Newsgroups: de.newusers.questions
Subject: Mailserver & andere Dienste
From: Jochen Erwied <mack@joker.wes.open.de>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 15:40:30 CET
Organization: Creative Chaos Computing - Mailbox: +49-281-52975 (22.00-08.00)

Der Text ist leider in Englisch, aber er erlaeutert eigentlich so ziemlich
alle Fragen, die im Bezug auf Mailserver und aehnliches so auftreten 
koennen.

Falls jemand eine aktuellere Version hat, moege er sie mir doch bitte zu-
schicken.

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Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted,alt.sources.wanted
From: jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens)
Subject: How to find sources (READ THIS BEFORE POSTING)
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1991 07:00:20 GMT

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I.     Table of contents

This article contains the following sections.

       I.      Table of contents
       II.     Introduction
       III.    How do you find sources?
       IV.     Things not do do
       V.      Searching techniques in detail
               1. Usenet source newsgroups
               2. The "archie" database
               3. Jon Granrose's anonymous ftp directory
               4. Comp.archives
               5. Comp.sources.wanted
               6. Prospero
               7. Mail server queries
       VI.     File retrieval techniques in detail
               1. By anonymous ftp
               2. By anonymous UUCP
               3. By mail
                  a. Hrc mail archive
                  b. Uunet mail archive
                  c. BITFTP
                  d. DEC's ftpmail
                  e. AT&T's netlib archive
                  f. Periodic posting archives
                  g. Trickle mail servers
                  h. Other mail servers
       VII.    Credits

To find a particular section, search forward for a line beginning with
the Roman numeral corresponding to the desired section.  For example,
search forward for "IV." at the beginning of the line to find the
section entitled "Things not to do".



II.    Introduction

This posting discusses the resources available to people who are
looking for source code.  Please read it before posting source code
requests to comp.sources.wanted, alt.sources.wanted or any other
newsgroup.

Comments about, suggestions about or corrections to this posting are
welcomed.



III.   How do you find sources?

The method you use for locating sources depends on exactly what you
are looking for.  Here are several possible routes to follow; pick the
one that best suits your needs.  The descriptions below mention
general techniques (e.g. "Check the Usenet source newsgroup indices.")
which are described in detail later in this posting.  These
descriptions are listed in order from most preferred to least
preferred solution.  You will notice that "Post in
comp.sources.wanted" is listed last.  This is because posting
a message in comp.sources.wanted should only be used as a last resort
when you have exhausted all other alternatives.

Once you have located your source code using the instructions below,
you can retrieve it via anonymous ftp or E-mail (depending on what is
accessible to you and on where the code is archived); this is
described in detail later in this posting.

Before following *any* of the routes below, the first thing you should
do is exhaust the local resources that are available to you.  Often, a
program that you are looking for will already be accessible somewhere
on your system.  Since each site has different local resources, it's
impossible to give details here about the resources at any specific
site.  All that can be said is, "Find someone at your site to ask."
Nearly every site has someone whose job it is to answer questions from
other users, and the sites that don't have someone doing it officially
often have someone doing it unofficially.  If you cannot find what you
want after checking things out locally, or if you can't find anyone to
ask, then proceed as follows.

1. "I know the name of the program I want, but I don't know where to
   get it."

   a. Check the indices for the various main Usenet source newsgroups.

   b. Check with archie.

   c. Check Jon Granrose's anonymous ftp directory.

   d. Check comp.archives.

   e. Post to comp.sources.wanted.

2. "I know the name of the program I want, and I know which newsgroup
   it was posted in, but either (a) I didn't get some of the parts of
   it, or (b) I didn't save it when it was posted and now I find that
   I need it."

   DO NOT post a message to comp.sources.wanted saying, "I didn't save
   all of this when it was archived, could someone please send it to
   me?"  If the code was posted in a source newsgroup, then it is
   archived somewhere.  Follow the instructions below for retrieving
   code from Usenet source newsgroup archives.

3. "I am looking for source code that does <x>."

   Follow the same process as (1) above, but instead of searching for
   the name of the program, search for keywords in your description of
   what you're looking for.  For example, if you're looking for
   graphical clocks that run under the X window system, you might
   search for the word "clock" in the index for comp.sources.x.

