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... sage to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu:
send usenet/comp.sources.wanted/How_to_find_sources_(READ_THIS_BEFORE_POSTING)
You'll have to spell it exactly as listed above. madrid web mail Some mail
servers use different software, which will require slightly different
commands madrid web mail than the ones listed here. In general, if you send a message
to a madrid web mail mail madrid web mail server that says only
help
you should get back a file detailing all of its commands.
madrid web mail
But what if the file you want is not on one of these mail
servers? That's where ftpmail comes in.
Run by Digital graphic design madrid Equipment
Corp. in California, this service can connect to almost any ftp site
in the world, get the file you want and then mail it to you. Using it
is fairly simple -- you send an e-mail message to ftpmail that
includes a series coalville web mail of commands telling the system where to find the
file you want and how to format it to mail to you.
Compose an e-mail message to
ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com
Leave the "subject:" line blank. Inside the message, there are
several commands you can give. The first line should be
reply address
where "address" is your e-mail address. The next line should be
connect host
where "host" is the system that has the file you want (for example:
wuarchive.wustl.edu). Other commands you should consider using are
"binary" (required for program files); "compress" (reduces the file
size for quicker transmission) and "uuencode" (which encodes the file
so you can do something with it when it arrives). The last line of
your message should be madrid web mail the word "quit".
Let's say you want a copy of the U.S. constitution. Using archie,
you've found a file called, surprise, constitution, at the ftp site
archive.cis.ohio-state.edu, in the /pub/firearms/politics/rkba
directory. You'd send a message to ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com that looks
like this:
reply graphic design madrid adamg@world.std.com
connect archive.cis.ohio-state.edu
binary
compress
uuencode
get pub/firearms/politics/rkba/constitution
quit
When you get the file in your mailbox, use the above procedure
for copying it graphic design madrid to a file. Run it through uudecode. Then type
uncompress file.name
to make it madrid web mail usable.
Since this was a text file, you could have changed the "binary" to web mail danville
"ascii" and then eliminated the "uuencode" file.
For programs, though,
you'll want to keep these lines.
One caveat with ftpmail: it has become
such a popular service that it could take a week or more for your
requested files to arrive.
9.5 THE ALL KNOWING ORACLE
graphic design madrid One other thing you can do through e-mail is consult with the
Usenet Oracle. You can ask the Oracle anything at all and get back an
answer (whether you like the answer is another question).
First, you'll want to get instructions on how to address the Oracle
(he, or she, or it, is very particular about such things and likes being
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