Date   : Thu, 28 Sep 1989 15:38:16 GMT
From   : spdcc!ima!cfisun!lakart!dg@bloom-beacon.mit.edu (David Goodenough)
Subject: rna server at lakart (was Re: UUCP for CP/M)

wtr@ceres.physics.uiowa.edu (Bill Robison) says:
> Willie Smith asked about obtaining the UUCP software from lakart.
> If this information is available, please post it for the rest of
> us.  This sounds interesting and useful.  I have mechanisms available
> to get from our 780 on Internet to several CP/M formats (both 8 & 5)
> if someone gets really stuck for a way to get a copy...

The server's address is rna@lakart.uucp - for routes into lakart see my
.sig file below. The generic form for a request is:

/send whatever to wherever

the '/send' and 'to' must be present, and in the places shown, and with
no other words added in. The server uses an awk script to pull request
lines out, and the format has got to be an exact match so saying

/send index

won't get anything, since the 'to' and the address are missing.

whatever is the file you want, I'd suggest starting with help and index.
wherever is your address, and you should note the following:

1. Internet addresses can be handled as is, so if Bill Robison wanted help
he'd say:

/send help to wtr@ceres.physics.uiowa.edu

Note that lakart will route automatically to BITNET, so if you're at a
bitnet site:

/send index to fred@system.bitnet

is all it takes.

2. UUCP addresses for sites in the map can be given as:

site!user or user@site.uucp

so if I wanted to send stuff to pallio (my CP/M machine at home) I could
say:

/send index to pallio!dg
/send help to dg@pallio.uucp

3. UUCP addresses for sites _NOT_ in the map must be given as a bang path
from a backbone / other site that _IS_ in the maps, so if pallio talked to
doofus, but doofus wasn't in the maps I'd have to say:

/send index to pallio!doofus!john_doe

Any questions drop me a line here.

BTW, I "audit" all requests, and try to sort out bad ones (i.e. ones that
the server can't grok). By far and away the worst "offence" is people who
say:

/send help

without an address. That address is important!!
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