4. "I am looking for source code that does <x>," where <x> is
   something algorithmic or mathematical that is commonly solved with
   computers.

   Check AT&T's "netlib" archive (which is accessible via E-mail as
   described below, or via anonymous ftp to research.att.com {username
   "netlib" instead of "anonymous"}), and if that doesn't work,
   proceed as in (3) above.

5. "I am looking for source code that does <x> under the X window
   system."

   As in (3), but after checking the Usenet source newsgroup indices
   (most importantly, that of comp.sources.x), check the anonymous ftp
   archive on export.lcs.mit.edu.

   See also the postings entitled "Frequently Asked Questions about X
   with Answers," posted monthly in comp.windows.x and various other
   X-related newsgroups.  Those postings discuss in detail how to get
   X sources of various sorts.  If these postings have expired at your
   site, see the documentation below about retrieving postings from
   the periodic posting archive.

6. "I'm looking for neat programs to run on my <x> machine."

   Don't post questions like this.  The amount of source code
   available on the Usenet is incredible; you are essentially asking
   for a summary of all of it.  Browse through the various archives
   mentioned in this posting if you want to find something like this.

7. "I'm looking for NetNews software <x>."

   See the posting entitled "USENET Software: History and Sources,"
   posted periodically in news.admin and news.announce.newusers.  If
   it has expired at your site, see the documentation below about
   retrieving postings from the periodic posting archive.

8. "I'm looking for the source code for Unix."

   Most implementations of Unix contain source code that is, at least
   to some extent, proprietary and not freely redistributable.  If you
   are looking for the source code to a particular Unix utility, you
   may have better luck looking for a public-domain reimplementation
   of that utility, using (1) or (3) above.  Furthermore, the Free
   Software Foundation may distribute a freely redistributable version
   of the utility, protected by the GNU Public License (Jon Granrose's
   list mentions many anonymous ftp archive sites for FSF software;
   furthermore, the hrc mail server archives some FSF software).
   Finally, if the utility was written by the folks who do the BSD
   variant of Unix, then it might be available in the various BSD
   source archives (the best one is probably gatekeeper.dec.com;
   ftp.uu.net has a bsd-sources directory too, and it contains some
   sources that are not in the gatekeeper archive, but the sources
   there are for 4.3reno BSD and might be difficult to compile under
   other types of Unix) on the net (see Jon Granrose's list to find
   them).

9. "I'm looking for a dictionary," or, "I'm looking for a thesaurus."
   There aren't any freely redistributable dictionary or thesaurus
   databases.  If you've already got the database (e.g. on a NeXT
   machine), you may be able to find sources for code to manipulate
   it; see (3) above.  If you don't, then you probably aren't going to
   get any useful answers if you ask this question.



IV.    Things not to do

1. Don't post messages to source newsgroups (e.g. comp.sources.unix,
   comp.sources.misc, etc.) asking for sources.
   
   There are newsgroups specifically for source requests.  If you post
   a request to a moderated source newsgroup, then the moderator has
   to deal with it (and he probably doesn't want to have to deal with
   source requests from all over the Usenet), and if you post a
   request to an unmoderated source newsgroup, then archives of that
   newsgroup end up with cruft (i.e. your request) in them.



V. Searching techniques in detail

1. Usenet source newsgroups

   There are many Usenet newsgroups in which source code is posted,
   and most of them are archived.  They include:

       alt.sources
       comp.sources.3b1
       comp.sources.acorn
       comp.sources.amiga
       comp.sources.apple2
       comp.sources.atari.st
       comp.sources.games
       comp.sources.mac
       comp.sources.misc
       comp.sources.sun
       comp.sources.unix
       comp.sources.x
       vmsnet.sources
       vmsnet.sources.games

   If you're looking for software for a particular machine or
   operating system, you should check the source archives that are
   appropriate (e.g. checking "comp.sources.mac" if you're looking for
   programs to run under SunOS probably wouldn't be very profitable),
   as well as the general archives such as alt.sources or
   comp.sources.misc.

