Regular users 2.2. The system also maintains hierarchical archives of files that users may get. Archives and mailing lists may be private, which means that a password is required for archive access, and that the owner of a private mailing list decides who may subscribe and who may not. Lists may also be moderated, in which case the owner decides which messages are made public, and which are flushed. There is of course a system manager that oversees the entire operation.
Users send email to when they wish to have a request processed.
Usually, the first thing that a regular user will want to do is find out which lists are available for subscription. He should then send email to with a 'lists' request in the body of the message and nothing else. To access the archives, an 'index' request is sent to to find out what archives are available and what files may be obtained from these archives. A user then may request one or more files via a 'get' request. In the case of binary files, what the user receives is a uuencoded file, possibly split in parts due to its size.