Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!motown!vilya!lcuxlm!whuts!att!rutgers!gatech!bloom-beacon!husc6!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!triceratops.cis.ohio-state.edu!karl 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> Sender: news@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Lines: 40 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 For osu-cis, I post our instructions there every 6 or 8 weeks; the current copy (out of date, but that's why the instructions tell you how to get updated instructions) is due to expire 23 Aug.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