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Date:         Mon, 14 Sep 1992 09:23:00 MET
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From:         Koos van den Hout <VANDENHOUT@RUUMTC.TCU.RUU.NL>
Subject:      RE: TCP/IP-Gateway for Novell 3.11

|Ooops...
|
|>Princeton BITNET FTP Server
|>* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
|>* * BITFTP is no longer able to provide service to  * *
|>* * nodes that are not directly on EARN or BITNET   * *
|>* * or NetNorth.  Your node appears to be           * *

|Are there any other MAIL-FTP-Gateways ?

Yup.. Although slower then bitftp, there is a universe-wide service :

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From ihlpb!hvlpx!mdbois@att.att.com Mon Oct  7 19:45:26 1991
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From: ihlpb!hvlpx!mdbois@att.att.com
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 91 00:40 MET
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To: odin@pilot.njin.net
Subject: No other ftp mail service ?????
Status: OR

        Hello,

        I requested your ftp list, and read in the header that you
        didn't know another mail ftp service, other than bitftp.
        This surprises me. When you use Archie, it tells you about
        ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com.  Just for info:

   ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com (Digital FTP mail server)

   commands are:
    reply <MAILADDR>    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
    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.
   -> it will take ~1 1/2 day for a request to be processed. once the jobs
      has been accepted by the ftp daemon, you'll get a mail stating the
      fact that your job has been accepted and that the result will be
      mailed to you.

        Hope this is any help,
                                Marc


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BTW, gatekeeper.dec.com is a **LARGE** site that has everything (When they
don't have it they ask you to upload it!).

                                                   Grtx. KH
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