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- Subject: SCO Mailing List Administrative FAQ
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.030056.16539@xenitec.on.ca>
- Date: 24 Dec 92 03:00:56 GMT
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- The SCO Mailing List/biz.sco.general Administrivia FAQ
- ------------------------------------------------------
-
- Revision Information
- --------------------
- Version: 1.24
- Date: 19 December 1992
- Author: Stephen M. Dunn
- stephen@bokonon.UUCP
- {uunet.ca,becker.gts.org,xrtll.UUCP}!bokonon!stephen
- New Features: Added informaton on biz.sco.magazine newsgroup
-
- NOTE: All lines that have been added or modified since the last
- version are marked with ** at the start of the line, except
- in cases where an entire section has been added.
-
- Table of Contents
- -----------------
- First, a simple definition
- -What is a FAQ?
-
- Next, a word to those who want technical information
-
- Mailing List Stuff
- -What is the automated request address?
- -What is the human-maintained administrative address?
- -How do I unsubscribe?
- -What if my unsubscribe request doesn't work?
- -How do I change my subscription address?
- -I think I'll send a test to make sure I can get through to the list
- -Are there any other SCO mailing lists?
- -What exactly do I find in each of the newsgroups?
- -How do I send articles to these mailing lists?
- -I have a product that runs under SCO and I want to tell the world!
- -I always get multiple copies of articles!
- -I sometimes get multiple copies of articles!
- -Are there any other SCO newsgroups?
- -Are there any other non-SCO Unix newsgroups?
- -What other stuff shows up here periodically?
- -Where can I find this FAQ list?
- -I have a suggestion/correction for the FAQ list
-
- Net.Etiquette
- -Where do my messages go?
- -What do I put in my .signature?
- -How much of the previous message should I include in my reply?
- -I think I'll send a test to make sure I can get through to the list
- -Nobody replied to my question, so I'll send it again
- -SCO sucks and <someone else> has a better product!
- -This isn't the right place to post this question, but ...
- -I like to use tabs in my email
- -I have a technical question
-
- What are the latest product versions?
-
- What is SCO's phone number?
-
- How do I connect to SCO's machines via UUCP?
- -Tell me about SLSes and EFSes
-
- How do I send email to SCO?
-
- I'm looking for such-and-such a program. Where is it?
-
- SCO Software Archive Sites
- -The Anomaly SCO Software Archive
- -The (unofficial) SCO ODT Ported Software Compendium
- -Xenitec Archives
- -TeleSys Unix/Xenix Software Archive
- -biz.sco.* Archive
-
- How do I ftp files via email?
-
- [End of Table of Contents]
-
- First, a simple definition
- --------------------------
- What is a FAQ?
- It's short for Frequently Asked Questions. If you have a question,
- look HERE for the answer before posting, so that we don't have lots
- of people asking the same questions every week or two. Many of the
- most common questions regarding the mailing list and SCO products
- are here somewhere.
-
- Next, a word to those who want technical information
- ----------------------------------------------------
- There are two different FAQ lists for this newsgroup/mailing list.
- This is the administrivia one; it is entirely devoted to stuff about
- what this mailing list/newsgroup is about, what others exist, how
- to subscribe or unsubscribe, etc. If you want technical answers, please
- look for the companion list which deals with all sorts of technical
- questions. Both lists are posted at the same time, roughly every
- two weeks.
-
- Mailing List Stuff
- ------------------
- What is the automated request address?
- The address is scogen-request@xenitec.on.ca - do NOT send administrative
- requests to the list itself!
-
- What is the human-maintained administrative address?
- The address is scogen-admin@xenitec.on.ca. Use this address ONLY if
- you can not get the automated one to do what you want.
-
- How do I unsubscribe?
- Send a message to scogen-request@xenitec.on.ca with one of the following
- lines in it:
- Delete: yourname@yourmachine
- Delete: foo!bar!yourmachine!yourname
- You MUST use the same format and address you used when you subscribed.
-
- What if my unsubscribe request doesn't work?
- Check your request; make sure you didn't misspell anything. If all
- else fails, send a note to scogen-admin@xenitec.on.ca detailing your
- problem. Do _not_ send a note to the list; we are powerless to
- do anything about it.
-
- How do I change my subscription address?
- Well, you can send multiple requests in the same administrative
- request. However, there is a waiting period for Add: requests,
- so you may want to send a message to add yourself at your new
- address first, then wait until that succeeds before deleting your
- old address.
- The format of an add request is the same as a delete request,
- except that you replace the "Delete:" with an "Add:".
