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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

4870.0. "Help with AB20 Files !" by VIVIAN::D_VISTUER () Thu Jul 04 1991 20:08

    Can someone show me with an example, how to try to pull off of AB20
    a file.
    I have read all the note entries on the topic but am still very
    confused.
    The file I am interested in is loadlib.readme.
    
    Any help would be gratefully recieved.
    
    Dave V.
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4870.1Example KALI::PLOUFFDevoted to his LawnFri Jul 05 1991 03:4729
    
    Annotated example:
    
From:	KALI::PLOUFF
To:	NM%DECWRL::FTPMAIL		// always use NMail if installed
CC:	PLOUFF
Subj:	

reply [email protected]	// replace username and node 
connect ab20.larc.nasa.gov
binary					// not needed for text files
uuencode				// ditto
get amiga/demos/euro/genesis.dms	// use full Unix file path
get amiga/demos/euro/demosrc.zoo	// up to 10 requests per message
quit
    
    What comes back is one or many messages containing your files.  If
    binary, you must do the following procedure:
    
    1.  Extract the sections in order
    2.  Edit or use UUSTRIP to remove the mail headers and trailers
    3.  UUDECODE
    4.  Rename the resulting file, FTPMAIL.UU, to its real name
    
    Jamie (SIEVAX::) Badman has come up with a script to automate this
    process.  He posted it to the internal Usenet newsgroup
    "dec.mail.ftpmail" and perhaps can be persuaded to reply here.
    
    Wes
4870.2How about gettting stuff into the newsgroups??MEO78B::MANDERSONAmiga + '030 == MicroCRAYFri Jul 05 1991 23:338
    On a similar vein - how do I send stuff out into newgroup land??
    
    I would like to submit some queries into the various newgroups. While I
    have used mail to usenet on many ocasions I don't know how to get into
    the newgroups.
    
    help appreciated
    kevin
4870.3Pointers to UsenetKALI::PLOUFFDevoted to his LawnSat Jul 06 1991 02:2914
    Read these notesfiles:
    
    UPSAR::NEWS-BACKBONE	Usenet news distribution within Digital
    CLO::VNEWS			News reader sw for terminals
    UFP::XRN			News reader sw for X Windows
    
    Somewhere in this notesfile within the last 7-8 months I've entered a
    description of the many Amiga newsgroups.
    
    BTW, when you send e-mail outside the company, it's to the Internet. 
    Usenet is the news service only.  For a much more detailed description
    of the difference, read John S. Quarterman, _The Matrix_.
    
    Wes