From: jfy@cis.ksu.edu (Joseph F. Young)
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
Subject: Modifications to mailserver@cis.ksu.edu
Date: 28 Aug 1992 16:56:45 GMT
Organization: Kansas State University, Dept. of Computing and Information Sciences
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: depot.cis.ksu.edu

I have updated my mailserver, fixing a bug that was causing the "cd"
command to work improperly, and adding two new filters that can be
especially useful when getting Star Trek stories from
/pub/Startrek/stories. 

These filters are:
"encode uncompress"  This uncompresses .Z files and sends the
uncompressed output through the mail.  This is for those people who,
for some or another, are unable to uncompress UNIX-compressed files.

"encode uncuue" This uncompresses .Z files and sends the uuencoded
data via mail.  

Here's an example message with the "uncompress" filter:

Subject: request

encode uncompress
cd /pub/Startrek/stories
dir -l
send TheRavensRoar.Z

[Here's my FAQ]
------------------------------FTP--------------------------------------
I've seen many inquiries about an anonymous ftp archive for the
stories that appear in alt.startrek.creative.  As others have
mentioned, I maintain an archive on ftp.cis.ksu.edu (129.130.10.80) in
the directory /pub/Startrek/stories.  All files are compressed using
the UNIX LZW ".Z" compression used by the "compress" and "uncompress"
programs.  For non-UNIX systems, there are sourcess and binaries
available to handle files in this format on various archive sites.
If you don't have an uncompress program, you may use the "uncompress"
or the "uncuue" filter available in the mailserver.

If you find a story that I've missed, especially any of the ones that
appeared early in the life of this group or in the rec.arts.startrek.*
groups, mail it to me (jfy@cis.ksu.edu) or upload it to /pub/upload on
the archive site.

If you have any contributions to the archive, suggestions, etc. you
may also email them to me.
-----------------------------Mail--------------------------------------
For all those unfortunates who don't have Internet ftp access, I've
setup a mailserver to provide access to the archives on
ftp.cis.ksu.edu.

This mailserver can be contacted via mail one of the following
addresses:

...!rutgers!depot!mailserver  (UUCP)
mailserver@cis.ksu.edu        (Internet)

The server accepts commands given in the body of the mail messages;
help is available with the command "help".  

A listing of the files in
the story archive may be obtained by "dir -l /pub/Startrek/stories".

Since the story archive consists of UNIX compressed files, they must
be uuencoded or uncompressed before they are sent on their way.  To
specify this mode, use the command "encode uue" or "encode uncompress"
To retrieve the files, use the "send" command 
(ex: send /pub/Startrek/stories/Bestseller.Z).

Here is an example mail message:

% Mail mailserver@cis.ksu.edu
Subject: request 
help
encode uncompress 
send /pub/Startrek/stories/Bestseller.Z
^D
%

Please note that this is completely experimental and is not bug free.
Questions and problems about this mailserver may be directed to
"mailserver-reply@cis.ksu.edu".


-- 
Joseph Young, Systems Programmer
KSU Department of Computing and Information Sciences
Manhattan, Kansas 66506  FAX: (913) 532-7353  Phone: (913) 532-6350   
Internet: jfy@cis.ksu.edu  UUCP: rutgers!depot!jfy 
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative