From: CRDGW2::CRDGW2::MRGATE::"SMTP::LOUIE.UDEL.EDU::AMIGA-RELAY-REQUEST" Date: 24-FEB-1992 15:45:55 Description: Re: FTP-by-mail? From: amiga-relay-request@louie.udel.edu@SMTP@CRDGW2 To: Infoami@arisia@MRGATE Received: by crdgw1.ge.com (5.57/GE 1.123) id AA07007; Mon, 24 Feb 92 15:16:00 EST Received: from louie.udel.edu by louie.udel.edu id ah01669; 24 Feb 92 4:34 EST Received: from USENET by louie.udel.edu id aa01125; 24 Feb 92 4:27 EST Received: from snow-white.ee.udel.edu by louie.udel.edu id ab01085; 24 Feb 92 4:27 EST Received: from nigel.ee.udel.edu by snow-white.ee.udel.edu id ad13930; 24 Feb 92 9:23 GMT Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc From: Frank Crash Edwards Subject: Re: FTP-by-mail? Message-Id: <1992Feb23.041554.1263@ckctpa.UUCP> Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1992 04:15:54 GMT Organization: Edwards & Edwards Consulting To: amiga-relay@udel.edu Sender: amiga-relay-request@udel.edu tope@enea.se (Tommy Petersson) writes: >besu@sdf.lonestar.org (Christopher W. Carlson) writes: >- >- Can anybody point me to a service that offers access to internet FTP sites >- via mail? > >Is there a solution? > > Tommy Petersson tope@enea.se Enea Data AB, Sweden First of all, subscribe to comp.archives; they regularly publish a list of anonymous ftp sites that are major locations. New sites typically will announce their availability there also. Below is the help file for ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com; I usually request a file called "ls-lR.Z" first, and when that arrives I peruse it looking for the file I wanted. If I get an error on the "ls-lR.Z" file, I then do the "ls" command myself. Note that this service does not use uuencode, but atob. I found a Unix version of this program in a package called "kit". What I've got is officially version 2.0, authored by Raphael Manfredi, ram@educ.emse.fr (Note that it would be impolite to barrage him with requests for the software, tho. I suggest you first try a local Unix site and work from there. A quick look through my on-line indices don't show it in comp.sources.misc or comp.sources.unix, although c.s.u does have something called makekits and I don't know if that's it or not.) Here's the help file. I got it by sending the following message. Expect to wait a day or two for a reply. I occasionally get a response within hours, but that's kinda' rare. :: To: ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com :: :: reply crash%ckctpa@myrddin.sybus.com :: send help :: quit And here's the response-------------------------------------------------- From ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com Subject: responding to help request ftpmail daemon on uucp-gw-2.pa.dec.com writes: >>> this help file was last edited on 08-August-1991 >>> >>> commands are: reply set reply addr, since headers are usually wrong connect [HOST [USER [PASS]]] defaults to gatekeeper.dec.com, anonymous ascii files grabbed are printable ascii binary files grabbed are compressed or tar or both chdir PLACE "get" and "ls" commands are relative to PLACE (only one CHDIR per ftpmail session) compress compress binaries using Lempel-Ziv encoding compact compress binaries using Huffman encoding uuencode binary files will be mailed in uuencode format btoa binary files will be mailed in btoa format ls (or dir) PLACE short (long) directory listing get FILE get a file and have it mailed to you quit terminate script, ignore rest of mail message (use if you have a .signature or are a VMSMAIL user) >>> notes: -> you must give a "connect" command, default host is gatekeeper.dec.com, default user is anonymous, default password is your mail address. -> binary files will not be compressed unless 'compress' or 'compact' command is given; use this if at all possible, it helps a lot. -> binary files will always be formatted into printable ASCII with "btoa" or "uuencode" (default is "btoa"). -> all retrieved files will be split into 60KB chunks and mailed. -> VMS/DOS/Mac versions of uudecode, atob, compress and compact are available, ask your LOCAL wizard about them if you can't locate them (but try gatekeeper.dec.com in /archive/pub/VMS if you're still trapped on a VMS system.) -> several mail unsplitters are hiding on gatekeeper.dec.com in /pub/mail/ua/misc/unsplit. includes one in c, one in perl, and one in VMS DCL. >>> examples: -> connect to gatekeeper.dec.com and get a root directory listing: connect ls quit -> connect to gatekeeper.dec.com and get the README.ftp file: connect get README.ftp quit -> connect to gatekeeper.dec.com and get the gnuemacs sources: connect binary chdir /pub/GNU get emacs-18.57.tar.Z quit -> connect to uunet.uu.net as anonymous and get a root directory list: connect uunet.uu.net dir quit -- Ftpmail Submission Transcript -- <<< help >>> Help is on the way. -- End Of Ftpmail Transcript -- -- Frank J. Edwards, Owner Edwards & Edwards Consulting, Unix / AmigaDOS 2677 Arjay Court Email: crash%ckctpa@myrddin.sybus.com Palm Harbor, FL 34684-4505 Voice: (813) 786-3675 "Myrab; with sails unfurled."