As the clients are updated, the version numbers will change. Therefore, after finding where a copy of the programs are stored, check to make sure that the most recent version is retrieved. There are two main programs which provide client access, the c-archie client and the xarchie program. There is a version of the c-archie client which has been compiled for VMS machines. The interactive interface should be used only if the remote clients are unavailable.
Users can telnet to any archie site and login as archie.
On the host archie.sura.net, users can log in as qarchie, which provides a faster interactive interface. 4.3 Mail Interface Mail clients should be used as a last resort. Section 3.4.2 describes how to convert file matching expressions to archie regexps. A.2 Using Regular Expressions Individually, many of these capabilities are not useful or can be better handled as another type of search. However, in combination they can accurately specify the set of names desired, lowering the number of useless matches.