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- David DeSimone
- an207@cleveland.freenet.edu
- [This is version 0.0 (beta test) of my E-mail services list. Any and
- all comments appreciated.]
-
- SERVICES AVAILABLE VIA STANDARD E-MAIL
-
- This is an attempt at a reasonably complete, accurate, and useful list
- of services which are available by sending E-mail to a designated server
- somewhere on The Net. I have attempted to keep this list up-to-date as
- far as availability of services. If you find errors, omitions, or
- corrections which need to be made, please contact me at
- an207@cleveland.freenet.edu.
-
- Many thanks go out to the folks who supplied information to make this
- list possible, such as Andrew Purshottam. (Send me info and get your
- name put here!) And of course, thanks go to all the wonderful folks
- out there who make their services available via E-mail!
-
-
- USEFUL SERVICES
- ===============
-
- archie@cs.mcgill.ca
- Subject: (gives first command, rest in message body)
- Commands:
- path <mail-addr> (Set return mail path)
- help (Get help)
- prog <reg-expr> ... (Search for an FTP file. Regular expression
- Put QUOTES around the expression if it has
- spaces in it. Search is CASE SENSITIVE)
- site <full.name.site> (Returns a listing of files available on the
- -OR- requested FTP site)
- site <IP address>
- list <reg-expr> ... (Returns a list of FTP sites whose names match
- the regular expression(s) given)
- whatis <string> ... (Search a software description database which
- contains a list of several thousand software
- packages, documents, and datasets)
- compress (Compress and uuencode the output of all
- results generated. Standard .Z compress)
- quit (Stop processing commands)
- Services: This is a great way to find stuff available for anonymous FTP.
- There is too much out there for people to keep track of so this
- computer does it for you. Send a 'prog' command asking about
- a filename you think will match what you want, and this server
- will churn through its database of thousands of FTP sites and
- mail you a message saying where it is.
- Notes: Multiple regular expressions on one line will send back one result
- with the filenames interleaved together. Multiple 'prog' commands
- will result in multiple mailed results, each searching on the
- requested string. Please COMPRESS any listings you think will be
- long, such as site listings or very general searches.
- For case-insensitive searches, use regular expressions like the
- following: "prog [Zz][Ii][Pp]" (to find ZIP, zip, Zip, ziP, etc.)
-
- ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com
- Commands:
- reply <mail-addr> (Set return mail path)
- connect <host> [user] [password] (Connect to foreign host. The default
- user is 'anonymous' default password
- is your e-mail address)
- ascii (FTP files in ASCII mode)
- binary (FTP files in BINARY mode)
- chdir <directory> (Change directory on foreign host -
- only ONE chdir allowed per session)
- compress (Compress [.Z] files before mailing)
- compact (Compress [Huff] files before mailing)
- uuencode (Uuencode binaries before mailing)
- btoa (Encode binaries using btoa -
- default)
- ls [directory] (Short directory listing)
- dir [directory] (Long directory listing)
- get <file> (Get a file from the host)
- quit (Disconnect from host and terminate
- session)
- Services: This is an FTP-by-Email server. It will connect to any
- Internet host and get files for you. It is also the ONLY such
- server that I know of (besides BITFTP), and as such, it is
- HEAVILY loaded. DO NOT use this server unless you have no
- alternative. Even so, be prepared to stand in line behind
- thousands of other E-mail users; expect many days before your
- files arrive, and expect the server to go down and/or get
- confused when the load is too heavy.
- Notes: If the files you are retrieving are not already compressed,
- 'compress' or 'compact' them to save resources.
-
- mail-server@pit-manager.mit.edu
- Subject: (gives first command, rest in message body)
- Commands:
- path <mail-addr> (Set return path)
- help (Get help)
- send usenet-addresses/<username> (Search for a user's mail address)
- send voting/index (Get an index of voting topics)
- quit (Ignore rest of message)
- Services: Username search - if unsure of a UseNet user's mail address,
- send what you know to this server and it will search its
- database and try to match it up for you.
- UseNet voting - votes on various topics. None known at present.
-
- bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu
- Subject: (ignored)
- Commands:
- ftplist (Send a list of FTP sites)
- help (Send help)
- vms (Send help on using BITFTP with VMS)
-
- ftp <host> netdata (FTP files from a host, sending files via
- NETDATA to you)
- -OR-
- ftp <host> uuencode (FTP files form a host, sending files via
- uuencoded mail to your mailbox)
-
- user <username> <password> (Gives login information to the host)
- -OR-
- user anonymous (Use anonymous FTP, giving e-mail address)
-
- acct <account-info> (Send host-dependent account information)
- ascii (FTP files in ASCII mode)
- binary (FTP files in BINARY mode)
- -OR-
- binary fixed <rec-len> (FTP binary files with fixed record len)
- -OR-
- binary variable (FTP binary files with variable record len)
-
- cd <directory> (Change directory on the host)
- close (Disconnect from host)
- dir [directory] (List directory on host)
- ebcdic (FTP files in EBCDIC mode)
- get <file> [localfile] (Get a file from the host)
- locstat (Display local status information)
- ls [directory] (List the files in a directory)
- pwd (Print working directory name)
- quit (Disconnect from host)
- status [name]