   Sites that archive Usenet source newsgroups usually provide some
   method of getting an index of the files in each newsgroup's
   archive.  If you are accessing an anonymous ftp archive, then this
   index will usually appear as a file called "index" or "Index" in
   the top-level archive of the newsgroup, or in each volume of the
   newsgroup's archive.

   If you are accessing a mail archive, then the instructions for
   using that archive should explain how to get indices of the
   newsgroups that are archived.

   If you are accessing an anonymous UUCP archive (see below), you are
   usually told when you are given the phone number and password for
   the archive how to get the top-level index for the archive, which
   will tell you how to get other indices and files.

   To find anonymous ftp archives of Usenet newsgroups, check Jon
   Granrose's anonymous ftp directory (see below).  The most
   well-known Usenet newsgroup archive is probably ftp.uu.net, which
   archives comp.sources.3b1, comp.sources.amiga, comp.sources.games,
   comp.sources.misc, comp.sources.sun, comp.sources.unix, and
   comp.sources.x, among other things.  Another large Usenet archive
   site is wuarchive.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4), which archives
   alt.sources, comp.sources.mac, and comp.sources.apple2, in addition
   to most of the newsgroups archived on ftp.uu.net.  A very large
   European anonymous ftp site is nic.funet.fi (128.214.6.100), which
   archives Usenet newsgroups and mirrors several foreign specialized
   ftp servers.  Other large European archive sites are mcsun.eu.net
   (192.16.202.1) and inria.inria.fr (192.93.2.1).  If you are in
   Europe, you should look on one of these sites for things you need
   before trying sites elsewhere.

   The vmsnet newsgroups are archived on black.cerritos.edu and
   acfcluster.nyu.edu.  See also the posting "Monthly info posting:
   vmsnet.sources archive sites" in vmsnet.sources.d and comp.os.vms;
   if it has expired at your site, see the documentation below about
   retrieving postings from the periodic posting archive.

   The mail archive server on hrc.UUCP (see below) archives
   alt.sources, comp.sources.unix, comp.sources.games,
   comp.sources.misc, comp.sources.x, and comp.sources.sun, among
   other things.

2. The "archie" database

   "Archie" is a database of anonymous ftp sites and their contents.
   The software for it was written by the "Archie Group" (Peter
   Deutsch, Alan Emtage, Bill Heelan, and Mike Parker) at McGill
   University in Montreal, Canada, and they maintain the database as
   well.

   "Archie" keeps track of the entire contents of a very large number
   of anonymous ftp sites, and allows you to search for files on those
   sites using various different kinds of filename searches.  Archie
   also has a software description database (with contents similar to
   the output of the "whatis" command under Unix), on which you can do
   keyword searches.

   If you have Internet access, then you access archie by telnet'ing
   to the host archie.mcgill.ca (132.206.2.3 or 132.206.51.1) and
   logging in as "archie" with no password.  Type "help" at that point
   for more information.

   If you are in Australia or New Zealand (and please, *only* if you
   are in Australia or New Zealand, you can use the archie server on
   archie.au (128.184.1.1), which is running the same software as the
   main archive server at McGill.

   If you are in Finland (or if Finland is closer to you, net-wise,
   than Canada, Australia or New Zealand), you can use the archie
   server on archie.funet.fi (128.214.6.100).

   Archie sites will soon be available elsewhere as well.

   If you do not have Internet access, then send a mail message to
   archie@archie.mcgill.ca with "help" in the body of the message to
   find out how to access archie via mail.  Note that the mail
   interface to archie may not provide all of the functionality that
   the interactive interface provides.  The Australian archie can be
   reached at archie@sol.deakin.oz.au (again, please use this server
   only if you are in Australia or New Zealand), and the Finnish
   archie can be reached at archie@nic.funet.fi.

   If you would like more information about archie, you can write to
   archie-l@cs.mcgill.ca.

3. Jon Granrose's anonymous ftp directory

   Jon Granrose maintains an extensive list of anonymous ftp sites and
   overviews of their contents.  The list is posted monthly to
   comp.misc, comp.sources.wanted and alt.sources.wanted.  If it has
   expired at your site, see the documentation below about retrieving
   postings from the periodic posting archive.

