The Stuttgart mail server : a practical guide.
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from: acorn3@ftp.uni-stuttgart.de (Kai Schlichting)
updated by acorn1@ftp.uni-stuttgart.de (2/5/94)

------From the acorn ftp and mail server list about us:-----------------------

[AB.]  mail-server@ftp.uni-stuttgart.de (acorn@ftp.uni-stuttgart.de)
/pub/systems/acorn:                  See under "ftp servers".
/incoming/acorn:                     See under "ftp servers".
/pub/tex/systems/acorn:              See under "ftp servers".

  Requests are of the form:

    [uuencode]                       # Only for binary files
    send <filename> [<filename>...]

  Use "send /pub/systems/acorn/README" and "send
  /pub/systems/acorn/HOW2TRANSFER" for more information and an index.
  There are many options, use "help" for a summary, or "send help" for
  a detailed description of the archive server. 
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1.) obtaining a list and help files

   You can get the best and complete list of the files in the Acorn area by
   ordering two files,which are updated daily and automatically:
  ----
  |mail mail-server@ftp.uni-stuttgart.de
  |Subject:                   (no subject)
  |
  |open
  |
  |send /pub/systems/acorn/FILES     (or)
  |
  |send /pub/systems/acorn/HELP.mailserver (this file)
  |
  |uuencode
  |send /pub/systems/acorn/FILES.Z
  ----
   The {uuencode} is not necessary when ordering files with a .Z suffix.
   Please order .Z versions of index files whenever possible.

   To obtain the index file of recently added new software,add the following
   line to your mail:
  ----
  |send /pub/systems/acorn/riscos/newsoft/index
  ----

   To make the mail server send the files to an alternate email adress:
   (this line should be given before any 'send' commands)
  ----
  |path email.adress
  ----

   To obtain help on all possible mail server commands,add to your mail:
  ----
  |help
  ----

2.) finding the files you want

   Up to you how you do it, go thru the list,but if you search for maybe gcc,
   then do a 'grep -i gcc FILES' , which searches the file 'FILES' for lines
   that contain 'gcc' ,the '-i' tells grep to ignore cases.
   Grep is a standard unix command and is available for the Arc,too,for example
   the 'grep -i grep FILES' command gives you:
    4216 Mar  9  1992 soft/acorn/riscos/problems/doc/bugreport
   22543 Jun 17  1991 soft/acorn/riscos/unixtools/gnu/egrep.absolute
   99039 Nov 18  1991 soft/acorn/riscos/unixtools/gnu/grep-src.tar.Z
   Of which the egrep.absolute is a grep for the Archimedes.

3.) creating mail for the mail server

   if you have found the file you wanted (grep ,here) you can order it as
   follows:
  ----
  |mail mail-server@ftp.uni-stuttgart.de
  |Subject:
  |uuencode
  |send /soft/acorn/riscos/unixtools/gnu/egrep.absolute
  ----

   Please note: requesting files will work with both /pub/soft/acorn/... and
                /soft/acorn/... This is true for the ftp server,too.

4.) receiving the files

   You will now receive 2 mails: (within 24 hours,but Stuttgart is generally
   faster than newcastle; we have a lower load and a 2mbit net connection)
   (about like this:)
   unix>mail
  >N 77 mserv    Sun Aug  1 23:19  51/1788 "Your request"
   N 78 bit-bucket@ftp.uni-stuttgart.de Sun Aug  1 23:22  519/32140
        "/serv/serv//soft/acorn/riscos"

   The mail from mserv is the processing report,which is short, so you'll get
   it very sson after sending the request. It lists sent files/errors/etc .

!! It also sends you hints how to unpack multi-part transfers,which I will
!! not explain in detail,here. Multi-part transfers look similar like
!! newcastle multi-part transfers.

   Now save your received file :
   mailer>& w 78 filename

5.) creating the resulting file

   Assuming you have a one-part file, you can now uudecode the file in your
   shell with:   (multi part archives look under 4.)

   ----
   |uudecode filename
   ----

   which ,in our example, will result in a file named 'egrep.absolute' :
   unix> ls -l
   -rw-r--r--  1 acorn     22543 Aug  1 23:23 egrep.absolute

   This is the final file, which you can copy to your Archimedes, then
   filetype it to 'Absolute',and it will run.

   If the file hasn't an extension it normally is an archive or (e.g.
   README) a textfile.

Questions ? mail to acorn@ftp.uni-stuttgart.de
     unix-'talk' to acorn1@
                    acorn2@
                    acorn3@ftp.uni-stuttgart.de
            24 hour manned helpdesk.
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