-
- I think I'll send a test to make sure I can get through to the list
- Don't. See the Net.Etiquette section for more info.
-
- Are there any other SCO mailing lists?
- **Yes. There are three other SCO lists, both run from xenitec. There
- is scoodt (biz.sco.opendesktop), which deals specifically with the
- ODT product; to subscribe, send mail to scoodt-request@xenitec.on.ca.
- **The second is scoann (biz.sco.announce), which is for product
- announcements relating to SCO operating systems; to subscribe, send
- **mail to scoann-request@xenitec.on.ca. Finally, there is scomag
- **(biz.sco.magazine) which relates to SCO Magazine; to subscribe, send
- **mail to scomag-request@xenitec.on.ca. There are also two newsgroups
- in the biz.sco hierarchy (biz.sco.binaries and biz.sco.sources) that
- are not gated to mailing lists. More on them later ...
-
- What exactly do I find in each of the newsgroups?
- biz.sco.opendesktop: Technical questions and answers and informative
- postings relating to past, present, and future
- implementations of the SCO OpenDeskTop operating
- environment and it's various bundled components.
-
- biz.sco.general: Questions, answers and comments on SCO products
- in general, and of course resulting discussions.
-
- biz.sco.announce: SCO and SCO Developer product announcements of
- interest to current and future users of SCO products,
- and to SCO developers, resellers and distributors.
- (moderated, followups directed to biz.sco.general).
-
- biz.sco.binaries: SCO custom-installable binary packages of
- useful third-party "public domain" source code.
-
- biz.sco.sources: source code ported to work on SCO Xenix, UNIX,
- or Open Desktop.
-
- ** biz.sco.magazine: Interaction between the SCO Magazine readers,
- ** writers and publishers.
-
- How do I send an article to these mailing lists?
- Send articles for To this address
- biz.sco.general scogen@xenitec.on.ca
- biz.sco.opendesktop scoodt@xenitec.on.ca
- biz.sco.announce scoannmod@xenitec.on.ca
- **biz.sco.magazine scomag@xenitec.on.ca
- Note that the announcements list is moderated; anything you send to
- it must be approved by the moderator before it actually makes its
- way out to the rest of the world.
-
- I have a product that runs under SCO and I want to tell the world!
- Well, this is a biz.* newsgroup, which means that advertisements
- _are_ allowed. Once again, keep net.etiquette in mind when writing
- your message. Also, consider whether it should be directed to
- the SCO general mailing list, or to either the ODT or announcement
- lists. You probably do not need to send it to more than one.
-
- I always get multiple copies of articles!
- Maybe you're listed more than once in the mailing list. If you sent
- more than one Add: request, perhaps thinking one had bounced, you may
- be listed more than once.
-
- I sometimes get multiple copies of articles!
- I know of two possible causes for this. One is that many articles
- get crossposted to more than one newsgroup. For example, it is not
- uncommon for the same article to be posted to biz.sco.general and
- to biz.sco.opendesktop. If you subscribe to both lists, you will
- receive two copies of the article, since it appears in both lists.
- The other possibility is that some site upstream of you may have a
- flaky mailer that occasionally duplicates messages (I've been
- bitten by this one). There is no known cure for the former condition;
- the latter, if you can identify it, can possibly be remedied by means
- of a polite note to the sysadmin at the offending site.
-
- Are there any other SCO newsgroups?
- Yes. There are several, including (but not necessarily limited to)
- comp.unix.xenix, comp.unix.xenix.misc, comp.unix.xenix.sco,
- biz.sco.sources, and biz.sco.binaries. To the best of my knowledge,
- none of these are available as mailing lists. Keep in mind also
- **that there are six biz.sco.* newsgroups.
-
- Are there any other non-SCO Unix newsgroups?
- Yes. There are too many to list here. There is a comp.unix.*
- hierarchy, which would be a good place to start looking.
-
- What other stuff shows up here periodically?
- All kinds of goodies pass through this list from time to time. You
- will find lists of SLSes (Support Level Supplements), EFSes (Enhanced
- Feature Supplements, if memory serves), product compatibility
- matrices, lists of the most current versions of each SCO product,
- and stuff like that. I highly recommend capturing the most recent
- one of each of these and saving it somewhere on your machine; they
- can be very handy to keep around.
-
- Where can I find this FAQ list?
- Well, since I'm not on the Internet, it's unfortunately not available
- via FTP. It is posted twice monthly to this newsgroup/mailing list,
- as is the technical FAQ list. If you need one or the other of them in
- the meantime, send me a brief note at the address listed at the top
- and I'll send you a copy. DO NOT post a request for the FAQ to the
- list.
-
- I have a suggestion/correction for the FAQ list
- By all means, let me know! But do NOT post it to the list. Send it
- directly to me at the address listed at the top. The FAQ list is only
- as good as you make it.
-
- Net.Etiquette
- -------------
- Where do my messages go?
- Your message will be mailed to hundreds of people around the world
- via the mailing list. Also, since it's gated to a newsgroup, it will
- end up on thousands of machines all around the world, with a potential
- audience of tens of thousands of people.
- Keep this in mind as you write, because people will perceive you
- according to how you write. Your grammar, spelling, and politeness
- will be noted by all of these people, so make a good impression.
- And don't forget to press your Return key after every 70 characters
- or so.
-
- What do I put in my .signature?
- Well, it's a good idea to put your name, email address (both an
- internet address and a UUCP bang path are useful), your company
- name and job title (if appropriate), and possibly your phone number
- and mailing address.
- Keep it short, though; four lines or so is a good guideline.
-
- How much of the previous message should I include in my reply?
- You should include the salient points of the previous message. Nothing
- more. You don't need to include the headers or the .signature or any
- other stuff that doesn't provide information relevant to the question.
- If you are replying to several points in the previous message, then
- include the section to which you are replying, and then type your
- reply immediately below it. Then include the next point, and type
- your reply immediately below it. This will help people keep track
- of what points you're addressing.
-
- I think I'll send a test to make sure I can get through to the list
- DON'T DO THIS. This is NOT a test newsgroup. Your test message
- will waste large amounts of computing and communications resources
- as it travels to every continent (yes, it _will_ go all around the
- world). Not only will this make people angry, but it will also
- make you look stupid.
-
- Nobody replied to my question, so I'll send it again
- Don't do this, either. If your message was sent and nobody replied to
- it, you will likely find exactly the same response if you post it
- again, and you will have used up more computing and communications
- resources and have gained nothing.
-
- SCO sucks and <someone else> has a better product!
- If you have something _constructive_ to say, then go ahead. But if
- you don't, then spare us your flame war.
-
- This isn't the right place to post this question, but ...
- Well then, don't post it here. There are several hundred Usenet
- newsgroups and dozens upon dozens of mailing lists; chances are
- pretty good that one of these is the appropriate place. If you
- post a question to an inappropriate newsgroup, you really are
- wasting large amounts of disk space and transmission bandwidth as
- it goes all around the world.
- Note that even if your question is about an SCO product, the
- SCO general mailing list/biz.sco.general may not be the right
- place for it. If it's an ODT question, post it to the ODT list.
- If it's a product announcement, send it to the announcement list.
- If you have source or a binary that you've ported to SCO, use the
- source or binaries newsgroups.
-
- I like to use tabs in my email
- Please don't. Tab stops may be set differently on different terminals,
- and what looks perfectly lined up to you will be gibberish on someone
- else's machine. This is particularly important to remember if you're
- drawing a diagram.
-
- I have a technical question
- Look it up in your manuals first; chances are it's in there somewhere.
- In particular, check the permuted index, the table of contents of the
- System Administrator's Guide, and the Release Notes.
- If you can't find what you're looking for, look for it in the
- technical FAQ for this newsgroup, which is posted every two weeks in
- parallel with this administrative FAQ. Also, look through old
- articles from this newsgroup/mailing list if your site stores old
- messages (if you're reading this in biz.sco.general, chances are
- your site has at least a few days' worth of back articles online).
- If you still can't find the answer, then post it. Please include
- as much _relevant_ information as you can, such as your hardware
- configuration and version numbers of all software that might be
- involved.
-
- What are the latest product versions?
- -------------------------------------
- Periodically, SCO posts a list of the latest versions of all of their
- products to this list. In the meantime, here are the latest versions
- of several major SCO products:
- Xenix: 2.3.4 (released in 1991)
- Unix: 3.2v4 (released in February 1992)
- ODT: 2.0 (released in June 1992)
- TCP/IP: 1.2 (released 3Q92)
- NFS: 1.2 (released 3Q92)
- MPX: 2.0 (released 1992)
-
- What is SCO's Phone Number?
- ---------------------------
-
- Here are some of SCO's numbers; note that the (800) ones are
- only applicable within North America.
