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From: karl@triceratops.cis.ohio-state.edu (Karl Kleinpaste)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted
Subject: Re: Mr. Moderator, please post XXX
Message-ID: <20237@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>
Date: 18 Aug 88 15:31:15 GMT
References:  <222@pigs.UUCP> <6031@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> <236@pigs.UUCP> <478@c10sd1.StPaul.NCR.COM>
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In-reply-to: johnson@c10sd1.stpaul.ncr.com's message of 17 Aug 88 13:30:17 GMT

johnson@c10sd1.stpaul.ncr.com writes:
   OK, how about forming a list of [archives sites] and all the information on
   how to access them via UUCP.
   NO don't tell me the information is available by FTP from such-and-such a
   site, I don't have FTP access.  If I had I would be doing it by FTP.

Such information is usually available within the Usenet in one of the
comp.* groups.  For osu-cis, I post our instructions there every 6 or
8 weeks; the current copy (out of date, but that's why the
instructions tell you how to get updated instructions) is due to
expire 23 Aug.  I'll repost around then.  Find article
<17591@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> in comp.sources.d.

rpp386 has its info posted there as well.  One site (can't remember
the name just now, sorry) typically puts them in comp.sources.wanted.

   I have been trying to get access to the server at OK state for some time and
   all I seem to get is the phone number.  I also need the UUCP user name and
   password (if any).  A UUCP L.sys (or Systems for us HDB users) line would be
   even better, save us several phone calls to get it right.

I suggest a note to postmaster@okstate (or whatever the proper
hostname is) for a pointer to the person responsible for maintaining
such information.

All the archive sites that I can think of right now, including my
own, give full details of L.sys/Systems file requirements.  We're
usually perfectly willing to get the advertised mechanisms changed if
necessary, too - one of the ways into my site is through a Micom port
switch, whose behavior is under the control of another organization,
and has been known to change without our knowledge.

   If there is no list, I would ask anyone who has a working connection to
   one of these,
   please EMAIL the pertinate info and I will compile and post these.  

For the most part, it's already posted.  Look around.

--Karl
Admin of archive site osu-cis