Date   : Fri, 17 Nov 1989 07:25:45 GMT
From   : usc!samsung!shadooby!sharkey!cfctech!teemc!ka3ovk!drilex!axiom!linus!nixbur!nixpbe!peun11!josef@ucsd.edu (Moellers)
Subject: SIMTEL20

ianj@sactoh0.UUCP (Ian R. Justman) writes:

>Is there a way to access SIMTEL20 via Usenet?  If so, I would very
>much like to know because I can't seem to get enough CP/M stuff.
>My signature says it all.

There is!
You can send mail to either of
   LISTSERV@VM.ECS.RPI.EDU
   LISTSERV@VM1.NODAK.EDU

The mail body should be something like (start in leftmost column):
/PDDIR
       - returns: CPM SIGM PC-BLUE MSDOS MISC
/PDDIR PD:<directory>
/PDDIR PD:<directory.subdirectory>filename.ext age
       - directory is one of CPM SIGM PC-BLUE MSDOS MISC
       - age = 0..9999, specifies age of files for directory listing
         default is 30 days
       - wildcards are allowed e.g.
               /PDDIR PD:<CPM.*>*.* 9999
        will work, but will probably cause a lot of nuisance
/PDGET format PD:<CPM.subdirectory>filename.ext (encoding
       - use format=MAIL, encoding=UUE (note the left brace!!)
       - no wildcards allowed here

The amount sent at each request is limited in number of files and number
of bytes sent.

Happy hacking 8-{)

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