4. Comp.archives

   The comp.archives newsgroup, moderated by Ed Vielmetti, contains
   announcements of archive sites and their contents.  If you cannot
   find what you're looking for in the comp.archives postings
   available at your site at any given time, then you can read the
   newsgroup for a while and watch for new postings that are of
   interest to you, or you can try to find an archive site that
   archives the postings in comp.archives (e.g. wuarchive.wustl.edu,
   cs.dal.ca).

   Furthermore, comp.archives is accessible via WAIS, in the database
   named "comp.archives" on port 9000 on talon.ucs.orst.edu.  If you
   don't know what WAIS is, don't worry about it.

5. Comp.sources.wanted

   When you post a message to comp.sources.wanted or
   alt.sources.wanted, the important thing to remember is to BE
   SPECIFIC.  If you're working under Unix, make sure to mention that;
   possibly, mention even what type of Unix.  If you're not working
   under Unix, make sure to mention what operating system and machine
   type you *are* working under.

   Remember to choose a meaningful Subject line for your message;
   something like, "Can you help me?" is very unhelpful to people who
   ARE willing to help, and may just cause some of them to not bother
   reading your posting.  Try to summarize what you're looking for
   meaningfully in your Subject line.

   Also, it is usually a good idea to ask for people to send you
   E-mail rather than posting responses.  Say that if enough people
   write to you and ask for copies of whatever responses you get, then
   you'll summarize the responses in a later posting to the newsgroup,
   and if that happens, then DO post the summary.

   Finally, don't say, "Would someone please mail me <x>?"  Say,
   "Would someone please tell me where I can get <x>, or what's
   available that does <x>?  If you can mail it to me, please let me
   know, and I'll let you know if I want you to."  This avoids the
   problem of several people mailing you what you requested and
   overflowing your mailbox.

6. Prospero

   If you are a Unix site on the Internet, you can use the Prospero
   system (whose author is Clifford Neuman) to search through archives
   of various sorts all over the Internet, and to retrieve files once
   you have found them.  Prospero uses a virtual filesystem which
   allows you to transparently view directories and retrieve files.
   There is some overlap between Prospero and other resources
   mentioned in this document; for example, both archie and the
   periodic posting archives on pit-manager.mit.edu are accessible via
   Prospero.

   The Prospero software is available in /pub/prospero.tar.Z on
   cs.washington.edu; the user software may already be installed at
   your site, and if not, you can get it and install it yourself.  For
   more information about Prospero, send mail to
   info-prospero@isi.edu.

7. Mail server queries

   Anonymous ftp is most effectively used only for retrieving files
   and not for searching for them, since it is a file transfer
   protocol and not much more than that.  However, many (if not all)
   of the mail archive servers which allow file retrieval by
   electronic mail provide a more functional (albeit slower) interface
   than ftp which allows you to query the servers to find out what
   they have available on them.  Therefore, if you find it necessary
   to use mail archive servers to get files, take advantage of the
   indexing and search features available on the servers.  The
   features of individual servers can not be documented here, because
   there are too many different servers running too many different
   kinds of software, but the instructions below do explain how to ask
   the servers for help and find out what commands they support.



VI. File retrieval techniques in detail

1. By anonymous ftp

   If you are on a site that is connected to the Internet and allows
   its users to ftp out to other Internet sites, then you have
   anonymous ftp access.  The usual procedure for using anonymous ftp
   is to type the command "ftp machine-name", where "machine-name" is
   the name of the machine to which you want to connect, and then to
   use "anonymous" as the username and "user@host" (i.e. your E-mail
   address) as the password when you are prompted for it by ftp.

   Type "help" inside ftp to get a list of commands, and/or read the
   man page for ftp, or any other documentation about it available at
   your site for more information.  If they don't answer your
   question, then ask someone at your site for help.

   If you don't have Internet and ftp access, then you can use an
   ftp-mail server such as Princeton's BITFTP or DEC's ftpmail to
   retrieve files from anonymous ftp archives.  However, you should
   only use an ftp-mail server when the same files are not available
   from a dedicated mail archive server.  See the BITFTP and ftpmail
   instructions below.

2. By anonymous UUCP

   There are various UUCP sites on the net that publish their modem
   telephone numbers and a public username and password that can be
   used to transfer files from the sites via UUCP.  For more
   information about doing this, see the documentation for the "uucp"
   command on your system.

