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In case any of you ARTCRITters are getting hooked on this e-mail lark ... I
thought that you might like to look through this 'list of things to do'
'Have a day'
Simon
THE FREELORE PROJECT'S LIST OF TOP TEN THINGS TO GET BY E-MAIL
Version 1.0.1
10 July 1993
Copyright (c) 1993 by John E. Goodwin. All Rights Reserved.
You may make and distribute verbatim copies of this document for non-
commercial purposes provided this notice is preserved on all such
copies.
This is a list of ten fun and useful things you can get by electronic
mail. In all cases your request is handled by an automated system that
sends the materials by return mail. Systems change frequently, so some
commands may be out of date. All were tested and working as of mid-June
1993.
[10] The CPET (Catalog of Projects in Electronic Text) supplies
information about E-text archives for scholars.
[9] Instructions for using Archie by Mail and FTP by Mail.
[8] A list of book-length Public Domain texts Produced by Project
Gutenberg.
[7] A list of E-mail mailing lists, posted to the "Frequently Asked
Questions" or FAQ part of the Usenet newsgroups.
[6] LISTSERVERS are the best thing going.
[5] Automatically supplied information about PSI's Internet service.
[4] Scott Yanoff's list of Internet Resources.
[3] SURFING THE INTERNET, by librarian Jean Armour Polly.
[2] The NIXPUB listing of public access UNIX systems (so you can read
Usenet news!).
[1] The PDIAL listing, a listing of dialup methods of connecting to
the Internet for the general public.
Details follow:
[10] The CPET (Catalog of Projects in Electronic Text) supplies
information about E-text archives for scholars. They have an online
database. For detailed instructions, send the message:
connect guvax.acc.georgetown.edu
cd cpet_projects_in_electronic_text
get cpet_user_guide.txt
to "ftpmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx". [This is a service that provides Internet
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) by E-mail. See next entry].
Anonymous FTP reference for CPET user's guide:
"guvax.acc.georgetown.edu:/cpet_projects_in_electronic_text/cpet_user_gu
ide.txt"
[9] Instructions for using Archie by Mail and FTP by Mail.
Archie is a lookup service for finding software or documents in
Anonymous FTP archives on the Internet. Anonymous FTP is a method for
making materials on certain computers available to the public. Anyone
is allowed to log in with the username "anonymous" You give your real
name as the password. Anonymous FTP is not available if you just have
E-mail, not a full Internet connection.
To help E-mail users access Anonymous FTP archives, an FTP by Mail
server has been set up at decwrl.dec.com. It will send you materials
you find using Archie. Binary files (pictures and programs) are encoded
as text files using the programs "btoa" or "uuencode". You need these
freeware programs if you want to get anything besides text files, e.g.
graphics or compiled applications (programs).
A. To get started with Archie, send the message "help" to
"archie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx". There are many Archie servers around the
world. Any Archie will give you a complete list.
B. To get started with FTP Mail, send the message
help
quit
to "ftpmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx".
[8] A list of book-length Public Domain texts Produced by Project
Gutenberg.
You may either get these texts from the Almanac server at "oes.orst.edu"
or direct from Project Gutenberg at "mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu".
Send message "help" to "almanac@xxxxxxxxxxxx". After reading the guide,
send the message "send gutenberg catalog". To get an E-text by mail
(e.g. _Alice in Wonderland_), send the message:
send etext alice
To see the contents of project gutenberg archives, send the message
connect mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu
cd etext/articles
get index
quit
to "ftpmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx".
To get the actual texts,
connect mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu
cd etext/etext93
get
quit
Anonymous FTP Archive references:
oes.orst.edu:/pub/data/etext
mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu:/etext/articles (general info)
mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu:/etext/etext93 (the texts)
[7] A list of E-mail mailing lists, posted to the "Frequently Asked
Questions" or FAQ part of the Usenet newsgroups.
A typical mailing list works like this: to join, say, a mailing list on
politics, you send the request "subscribe" to "politics-
request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx". Thereafter, any message sent to
"politics@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" will send you message to all members of the
list. You get all the postings from other members as well [The
Whitehouse list on politics is a fake example].
Aside: Usenet newsgroup FAQ's are archived at "rtfm.mit.edu". They
cover every conceivable subject (but are especially good with
computers). To access the archive by E-mail, send the message "help" to
"mail-server@xxxxxxxxxxxx". For an index of materials available, send
the message "index".
