Path: ns-mx!hobbes.physics.uiowa.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!wupost!ukma!widener!dsinc!jabber!phlpa!uucp!edw Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: FTP by e-mail (was Re: Speaking of MODs...) Message-ID: <01050133.ui8l68@caligula.uucp> Date: 15 Mar 92 20:49:59 GMT Reply-To: caligula!edw (Edwin Howell Watkeys III) Organization: Drexel University Guerrilla Networking Project Lines: 101 X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.5v4 I've had this for a while, and I guess this is a good time to put it up... From dsinc.dsi.com!decwrl!nobody Sun Mar 15 12:53:29 1992 remote from phlpa Received: by caligula.uucp (uA-1.5v4); Sun, 15 Mar 92 15:27:02 EST Received: by phlpa.uucp (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.2) id ; Sun, 15 Mar 92 12:53 EST Received: by ls.com (Smail3.1/LS-Gate/1.1) id ; Sun, 15 Mar 92 12:10 EST Received: by dsinc.dsi.com (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.24) id ; Sun, 15 Mar 92 11:47 EST Received: by uucp-gw-1.pa.dec.com; id AA06530; Sun, 15 Mar 92 08:46:38 -0800 Received: by uucp-gw-2.pa.dec.com; id AA16582; Sun, 15 Mar 92 08:46:24 -0800 Date: Sun, 15 Mar 92 08:46:24 -0800 Message-Id: <9203151646.AA16582@uucp-gw-2.pa.dec.com> From: phlpa!jabber!dsinc!decwrl!nobody (ftpmail daemon on uucp-gw-2.pa.dec.com) To: phlpa!edw%caligula Subject: your ftpmail request has been received >>> this help file was last edited on 08-August-1991 >>> >>> commands are: reply set reply addr, since headers are usually wrong connect [HOST [USER [PASS]]] defaults to gatekeeper.dec.com, anonymous ascii files grabbed are printable ascii binary files grabbed are compressed or tar or both chdir PLACE "get" and "ls" commands are relative to PLACE (only one CHDIR per ftpmail session) compress compress binaries using Lempel-Ziv encoding compact compress binaries using Huffman encoding uuencode binary files will be mailed in uuencode format btoa binary files will be mailed in btoa format ls (or dir) PLACE short (long) directory listing get FILE get a file and have it mailed to you quit terminate script, ignore rest of mail message (use if you have a .signature or are a VMSMAIL user) >>> notes: -> you must give a "connect" command, default host is gatekeeper.dec.com, default user is anonymous, default password is your mail address. -> binary files will not be compressed unless 'compress' or 'compact' command is given; use this if at all possible, it helps a lot. -> binary files will always be formatted into printable ASCII with "btoa" or "uuencode" (default is "btoa"). -> all retrieved files will be split into 60KB chunks and mailed. -> VMS/DOS/Mac versions of uudecode, atob, compress and compact are available, ask your LOCAL wizard about them if you can't locate them (but try gatekeeper.dec.com in /archive/pub/VMS if you're still trapped on a VMS system.) -> several mail unsplitters are hiding on gatekeeper.dec.com in /pub/mail/ua/misc/unsplit. includes one in c, one in perl, and one in VMS DCL. >>> examples: -> connect to gatekeeper.dec.com and get a root directory listing: connect ls quit -> connect to gatekeeper.dec.com and get the README.ftp file: connect get README.ftp quit -> connect to gatekeeper.dec.com and get the gnuemacs sources: connect binary chdir /pub/GNU get emacs-18.57.tar.Z quit -> connect to uunet.uu.net as anonymous and get a root directory list: connect uunet.uu.net dir quit -- Ftpmail Submission Transcript -- <<< reply edw%caligula@phlpa.uucp >>> OK, will reply to <<< help >>> Help is on the way. -- End Of Ftpmail Transcript -- --------- Ed Watkeys "...if you wish to strive for peace of phlpa!caligula!edw@cs.widener.edu soul and pleasure, then believe; if Drexel University (Comp Sci) you wish to be a devotee of truth, Guerrilla Networking Project then inquire...." -- Nietzsche