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of days later, you'll find a new message in your mailbox: a copy of the
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and the state of the connections between the server and you.
Seems simple enough.
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request a program rather than a document.
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To ensure that a program or other "non-mailable" file
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server:
encoder
This converts the file into an encoded form.
To decode it, you'll
first have to transfer the file message into a file in your home
directory.
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this:
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send usenet/comp.sources.wanted/How_to_find_sources_(READ_THIS_BEFORE_POSTING)
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You'll have to spell it exactly as listed above. Some mail
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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 shoul ... |