   One place to find information about anonymous UUCP archives is the
   Nixpub listing of public access Unix sites, maintained by Phil
   Eschallier and posted in comp.misc and alt.bbs.  If that posting
   has expired at your site, you can get copies of it from the
   Periodic posting archive described below.

3. By mail

   a. Hrc mail archive

   As mentioned above, the UUCP host "hrc" maintains an archive of
   Usenet source newsgroups and other things.  To find out how to use
   it, send mail to "hrc!archives", or "archives@hrc.UUCP", or
   whatever format your site uses to send mail to the user "archives"
   on the machine "hrc", and include the following commands in the
   body of the message:

       send path <address>
       send help

   You should replace <address> with a path from hrc to you.  If you
   know a prominent UUCP site that has you in its path, then your path
   can start at that site, e.g. "uunet!mit-athena!jik" (PLEASE don't
   use that address, or I'll get the responses to your requests!).  If
   you're on a site that has a name registered with the Internet name
   servers, you can use "uunet!athena.mit.edu!jik".

   b. Uunet mail archive

   Uunet.uu.net provides E-mail access to the sources it archived (see
   the discussion about ftp.uu.net above for some idea of what is
   available).  The address to which to send requests is
   "netlib@uunet.uu.net".  You can send a message containing "help" in
   its body for more information.

   c. BITFTP

   The BITFTP server, run by Princeton University, allows people on
   the BITNET to retrieve via E-mail files at anonymous ftp archive
   sites.  To find out how to use it, send mail to
   "bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu" with "help" in the body.  The BITFTP
   server will reject requests from non-BITNET addresses, so if you're
   not on the BITNET and you need to do anonymous ftp retrieval via
   E-mail, you should use DEC's ftpmail (see below).

   d. DEC's ftpmail

   The ftpmail server, run at DEC, allows you to retrieve via E-mail
   files at anonymous ftp archive sites.  To find out how to use it,
   send mail to "ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com" with "help" in the body.  If
   you're on the BITNET, please use the BITFTP server (see above)
   rather than ftpmail.

   NOTE: Don't do something bogus like send your requests both to
   BITFTP and ftpmail, hoping that one of them will get back to you
   first.  Choose one server for your request, and use it.

   e. AT&T's netlib archive

   AT&T's "netlib" archive is the repository for a large body of
   source code and other material, much of it mathematical,
   algorithmic or scientific in nature.

   The archive is accessible via anonymous ftp to
   research.att.com, or via electronic mail.  To find out how to use
   the mail server, send mail to "netlib@research.att.com" with "help"
   in the body of the message.

   f. Periodic posting archive

   As mentioned above, The machine pit-manager.mit.edu (18.72.1.58)
   maintains an archive of periodic Usenet postings.  You can access
   it via anonymous ftp, or via mail server.  To find out how to use
   the mail server, send a message to
   "mail-server@pit-manager.mit.edu" with Subject "help".

   The archive on pit-manager is also accessible via WAIS.  If you
   don't know what that is, don't worry about it; if you do know what
   it is, you can search through periodic Usenet postings by
   connecting to the "usenet" WAIS database on pit-manager.mit.edu.

   g. Trickle mail servers

   A BITnet mail server package called "Trickle" is supported at a
   number of different BITnet sites all over the world:

       Austria:        trickle@awiwuw11.bitnet
       Denmark:        trickle@dktc11.bitnet
       Belgium:        trickle@banufs11.bitnet
       Germany:        trickle@dtuzdv1.bitnet
       Italy:          trickle@imipoli.bitnet
       Netherlands:    trickle@hearn.bitnet
       Spain:          trickle@eb0ub011.bitnet
       Turkey:         trickle@trearn.bitnet
       Israel:         trickle@taunivm.bitnet

   These archives contain files of all sorts from a number of
   different major anonymous ftp archive sites, including
   wsmr-simtel20.army.mil, uunet.uu.net, expo.lcs.mit.edu and
   sauna.hut.fi.  They are a good way for people on the BITnet to get
   access to archives.