-
- SCO sales (800) 726-8649 = (800) SCO-UNIX
- SCO (sales / tech support) (408) 425-7222
- SCO Customer Service & SoftCare (800) 347-4381
- SCO SofTech number (800) 726-4911
- SCO Support fax (408) 427-5443
- SCO Canada (scocan) (416) 922-1937
- (Note that Canadian support is now handled through Santa Cruz, not
- Toronto)
- SCO Federal Systems Group, VA (703) 715-8700
- SCO Federal Systems Group FAX (703) 715-8750
- SCO London +44 (0)923 816344
- SCO London FAX +44 (0)923 817781
-
- How Do I Connect to SCO's Machines via UUCP?
- --------------------------------------------
-
- Tell me about SLSes and EFSes
- SLSes (Support Level Supplements) and EFSes (Enhanced Feature Support)
- are SCO's way of fixing bugs and improving performance between releases.
- Every couple of weeks, SCO posts lists of all SLSes and EFSes here. If
- you're having a problem, look at these lists and see if any of them
- will help you.
- If you have anonymous FTP access, log into ftp.uu.net and look around
- the sco-archive directory. Remember to turn on binary mode before
- getting any binary files! If your ftp doesn't recognize ftp.uu.net,
- try 137.39.1.9 or 192.48.96.9.
- To look around, telnet to ftp.uu.net. Log in as "ftp", and supply your
- username and fully qualified domain name as the password (e.g.
- log in as ftp and give joecool@snoopy.peanuts.com as your password).
- Look around the vendor/sco directory hierarchy.
-
- If you don't have FTP, you can get them via anonymous UUCP from SCO.
- You can find the information on how to do this in your SCO documentation.
- This information is also included in the lists of SLSes and EFSes that
- SCO posts here. I've included a brief summary below.
- When a new SLS comes out, it's not a bad idea to wait a month or so
- before using it. Sometimes new bugs are discovered in SLSes and they
- are withdrawn and fixed.
- There are also directories for games, updated terminal information,
- and other miscellaneous tidbits. See the section on how to contact
- SCO for more details.
-
- This information is culled from the list of available SLSes that
- SCO posts periodically. For North America and the Pacific Rim, call
- SCO in California:
-
- Modem make and model Service Phone number
- -------------------- ------- -----------
- Telebit Trailblazer Plus UUCP 408-429-1786
- Telebit 1500 V.32, 2@ UUCP 408-425-3502
- Hayes V Series 9600, 2@ UUCP 408-427-4470
-
- Machine name: sosco
-
- Login name: uusls (fourth character is the letter "l" rather than numeral "1")
- No password
-
- For European, the Middle East, and Africa, the following service is
- available through SCO's London office:
-
- Modem make and model Service Phone number
- -------------------- ------- -----------
- Dowty Quattro 2@ SOS +44 (0)923 210888
- Dowty Trailblazer UUCP +44 (0)923 210911
-
- For anonymous uucp connection:
- Machine name: scolon
- Login name: uusls
- Password: bbsuucp
-
- SCO also has a number in Frankfurt:
-
- Machine name: sosffm +49 (0)69 509107-36
- Login/Password are uusls/bbsuucp (as for scolon).
-
- SLSes are stored in /usr/spool/uucppublic/SLS. If you are not sure
- of the file you want, download the file file.list in this directory. For
- more information, check the list of SLSes (and the companion list of
- EFSes) in this group every few weeks. There are also directories for
- EFS, Term (updated termcap/terminfo entries), Games (including GIF source
- code and a viewer, and some sample GIFs), and Devref (which contains
- unsupported software).
-
- How Do I Send Email to SCO?
- ---------------------------
-
- You can send information requests to info@sco.com. Support requests
- can be sent to support@sco.com, but note that an actual phone call may
- well get your problem resolved faster. Sending email rather than making
- a phone call does _not_ mean that you don't have to pay for support
- (beyond your 30 days of installation support).
-
- If you have a suggestion for SCO regarding their products, you can
- post it here or send it to SCO directly, though the latter may appear
- to go into a bitbucket. There are several SCO employees here, including
- some development folks, and they do like to hear suggestions on how you
- think they could better serve your needs.
-
- I'm looking for such-and-such a program. Where is it?
- ------------------------------------------------------
-
- Ask Archie. Archie is a service that keeps track of all files
- on a large number of anonymous FTP sites worldwide and allows
- various queries on its database. For a good tutorial on how to
- use it, see "Archie, Your Directory for Internet Software" on
- pp. 96-104 of the September 1992 copy of UnixWorld.