Here are the specific commands for getting the Mailing Lists:
send mail/mailing-lists/part1
send mail/mailing-lists/part2
send mail/mailing-lists/part3
send mail/mailing-lists/part4
send mail/mailing-lists/part5
to "mail-server@xxxxxxxxxxxx".
Other good publications in the same location:
A Guide to Social Newsgroups and Mailing_Lists:
send social-newsgroups/part1
List of Periodic Informational Postings:
send periodic-postings/part1
(six parts).
For a more complete list of FAQs, send the commands:
send usenet/news.answers/index
send usenet/news.announce.newusers/index
Anonymous FTP archive reference:
rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers; and
rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet-by-group/news.announce.newusers.
Also posted as an FAQs to the Usenet newsgroup news.answers.
[6] LISTSERVERS are the best thing going for persons with E-mail but
without full Internet service. You can send mail to an entire list and
get a digest of "articles" posted on a given day. Lists are espcecially
good for anyone with an interest in the Humanities. A list of all
listservers known to any one listserver can be obtained by sending a
message to that listserver (see below).
Send the message "help" to any listserver address, e.g.
"listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
to get started.
The listserver at Brown does not respond to the global command (but is
worthwhile anyway). Try sending the command "lists global" to one of
the other listservers like "listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx".
For lists with lots of traffic you should consider the "set <listname>
digest" command to get *one* mail message a day with a compendium of
articles.
[5] Automatically supplied information about PSI's Internet service:
Send any message at all to address "all-info@xxxxxxx". There are
lots of other files on their service available instantly. E.g., for
information on their version of telnet, send any message to "gds-
info@xxxxxxx"; for their version of FTP, any message to "psilink-
info@xxxxxxx".
[4] Scott Yanoff's list of Internet Resources. At last count, there
were 75 free things to do on the Internet.
Send the message:
send usenet/news.answers/internet-services/faq
send usenet/news.answers/internet-services/list
to "mail-server@xxxxxxxxxxxx".
Another method is to request the materials by delayed FTP with the
message:
connect csd4.csd.uwm.edu
cd pub
get inet.services.txt
quit
to "ftpmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx".
It is also worth adding the line "get internetwork-mail-guide" to the
above request for a file on send E-mail between any two E-mail systems
(file is 22k).
Anonymous FTP archive references:
csd4.csd.uwm.edu:/pub/inet.services.txt
rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet-by-group/news.anwsers/internet-services
[3] SURFING THE INTERNET, by librarian Jean Armour Polly. This must-
have publication is still the best basic orientation to the Internet.
The nearest thing to the "how to use the library card catalogue" speech
that opened up that other world for us when we were kids.
Send the message
connect nysernet.org
cd pub/resources/guides
get surfing.2.0.3.txt <that's a zero not an "oh">
quit
to "ftpmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx". Other interesting files in the same
directory are:
ftp.list
whatis.internet
new.user.guide.v2.2.txt
speakers_on_internet.txt
Anonymous FTP archive reference:
nysernet.org:/pub/resources/guides
[2] The NIXPUB listing of public access UNIX systems (so you can read
Usenet news!):
Send the message
connect vfl.paramax.com
cd pub/nixpub
get long
quit
to "ftpmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx".
Anonymous FTP archive reference:
vfl.paramax.com:pub/nixpub/long
It is also posted as a FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) to the Usenet
newsgroup alt.bbs.
And the critics' choice is . . .
[1] The PDIAL listing, a listing of dialup methods of connecting to
the Internet for the general public.
Send a message to "info-deli-server@xxxxxxxxxx" with the command
"send pdial" in the *subject* line.
Alternatively, send the message "send usenet/news.answers/pdial" to
"mail-server@xxxxxxxxxxxx". This message goes in the message body,
as usual.
+ + +
The FreeLore Project is an all-volunteer project to empower people
to create and distribute educational and other useful electronic texts.
