Relay-Version: VMS News - V6.0-1 14/11/90 VAX/VMS V5.4; site arizona.edu Path: arizona.edu!arizona!noao!ncar!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu! zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sample.eng.ohio-state.edu!purdue!spaf Newsgroups: news.admin,news.announce.newusers Subject: How to Get Information about Networks Message-ID: <14707@ector.cs.purdue.edu> From: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) Date: 21 May 91 04:49:29 GMT Followup-To: news.admin Expires: 19 Aug 91 04:49:28 GMT Organization: Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue Univ. Approved: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU Supersedes: /usr/spool/news/news/announce/newusers/710:<13131@medusa.cs.purdue.edu> Lines: 69 Xref: arizona.edu news.admin:4851 news.announce.newusers:95 Original-from: Randall Atkinson [Most recent change: 16 Oct 1989 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)] This is a periodic posting on how to get information about the National Science Foundation (NSF) Internet. The NSFNET Network Service Center (NNSC) makes current documentation on the NSFNET available via a mail server and by anonymous ftp. Because the contents of the documents are constantly being updated, this posting only describes how to obtain a current copy rather than providing the data directly. 1) Using anonymous FTP: host: SH.CS.NET username: anonymous password: guest directory: nsfnet (i.e. type: cd nsfnet ) The files "help-ftp", "help.1" and "nsfnet-help" will provide you with information to get started. 2) Using the mail server: Send mail to the address shown below (either nnsc.nsf.net or sh.cs.net) and leave the "Subject;" line blank. The first line of the message body should contain a "Request:" line, followed by a "Topic:" line, as described below. You do not need a "Subject:" line, but be sure your mailer puts out a valid "From:" line that the server can respond to! To obtain general information on the CSNET INFO SERVER send the following message to the mail-server "info-server@nnsc.nsf.net" or "info-server@sh.cs.net": Request: Info Topic: Help To obtain current contact information on the NSFNET and its affiliated regional networks, send the following mail message to the mail-server: "info-server@nnsc.nsf.net": Request: NSFNET Topic: NNSC To obtain information on how to connect to the Internet through the NSFNET or an NSF-affiliated network, send the following mail message to the mail-server "info-server@nnsc.nsf.net": Request: NSFNET Topic: CONNECTING To obtain information on the documents currently available on the NSFNET from the info-server, send the following mail message to the mail server "info-server@nnsc.nsf.net": Request: NSFNET Topic: NSFNET-HELP If you need to contact the people at the NNSC directly, you can either send mail or call them. It would be a good idea to read the NSFNET documents first though. Electronic Mail: Telephone: +1 (617) 873-3400. -- Gene Spafford NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center, Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-1398 Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu phone: (317) 494-7825