-
- To conduct an interactive session with Archie, telnet into an
- Archie server site. Log in as archie; there is no password. If
- you do not have telnet access, you can still access Archie via
- email. Mail a script of Archie instructions to archie@some-archie-site,
- where you (obviously) replace some-archie-site with the name of your
- closest Archie site.
-
- The first time you use Archie, you should issue the help command.
- This will show you a list of valid Archie commands. Before your
- next use of Archie, take a few minutes to study the help list. Pay
- particular attention to the variety of set commands, which can greatly
- alter the behaviour and efficiency of Archie. Also, please use the
- Archie server that is closest to you, to help reduce unnecessary
- network traffic.
-
- The following is a list of Archie servers around the world, as given
- by a query to the McGill University Archie server on 9 September 1992.
-
- Current archie servers (as of Jan 3 1992):
-
- archie.mcgill.ca (132.206.2.3) McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- archie.sura.net (128.167.254.179) SURAnet, College Park, Maryland, USA
- archie.ans.net (147.225.1.2) ANS, New York, USA
- archie.unl.edu (129.93.1.14) Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
- archie.rutgers.edu (128.6.18.15) Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
- archie.funet.fi (128.214.6.100) FUnet, Helsinki, Finland
- archie.au (139.130.4.6) Deakin University, Geelong, Australia
- archie.doc.ic.ac.uk (146.169.11.3) Imperial College, London, UK
- cs.huji.ac.il (132.65.6.5) Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
-
- The Anomaly SCO Software Archive
- --------------------------------
-
- Instructions on using Anomaly are periodically posted to the Usenet
- groups comp.unix.xenix.sco and biz.sco.general; please check this posting
- for full instructions. The following section is condensed from that
- posting, as of 23 August 1992.
-
- Filenames: The Software List: anomaly!~/SOFTLIST
- Miscellaneous Notes: anomaly!~/NOTES
- All UUCPable Files: anomaly!~/ls-lR
-
- Anonymous UUCP Information:
-
- Telebit Trailblazer Plus Dial-In: 1.401.455.0347
- 9600 to 300bps v.32/v.42 Dial-In: 1.401.331.3706
- anomaly.sbs.risc.net!login: xxcp
- Password: xenix
-
- To download a file, issue the following uucp request on your machine:
-
- uucp anomaly!~/archives/<filename> yoursite!<to-filename>
-
- All files are stored in /usr/spool/uucppublic/archives on ANOMALY.
-
- Mail-based archive server:
-
- To receive instructions on how to use the mail-based archive server, send
- an e-mail message to "snarf@anomaly.sbs.risc.net", with a Subject: of 'snarf'
- and the following two lines starting in column 1:
-
- snarf address [your e-mail address]
- snarf help
-
- Note that if you do not have an address line, or you have other errors in the
- body of your text, you will not get a reply from the server.
-
- Zmodem/Ymodem/Xmodem/Kermit/Sealink:
-
- All files can be accessed from ANOMALY's "bbs" login, for those users without
- UUCP or FTP access. Validation is required to access the file sections.
-
- FTP Access:
-
- Our IP Address is: 155.212.2.2! Or, for those of you with Nameservers, try
- "anomaly.sbs.risc.net"! Again, to reduce network link congestion, we limit
- the number of concurrent FTP sessions. So, if you get are unable to connect,
- just keep trying until a slot becomes available for you.
-
- Special Note: The archives on ANOMALY are in source code format, with
- exception of the GCC/G++ compilers.
-
- The (unofficial) SCO ODT Ported Software Compendium
- ---------------------------------------------------
-
- Filenames: The Software List: ispi!~/SOFTLIST
- Miscellaneous Notes: ispi!~/NOTES
- All UUCPable Files: ispi!~/ls-lR
-
- Anonymous UUCP Information:
-
- Telebit Trailblazer Plus Dial-In: +1 908 248 1589
- ispi.com!login: uuodtcp
- Password: odt
-
- To download a file, issue the following uucp request on your machine:
-
- uucp ispi!~/archives/<filename> yoursite!<to-filename>
-
- Special Note: The archives on ISPI are in source code format. Programs
- that need GCC are noted.
-
- Xenitec Archives
- ----------------
-
- Orig_Date: Tue Nov 6 22:54:06 EDT 1989
- Last_Update: Sun Oct 04 14:13:54 EDT 1992
-
- Anonymous UUCP: You want a Systems (or L-sys if you're pre-HDB) entry like:
-
- ---
- 19200 baud, PEP:
-
- xenitec Any ACU 19200 CUP15197435247 ogin:-\K-ogin:-\K-ogin:-\K-ogin:-\K-ogin:-\K-ogin: nuucp word: fall89
-
- The trusty old Telebit Trailblazer+ will answer at 19.2kb PEP mode,
- and will cycle down from there.