Send questions or bug reports to jgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
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To: IN%"HRL@xxxxxxxxxxxx" "Howard Lawrence"
CC:
Subj: Top 10
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Return-path: ARTCRIT <@PSUVM.PSU.EDU:[email protected]>
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Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1993 15:14:01 +0100
From: "S.A.Rae (Simon Rae)" <S.A.Rae@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Top 10
Sender: Art Criticism Discussion Forum <[email protected]>
To: Howard Lawrence <HRL@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-to: Art Criticism Discussion Forum <[email protected]>
Message-id: <01H0LVA3UH9W8ZDUX2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
In case any of you ARTCRITters are getting hooked on this e-mail lark ... I
thought that you might like to look through this 'list of things to do'
'Have a day'
Simon
THE FREELORE PROJECT'S LIST OF TOP TEN THINGS TO GET BY E-MAIL
Version 1.0.1
10 July 1993
Copyright (c) 1993 by John E. Goodwin. All Rights Reserved.
You may make and distribute verbatim copies of this document for non-
commercial purposes provided this notice is preserved on all such
copies.
This is a list of ten fun and useful things you can get by electronic
mail. In all cases your request is handled by an automated system that
sends the materials by return mail. Systems change frequently, so some
commands may be out of date. All were tested and working as of mid-June
1993.
[10] The CPET (Catalog of Projects in Electronic Text) supplies
information about E-text archives for scholars.
[9] Instructions for using Archie by Mail and FTP by Mail.
[8] A list of book-length Public Domain texts Produced by Project
Gutenberg.
[7] A list of E-mail mailing lists, posted to the "Frequently Asked
Questions" or FAQ part of the Usenet newsgroups.
[6] LISTSERVERS are the best thing going.
[5] Automatically supplied information about PSI's Internet service.
[4] Scott Yanoff's list of Internet Resources.
[3] SURFING THE INTERNET, by librarian Jean Armour Polly.
[2] The NIXPUB listing of public access UNIX systems (so you can read
Usenet news!).
[1] The PDIAL listing, a listing of dialup methods of connecting to
the Internet for the general public.
Details follow:
[10] The CPET (Catalog of Projects in Electronic Text) supplies
information about E-text archives for scholars. They have an online
database. For detailed instructions, send the message:
connect guvax.acc.georgetown.edu
cd cpet_projects_in_electronic_text
get cpet_user_guide.txt
to "ftpmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx". [This is a service that provides Internet
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) by E-mail. See next entry].
Anonymous FTP reference for CPET user's guide:
"guvax.acc.georgetown.edu:/cpet_projects_in_electronic_text/cpet_user_gu
ide.txt"
[9] Instructions for using Archie by Mail and FTP by Mail.
Archie is a lookup service for finding software or documents in
Anonymous FTP archives on the Internet. Anonymous FTP is a method for
making materials on certain computers available to the public. Anyone
is allowed to log in with the username "anonymous" You give your real
name as the password. Anonymous FTP is not available if you just have
E-mail, not a full Internet connection.
To help E-mail users access Anonymous FTP archives, an FTP by Mail
server has been set up at decwrl.dec.com. It will send you materials
you find using Archie. Binary files (pictures and programs) are encoded
as text files using the programs "btoa" or "uuencode". You need these
freeware programs if you want to get anything besides text files, e.g.
graphics or compiled applications (programs).
A. To get started with Archie, send the message "help" to
"archie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx". There are many Archie servers around the
world. Any Archie will give you a complete list.
B. To get started with FTP Mail, send the message
help
quit
to "ftpmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx".
[8] A list of book-length Public Domain texts Produced by Project
Gutenberg.
You may either get these texts from the Almanac server at "oes.orst.edu"
or direct from Project Gutenberg at "mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu".
Send message "help" to "almanac@xxxxxxxxxxxx". After reading the guide,
send the message "send gutenberg catalog". To get an E-text by mail
(e.g. _Alice in Wonderland_), send the message:
send etext alice
To see the contents of project gutenberg archives, send the message
connect mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu
cd etext/articles
get index
quit
to "ftpmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx".
To get the actual texts,
connect mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu
cd etext/etext93
get
quit
Anonymous FTP Archive references:
oes.orst.edu:/pub/data/etext
mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu:/etext/articles (general info)
mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu:/etext/etext93 (the texts)
[7] A list of E-mail mailing lists, posted to the "Frequently Asked
Questions" or FAQ part of the Usenet newsgroups.
A typical mailing list works like this: to join, say, a mailing list on
politics, you send the request "subscribe" to "politics-
request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx". Thereafter, any message sent to
"politics@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" will send you message to all members of the
list. You get all the postings from other members as well [The
Whitehouse list on politics is a fake example].
