclude your
- signature from your request to the mail-server or use
- this 'quit' command. 'quit' is useful if you have
- something in your .signature that might be interpreted
- as a server command.
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- So if you wanted to retrieve '_files.in' from nic.funet.fi you could
- send mail with 'garbo-request' as the subject-line with the body of
- the message being the text 'send mac/_files.in'.
-
- For example:
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- % mail mailserv@garbo.uwasa.fi
- Subject: garbo-request
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- send _files.in
- ^D
- %
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- How to extract :
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- The files are sent using 'mailsplit' that takes care of the
- uuencoding, splitting, and sending.
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- Save the parts into the same file and then remove the mail headers
- from it. Run uudecode and you should have the binary file.
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- This server is based on the KISS package provided by Bill Wells
- (bill@twwells.com) and Jon Granrose (odin@pilot.njin.net). Many
- thanks for a fine package.
-
- I have included the MailSplit utilization to this package. I like to
- thank M F Wyle and H. Yamanaka for the wonderful program. It gave this
- server ability to deliver also binary files.
-
- Harri Valkama (hv@funic.funet.fi)
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- 2. FTP and GENERAL INFORMATION
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- Files you find here are usually Stuffit-files (MacBinary files) (file
- types .sit, .bin, .cpt and .sea are MacBinary, .zoo files are normal
- binary and .shar files Unix shell archived files).
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- You need StuffIt to unpack .sit files and Compactor to unpack .cpt
- files. Or use Extractor to unpack both. All these can be found in
- mac/arcers dir. .sea files are Self-Extracting-Archives that is you
- can run them (applications) and they extracts.
-
- MacBinary is sort of concept that Mac OS likes the files to be. So
- when these MacBinary files are trasferred as NORMAL BINARY the
- resource and data forks are combined together somewhat dissimilar way
- as what happens when transferring them as MacBinary. So when you
- can't use MacBinary protocol REMEMBER USE BINARY.
-
- But if you can't use MacBinary PROTOCOL when downloading these files
- to your Mac you must use a PROGRAM called MacBinary to prepare the
- .sit files for Stuffit. But you must use binary transfer in that case
- too. You can find MacBinary program here in BinHex format, too. So
- when you have downloaded the files as normal binary you must run them
- also through this MacBinary program.
-
- Drop me a line if you have difficulties/suggestions concerning this
- archive site.
-
- If you want to upload us Mac PD stuff please feel free to use
- directory called 'pub/mac/incoming' at nic.funet.fi (128.214.6.100).
- You can't actually see this directory but it is there and you can
- 'put' into it. After you have put files there drop me a mail so that I
- know to fetch them from there right away. And I can then thank you
- from your upload.
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- You can find a short description of files in this directory in the
- file called INDEX
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