- ---
- (up to) 38400 baud, V.32bis/V.42bis, Turbo-PEP (Telebit WorldBlazer):
-
- xenitec Any ACU V9600 15197435450 ogin:-\K-ogin:-\K-ogin:-\K-ogin:\K-ogin: nuucp word: fall89
-
- It answers at 38400 baud, cycles to 19200, 9600, back to 38400.
- (adjust the baud rate in the uucp chat script above to suit your
- modem's capabilities and serial interface speed.) Please note that the
- WorldBlazer phone # is temporary, and will be moved at some point in
- time.
- ---
- For 2400 baud:
-
- xenitec Any ACU 2400 15197434697 ogin:-\K-ogin:-\K-ogin:-\K-ogin:\K-ogin: nuucp word: fall89
-
- This modem line cycles 2400 - 1200 - 2400 ....
- ---
- Download the current public archive index file:
-
- -rw-rw-r-- 3 eah devel 51907 Jul 10 00:37 /archive/pub/index
-
- ---
- Anon FTP - ftp xenitec.xenitec.on.ca (192.75.213.1), log in as "ftp", use
- your FQDN address as the passwd, eg, "eah@xenitec.on.ca".
- We are currently CIX routed, ie, on the "commercial" side of the Internet.
- If you are strictly NSFnet routed, try 142.77.5.3
- ---
- Please note that the above information will change from time to time. If
- things don't work as expected, send email to edhew@xenitec.on.ca for
- updated connectivity info.
-
- TeleSys Unix/Xenix Software Archive
- -----------------------------------
-
- For a list of files currently available, you can UUCP a copy of the
- list from TeleSys:
-
- Phone Numbers:
-
- 602-649-9099 2400/9600 V.32 Connections
- 602-649-9199 Telebit PEP Connections
-
- There are two copies of the list, one 16 bit compressed and the
- other non-compressed:
-
- Login as: nuucp (There is no password)
-
- uucp telesys!~/files.dir.Z ~/ 16bit Compressed Version
- uucp telesys!~/files.dir ~/ Uncompressed Version.
-
- PLEASE READ the files.dir file carefully for determining download paths
- and proper filenames. Unlike the directory files, the files for
- downloading are NOT located in the /usr/spool/uucppublic directory.
-
- At this time there is no mailserver to handle email requests for files
- or information.
-
- biz.sco.* Archive
- -----------------
- [from Stuart Lynne; any first-person references are his, not mine]
-
- biz.sco.* is archived at:
-
- vanbc.wimsey.bc.ca:~ftp/usenet/biz.sco.*/
-
- We're also running a WAIS server and making biz.sco available as a WAIS
- database. I hope to have a gopher server running eventually as well.
-
- If you have access to a wais client then you can add the following to your
- list of sources:
-
- (:source
- :version 3
- :ip-address "192.48.234.1"
- :ip-name "vanbc.wimsey.bc.ca"
- :tcp-port 210
- :database-name "biz.sco"
- :cost 0.00
- :cost-unit :free
- :maintainer "root@vanbc.wimsey.bc.ca"
- :description "Server created with WAIS release 8 b4 on Mar 30 19:21:24 1992 by root@vanbc.wimsey.bc.ca
- The files of type netnews used in the index were:
- /usr/spool/ftp/usenet/biz.sco.announce
- "
- )
-
- How do I ftp files via email?
- -----------------------------
-
- Before I tell you how to do this, think twice before sending such a
- request, as it has the potential to generate large volumes of email.
- This not only will fill your mailbox, but will also take up spool space
- on the drive of every machine it passes through on its way to you.
-
- For information on using ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com, send a message to
- that address with any Subject: line (it will be ignored). The body of
- your message should say:
- reply yourname@your.site.com
- help
- quit
-
- BITNET users can try bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu. Send a message
- there with the word help in the Subject: line. Note that this
- server no longer serves users who are not on BITNET.
- stephen@bokonon.UUCP ...!{xrtll,becker.gts.org}!bokonon!stephen
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Stephen M. Dunn, CNE, ACE, Sr. Systems Analyst, United System Solutions Inc.
- 104 Carnforth Road, Toronto, ON, Canada M4A 2K7 (416) 750-7946
-