   To find out how to use Trickle send a mail message to the Trickle
   server closest to you with "/HELP" in the body of the message and
   an empty Subject: line.

   h. Other mail servers

   There are other mail servers besides the ones listed above.  If you
   want to find out more about a server, send a message to it with
   "help" in the body and see what it sends back.

   archive-server@ames.arc.nasa.gov
                               Space archives (also accessible via
                               anonymous ftp to ames.arc.nasa.gov)
   archive-server@athena-dist.mit.edu
                               MIT Project Athena papers and source
                               code (also accessible via anonymous
                               ftp to athena-dist.mit.edu)
   archive-server@bcm.tmc.edu  UUCP maps, source-code for BCM WHOIS
                               database, NFS and PC-NFS information
                               and source-code, Unisys U-series
                               information and source code, other
                               stuff
   archive-server@cc.purdue.edu        NeXT stuff (also accessible via
                               anonymous ftp to sonta.cc.purdue.edu
                               or nova.cc.purdue.edu)
   archive-server@chsun1.uchicago.edu
                               Computer Underground Digest and
                               references
   archive-server@cs.leidenuniv.nl
                               IPX, "patch" for MS-DOS, "sps" diffs
                               for SunOS 4.1
   archive-server@dsi.com      Datacomp Systems, Inc.
   archive-server@eclectic.com Mac-security digest, information about
                               Eclectic, other stuff
   archive-server@joshua.atherton.com
   archive-server@ncsa.uiuc.edu        NCSA stuff, especially telnet and tcp
                               for mac/pc
   archive-server@rice.edu     Sun-spots, sun-source and sun-icons,
                               plus other software written or
                               influenced by people at Rice (also
                               accessible via anonymous ftp to
                               titan.rice.edu)
   archive-server@st.cs.uiuc.edu
                               Ralph Johnson's UIUC smalltalk archive
                               (also accessible via anonymous ftp to
                               st.cs.uiuc.edu)
   archive-server@sun.soe.clarkson.edu
                               IBM and other good stuff (also
                               accessible via anonymous ftp to
                               sun.soe.clarkson.edu)
   archive-server@wdl1.wdl.loral.com
                               WDL archive server: snfs, tsig stuff
   cubelib@gmuvax2.gmu.edu     iPSC User's Group
   doc-server@prl.dec.com      Paris Research Lab (PRL) technical
                               reports, articles, and notes; bignum
                               package
   fileserv@shsu.bitnet                General and VMS-specific TeX/LaTeX
                               sources, sty files, extensions, etc.;
                               mailing list archives; sources for VMS
                               packages of various sorts
   gene-server@bchs.uh.edu     Genbank gene database server
   goodies-lib@cs.man.ac.uk    Manchester smalltalk goodies archive
   graf-bib-server@decwrl.dec.com
                               Graphix bibliography server; put
                               keywords in mail Subject (also
                               accessible via anonymous ftp to
                               gatekeeper.dec.com)
   info-server@cl.cam.ac.uk    Various random stuff, including bmx,
                               btoa, c-nrs, gdb, soft-gen, spad, top,
                               unix-niftp, ups (Unix PostScript
                               interpreter)
   info-server@doc.ic.ac.uk    Usenet source newsgroups, GNU, X11,
                               news software, other stuff
   info-server@hp4nl.nluug.nl  Macintosh, Sun, IBM-PC, Unix sources,
                               some documents, GNU, graphics, Usenet
                               archives (or lots of newsgroups), X
                               window system, TeX, programming
                               languages (lisp, icon, abc, others),
                               news sources, network sources, other
                               stuff
   info-server@sh.cs.net       Internet community calendar, E-mail
                               ftp server (currently unavailable),
                               CSNET general information documents,
                               CREN information, NSFNET information,
                               Some Internet RFCs, a small amount of
                               source code
   library@cme.nist.gov                Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory
                               (MEL) at the National Institute of
                               Standards and Technology (NIST)
                               archive
   lido@cs.uni-sb.de           AI bibliographical server; put
