From: alf.christophersen@NUTRI.UIO.NO (Alf Christophersen)
Newsgroups: soc.roots
Subject: Re: ROOTS-L: error report from CSOFTEC.CSF.COM
Date: 17 Dec 92 02:48:05 GMT
Reply-To: Alf Christophersen <alf.christophersen@NUTRI.UIO.NO>
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
Comments: To: Roots-l <Roots-L@Vm1.Nodak.Edu>

Resending this letter to Roots-L since our intelligent filter stopped the
sender 'root@csoftec.csf.com' to post directly. (Cliff, maybe you haven't
fixed you intelligent anti-filter yet:-) )

Please response directly to Cliff.

Alf Christophersen
Reposter

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Original Mail
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>From: "root@csoftec.csf.com" ( Cliff Manis)
>Subject: Re: genserv GEDCOM draft
>To: dkozak@CRAY.COM
>Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 18:32:40 -0600 (CST)
>Cc: cmanis@csoftec.csf.com (Cliff Manis),
        ROOTS-L@VM1.NoDak.EDU (Genealogy Information)
>In-Reply-To:
>Organization: CompSofTech, POB 33937, San Antonio, Texas 78265-3937
>X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL11]
>Content-Type: text
>Content-Length: 2833

Readers:

Reference part of this message:
>
> I saw something I think was called genserv in one of the recent
> soc.roots postings.  Could someone send me the details on how to
> access it.  I thought I saved the post, but I can't find it.
>

I have had 100's of requests for these files, and here is some
info again....    I am still in Washington, DC, but hope to
be getting back home in about 1 week.   Merry Christmas to all.

    Cliff Manis


         |=======================================================|
         |   Welcome to:    The 'genserv' Mail Archive Server    |
         |=======================================================|

The 'genserv' mail archive server is a service which allows requests
for files to be sent by mail and serviced automatically.  These files
are now available to anyone requesting them via Emailaand using the
syntax as seen below.

To request this help message, send a message to genserv@csoftec.csf.com
with a line similar to the following in the text of the message:

        send help to youraddress

To request the current index, send a message to genserv@csoftec.csf.com
with the text:

PLEASE NOTE:  If you do not use the following syntax, you will not
^^^^^^^^^^^   receive a response to your request.


        send index to youraddress

To request a specific file, send text:

        send file to youraddress

Case of requests are unimportant, and incorrectly formatted requests
will be quietly ignored.  The 'send ' keyword must be at the beginning
of the text line.  The GenServer software does not look at
the Subject: of the message.

Multiple files may be requested in a single message, one per line:

        send file1 to youraddress
        send file2 to youraddress
        send file3 to youraddress

The YOURADDRESS may be in the form relay!node!user, specifying a path
directly from csoftec, or in the form user@system.domain.

Examples:
        send index to systemid!username
             ^        ^
             |        |_____________ address
             |______________________ master index

        send gedcom.1 to username@system.domain.com
             ^           ^
             |           |__________ address
             |______________________ file to send

Send messages that need to be read by a human to genadm@csoftec.csf.com

   /end of 'help' file/


Index of files on 'genserv' Genealogical Server (genserv@csoftec.csf.com)

File          Description                   Bytes   Parts Remarks
------------  ---------------------         ------   ---  -----------------
gedcom.1      GEDCOM 5.0 Specs(draft)        68003    1   Part 1 of 2

gedcom.2      GEDCOM 5.0 Specs(draft)        70236    1   Part 2 of 2
              (The second part also has GEDCOM TAGS included)


    Only two files available at this time.

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