Aside: Usenet newsgroup FAQ's are archived at "rtfm.mit.edu". They
cover every conceivable subject (but are especially good with
computers). To access the archive by E-mail, send the message "help" to
"mail-server@xxxxxxxxxxxx". For an index of materials available, send
the message "index".
Here are the specific commands for getting the Mailing Lists:
send mail/mailing-lists/part1
send mail/mailing-lists/part2
send mail/mailing-lists/part3
send mail/mailing-lists/part4
send mail/mailing-lists/part5
to "mail-server@xxxxxxxxxxxx".
Other good publications in the same location:
A Guide to Social Newsgroups and Mailing_Lists:
send social-newsgroups/part1
List of Periodic Informational Postings:
send periodic-postings/part1
(six parts).
For a more complete list of FAQs, send the commands:
send usenet/news.answers/index
send usenet/news.announce.newusers/index
Anonymous FTP archive reference:
rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers; and
rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet-by-group/news.announce.newusers.
Also posted as an FAQs to the Usenet newsgroup news.answers.
[6] LISTSERVERS are the best thing going for persons with E-mail but
without full Internet service. You can send mail to an entire list and
get a digest of "articles" posted on a given day. Lists are espcecially
good for anyone with an interest in the Humanities. A list of all
listservers known to any one listserver can be obtained by sending a
message to that listserver (see below).
Send the message "help" to any listserver address, e.g.
"listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
to get started.
The listserver at Brown does not respond to the global command (but is
worthwhile anyway). Try sending the command "lists global" to one of
the other listservers like "listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx".
For lists with lots of traffic you should consider the "set <listname>
digest" command to get *one* mail message a day with a compendium of
articles.
[5] Automatically supplied information about PSI's Internet service:
Send any message at all to address "all-info@xxxxxxx". There are
lots of other files on their service available instantly. E.g., for
information on their version of telnet, send any message to "gds-
info@xxxxxxx"; for their version of FTP, any message to "psilink-
info@xxxxxxx".
[4] Scott Yanoff's list of Internet Resources. At last count, there
were 75 free things to do on the Internet.
Send the message:
send usenet/news.answers/internet-services/faq
send usenet/news.answers/internet-services/list
to "mail-server@xxxxxxxxxxxx".
Another method is to request the materials by delayed FTP with the
message:
connect csd4.csd.uwm.edu
cd pub
get inet.services.txt
quit
to "ftpmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx".
It is also worth adding the line "get internetwork-mail-guide" to the
above request for a file on send E-mail between any two E-mail systems
(file is 22k).
Anonymous FTP archive references:
csd4.csd.uwm.edu:/pub/inet.services.txt
rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet-by-group/news.anwsers/internet-services
[3] SURFING THE INTERNET, by librarian Jean Armour Polly. This must-
have publication is still the best basic orientation to the Internet.
The nearest thing to the "how to use the library card catalogue" speech
that opened up that other world for us when we were kids.
Send the message
connect nysernet.org
cd pub/resources/guides
get surfing.2.0.3.txt <that's a zero not an "oh">
quit
to "ftpmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx". Other interesting files in the same
directory are:
ftp.list
whatis.internet
new.user.guide.v2.2.txt
speakers_on_internet.txt
Anonymous FTP archive reference:
nysernet.org:/pub/resources/guides
[2] The NIXPUB listing of public access UNIX systems (so you can read
Usenet news!):
Send the message
connect vfl.paramax.com
cd pub/nixpub
get long
quit
to "ftpmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx".
Anonymous FTP archive reference:
vfl.paramax.com:pub/nixpub/long
It is also posted as a FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) to the Usenet
newsgroup alt.bbs.
And the critics' choice is . . .
[1] The PDIAL listing, a listing of dialup methods of connecting to
the Internet for the general public.
Send a message to "info-deli-server@xxxxxxxxxx" with the command
"send pdial" in the *subject* line.
Alternatively, send the message "send usenet/news.answers/pdial" to
"mail-server@xxxxxxxxxxxx". This message goes in the message body,
as usual.
+ + +
The FreeLore Project is an all-volunteer project to empower people
to create and distribute educational and other useful electronic texts.
Send questions or bug reports to jgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.