                               "lidosearch help" in mail Subject
   listserv@dhdurz1.bitnet
   listserv@orion.bitnet       Erotica
   listserv@ubvm.bitnet                Russian TeX
   listserv@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu        Same as listserv@ubvm.bitnet
   listserv@vm1.nodak.edu      Lots of stuff from simtel-20; put "GET
                               PDGET HELP PCSERV-L" in mail body
   mail-server@cs.ruu.nl       GIFs, Atari ST software, random
                               documentation, ELM sources, Usenet FAQ
                               postings, GNU software HP-UX software,
                               NN sources, SGI software, TeX software
                               and TeXhax and TeXmag archives, random
                               UNIX software, X11 software, other
                               stuff (also accessible via anonymous
                               ftp to archive.cs.ruu.nl)
   mail-server@rusmv1.rus.uni-stuttgart.de
                               German TeX archives; benchmarks,
                               journal indices, RFCs, network info,
                               unix info; X, mac, pc, sun, aix, vax,
                               and other software (also accessible
                               via anonymous ftp to
                               rusmv1.rus.uni-stuttgart.de)
   mailserv@garbo.uwasa.fi     Frequently asked questions in various
                               areas, some Usenet source archives,
                               some PC software archives
   netlib@draci.cs.uow.edu.au  Australian Netlib (also accessible via
                               anonymous ftp to draci.cs.uow.edu.au)
   netlib@ornl.gov             Similar to the AT&T netlib archive
   netlib@uunet.uu.net         A large subset of what is available
                               from uunet via anonymous ftp or
                               anonymous uucp.
   netlib@ukc.ac.uk            UK netlib server (mostly same contents
                               as AT&T's netlib) (some files also
                               accessible via anonymous ftp to
                               harrier.ukc.ac.uk {username "guest"})
   next-archive@cc.purdue.edu  NeXT stuff (also accessible via
                               anonymous ftp to sonta.cc.purdue.edu
                               or nova.cc.purdue.edu)
   nistlib@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov   Benchmarks, GOSIP
   nptserver@cme.nist.gov      NIST Cals server (also accessible via
                               anonymous ftp to durer.cme.nist.gov)
   object-archive-server@decwrl.dec.com
                               OFF format (?) objects
   ps-file-server@adobe.COM    PostScript stuff
   reduce-netlib@rand.org      Sources related to REDUCE (A SAM
                               system with emphasis on nuclear
                               physics)
   reports@midgard.ucsc.edu    Comp.os.research tech reports (also
                               accessible via anonymous ftp to
                               midgard.ucsc.edu)
   request@legato.com          NFS benchmarking for determining if
                               Legato board will help your server
   search@genbank.bio.net      FASTA program for nucleic acid
                               sequence
   service@nic.ddn.mil         Internet RFCs and FYIs, NIC database
                               registration, WHOIS database lookup
   statlib@lib.stat.cmu.edu    XLISP-STAT, other statistical software
                               (also accessible via anonymous ftp to
                               umnstat.stat.umn.edu)
   tech-reports@cs.columbia.edu        Experimental server (?) address might
                               point to a human
   telecom-archive-request@letni.lonestar.org
                               Comp.dcom.telecom archive
   wrl-techreports@decwrl.dec.com
                               DEC WRL technical reports and
                               abstracts 
   wscott@ecn.purdue.edu       HP 48 programs; put HP-MAIL-SERVER in
                               mail Subject
   xstuff@expo.lcs.mit.edu     MIT X Consortium files, mainly
                               patches



VII. Credits

Bill Wohler <wohler@sap-ag.de> provided many of the addresses in the
"Other mail servers" section above, and provided suggestions for
several other sections.  Andrew Purshottam <andyp@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com>
also provided many mail archive server addresses.  Bjorn P. Brox
<brox@dms.corena.no> provided information about Trickle.

Tom Cunningham <tomc@bouwsma.sps.mot.com>, Dan Jacobson
<Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM>, Peter Deutsch <peterd@opus.cs.mcgill.ca>,
Edwin Kremer <edwin@cs.ruu.nl>, Petri Ojala <ojala@funet.fi>, Douglas
Quist <quist@thing1.sim.es.com>, Richard S. Smith
<RSS%CALSTATE.bitnet@VM.USC.EDU>, Jon Whellams
<mgjmw@cc.flinders.edu.au>, Adri Verhoef <a3@rivm39.rivm.nl> and Ed
Vielmetti <emv@ox.com> provided feedback and corrections.



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