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x xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx x
x Welcome to nic.funet.fi (Finland) x
x & garbo.uwasa.fi x
x xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx x
Moderator: Harri Valkama (hv@garbo.uwasa.fi)
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1. MAIL SERVER INFORMATION
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garbo-request Mac PD archive mail server
This is the help file for the mail server located at garbo.uwasa.fi
This file can be requested by sending a null message or 'send help'
command to mailserv@garbo.uwasa.fi with a subject line of
'garbo-request'. If that subject is not used, the request will not be
handled properly.
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* TO REPEAT: The Subject-line of the message MUST say 'garbo-request'!! *
* If it does not, I will get the mail and I will send you this file the *
* first time, and delete your mail if it happens again. *
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To contact a human, make sure that 'garbo-request' is NOT in your
Subject-line.
The server recognizes six commands. They are:
path <path to your machine>
If you want to use a different mail address to return
the requests you must specify it using this command.
You should contact your system administrator to get
the optimized path especially if you are using UUCP or
BANG paths to get your mail delivered to us. Our mail
server checks the mail queue every 15 minutes so if
you don't get response in a reasonable time you'd
better check this one out with a little help from your
friends. You can use this command with or without the
corner characters.
send help sends you this message.
send index sends you a list of available files with descriptions
send file this sends the file 'file' from the index. Remember to
use filepath name if you are requesting a file from a
subdirectory. That is if you want a file called
docter235.sit from appl directory you must use request
'send mac/appl/docter235.zip'
The format for the file name when using ANONYMOUS FTP
is e.g.
pub/mac/appl/docter235.sit
This FTP format is used in most of our news
announcements.
IMPORTANT!!! The format for the MAIL SERVER is shorter:
mac/appl/docter235.sit
In other words omit pub/ from the path when using
our mail server.
quit As a general rule, it is advisable to exclude your
signature from your request to the mail-server or use
this 'quit' command. 'quit' is useful if you have
something in your .signature that might be interpreted
as a server command.
So if you wanted to retrieve '_files.in' from nic.funet.fi you could
send mail with 'garbo-request' as the subject-line with the body of
the message being the text 'send mac/_files.in'.
For example:
% mail mailserv@garbo.uwasa.fi
Subject: garbo-request
send _files.in
^D
%
How to extract :
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The files are sent using 'mailsplit' that takes care of the
uuencoding, splitting, and sending.
Save the parts into the same file and then remove the mail headers
from it. Run uudecode and you should have the binary file.
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This server is based on the KISS package provided by Bill Wells
(bill@twwells.com) and Jon Granrose (odin@pilot.njin.net). Many
thanks for a fine package.
I have included the MailSplit utilization to this package. I like to
thank M F Wyle and H. Yamanaka for the wonderful program. It gave this
server ability to deliver also binary files.
Harri Valkama (hv@funic.funet.fi)
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2. FTP and GENERAL INFORMATION
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Files you find here are usually Stuffit-files (MacBinary files) (file
types .sit, .bin, .cpt and .sea are MacBinary, .zoo files are normal
binary and .shar files Unix shell archived files).
You need StuffIt to unpack .sit files and Compactor to unpack .cpt
files. Or use Extractor to unpack both. All these can be found in
mac/arcers dir. .sea files are Self-Extracting-Archives that is you
can run them (applications) and they extracts.
MacBinary is sort of concept that Mac OS likes the files to be. So
when these MacBinary files are trasferred as NORMAL BINARY the
resource and data forks are combined together somewhat dissimilar way
as what happens when transferring them as MacBinary. So when you
can't use MacBinary protocol REMEMBER USE BINARY.
But if you can't use MacBinary PROTOCOL when downloading these files
to your Mac you must use a PROGRAM called MacBinary to prepare the
.sit files for Stuffit. But you must use binary transfer in that case
too. You can find MacBinary program here in BinHex format, too. So
when you have downloaded the files as normal binary you must run them
also through this MacBinary program.
Drop me a line if you have difficulties/suggestions concerning this
archive site.
If you want to upload us Mac PD stuff please feel free to use
directory called 'pub/mac/incoming' at nic.funet.fi (128.214.6.100).
You can't actually see this directory but it is there and you can
'put' into it. After you have put files there drop me a mail so that I
know to fetch them from there right away. And I can then thank you
from your upload.
You can find a short description of files in this directory in the
file called INDEX