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- From: Bryan_Cardoza@Novell.COM (Bryan Cardoza)
- Subject: NetWire by E-Mail
- Message-ID: <C0CoCn.DnF@Novell.COM>
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- Sender: bryan@urchin (Bryan Cardoza)
- Nntp-Posting-Host: urchin.eng.sandy.novell.com
- Organization: Novell, Inc.
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 22:12:22 GMT
- Lines: 115
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-
- Hi.
-
- I've gotten permission from Novell's Tech. Support group to publish
- this. Hope it doesn't offend anybodies sensibilities....
-
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- Bryan Cardoza Internet: Bryan_Cardoza@Novell.COM
- NetWare Systems Group NetWare MHS: BRYAN@NOVELL
- Novell, Inc. Voice: +1-801-568-8653
- Sandy, UT FAX: +1-801-568-8866
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- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
- Welcome to the Novell NetWire
- Internet E-Mail Archive Server
- at ns.Novell.COM
-
-
- Introduction
- ------------
-
- In order to serve our customers better, the portions of the NetWire
- archives that we are able to offer through FTP and Gopher are now being
- offered on a trial basis through a mail-server.
-
- This service is provided on an experimental and unsupported basis in
- order to determine interest.
-
-
- Request Format
- --------------
-
- Mail-server requests should be sent to "mail-server@ns.Novell.COM."
-
- Requests to the mail-server are taken from the body of the message.
- Commands are prefaced with the "begin" command and closed with the
- "end" command.
-
- For example, if your message body contained the following:
-
- begin
- encoding base64
- send netwire/01/forum.zip
- end
-
- The mail-server would respond by mailing you the forum.zip file from
- netwire/01 encoded using the MIME "base64" encoding.
-
- Responses from the mail-server are formatted according to the MIME
- specifications (RFC1341). All messages are of the "Multipart/Mixed"
- content type with the first part being a run log of the mail-server and
- subsequent parts being the requested text files (first) and non-text
- files (last).
-
- The default encoding for non-text files uses the UNIX uuencode(1)
- command (Content-Transfer-Encoding: x-uue) for compatibility with
- systems that may not have access to a MIME compliant user agent. Users
- with access to a MIME user agent (e.g. your favorite mailer with
- metamail support) should probably select "base64" encoding.
-
- When the message body exceeds (approximately) 2500 lines, the message
- is split into multiple parts using the MIME "Message/Partial" content
- type. MIME-compliant mail user agents will be able to automatically
- reconstruct these fragmented messages.
-
-
- Command Summary
- ---------------
-
- The mail-server supports the following commands:
-
- begin Start accepting commands. All lines between "begin"
- and "end" are expected to be mail-server commands.
-
- encoding <type> Set transfer encoding for non-text files to <type>.
- Currently supported types are "base64" which is
- specified by MIME and "x-uue" for UNIX uuencode
- encoding. The default is "x-uue."
-
- end Stop accepting commands.
-
- help Send the help file. This may also be retrieved by
- issuing "send mail-server/help" to the mail-server.
- The help file is also automatically sent when some
- errors are encountered.
-
- index Send the index file. This may also be retrieved by
- issuing "send mail-server/index" to the mail-server.
-
- path <addresss> Set the return address for the mail reply to the address
- specified.
-
- send <file> Send the specified file. File names must have either
- "mail-server/" or "netwire/" at the beginning. Leading
- "/" characters will be stripped, and ".." or empty path
- components will be reduced.
-
-
- Where to Make Comments
- ----------------------
-
- Send trouble reports to Bryan_Cardoza@Novell.COM.
-
- If you would like to see this become a permanent service, send your
- request to Scott_Christensen@Novell.COM or contact your customer
- service representative or account manager.
-
-
-
- Last Update: 12/10/92 11:25:12
-
-