2 HELP ON USING THE MAIL INTERFACE AT VI/EX ARCHIVE alf.uib.no
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5 BEWARE: If you have anon. ftp capability, please use that instead of
6 this mailserver (see below).
8 VI/EX Archive alf.uib.no, and its mirrors have the most complete, and
9 the biggest publically available archive containing VI/EX stuff.
11 To access the mailer, just send a mail message to ruben@uib.no.
12 You have two ways of fetching files:
19 In the Subject field in your header of your message you simply put
22 Example of a simple request to get the INDEX file:
25 unix% mail ruben@uib.no To: ruben@uib.no
26 Subject: GET INDEX Subject: GET INDEX
33 In the Subject field in your header put MULTIGET or MGET.
34 Then in your message you put several GET <filename>.
36 Example of a multiple file request:
39 unix% mail ruben@uib.no To: ruben@uib.no
40 Subject: MULTIGET Subject: MULTIGET
44 GET macros/ctags.Z GET macros/ctags.Z
49 The old Mailserver did send a Control File for each file requested. This
50 is not so anymore. Now the Controll information will be embedded into the
53 DO NOT request the whole archive! If you request the whole archive all
54 at one time I will report you to your site admin. There is a limit of
55 10 files in a MULTIGET.
56 If you do want the whole archive, please contact me first and we will
59 Before fetching a file, think: "Do I realy need this file, or is it just
62 Most files will be run thru uuencode (1) before mailng, even textfiles.
63 To extract a requested file, use the command uudecode (1).
65 If you do not get a reply within a reasonable time, please do not send
66 another request for the file(s).
68 Please report any problems or question to ruben@uib.no. But remeber to
69 never put "GET" or "MGET" or "MULTIGET" in the Subject of the message.
70 Rather put in "Mailserver problem", if I'm online I will get a imediate
71 notification that such message is in my mail-bucket.
72 A lot of my mail are simply put into the bucket without imediate action.
75 Remeber that those who allow anon-ftp are very kind. Please do not
76 misuse or abuse this privilege.
77 Think twice before downloading, esp if you are a long-distance ftp' er.
79 If you are going to use FTP, use the site that is the closest to you
80 counting NET-VICE. If you don't know what I'm talking about, please
81 ask someone who does (like your system administrator).
83 IF YOU HAVE FTP-ACCESS, DO *NOT* USE THE MAILSERVER. Not even if you
84 temporarily cannot reach alf.uib.no or its mirrors.
85 The mirroring sites are always promptly updated.
87 Why YOU shold use the site closest to you NET-VICE:
89 - Reducing the net load.
90 - Keeping the site on the net.
92 The main archive is in Bergen, Norway, EUROPE.
93 alf.uib.no is mirrored at sites around the world. If you find a
94 site nearer to you than alf.uib.no, please use that site.
95 The mirroing sites are ALWAYS updated.
97 Please do NOT use ftp to the sites during peak hours at the various
98 locations. Please respect this because if there is too much ftp'ing
99 going on in prime time to the various places, the ftp site may have to
100 shut down. NONE OF US WOULD WANT THAT, WOULD WE ?
102 The following sites contains the VI/EX archives:
105 Main site: alf.uib.no (129.177.30.3)
107 Maintainer: Ove Ruben R Olsen (buboo@alf.uib.no)
108 Location: Bergen, Norway, EUROPE.
109 Peak hours: 07.00 am GMT to 03.00 pm GMT
112 Mirror site: utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp (133.11.11.11)
114 Maintainer: Eric E. Bowles (bowles@utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp)
115 Location: Tokyo, Japan, ASIA.
116 Peak hours: 01.00 am GMT to 09.00 am GMT
118 USA, Canada and Mexican users:
119 Mirror site: cs.uwp.edu (131.210.1.4)
121 Maintainer: Dave Datta (datta@cs.uwp.edu)
122 Location: Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
125 Mirror site: ftp.uu.net (192.48.96.9)
126 Filearea: /pub/text-processing/vi
127 Maintainer: archive@uunet.uu.net
128 Location: Falls Church, Virginia, U.S.A.
132 Australia, NZ and the rest Down Under:
133 Main site: monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (130.194.1.106)
135 Maintainer: Steve Balogh (steve@monash.edu.au)
136 Location: Melbourne, AUSTRALIA.
137 Peak hours: Not relevent
140 This site is listed here for convinience to those who do not have
141 an Inet link, but do subscribe to GEnie.
142 GEnie (General Electric Network for Information Exchange):
143 Mirror site: Ultimate archive
144 Filearea: GEnie Unix RoundTable, library 11: Editors
145 Maintainer: GEnie mail=GARS
146 Location: Rockville, Maryland, U.S.A.
147 Peak hours: Available 24 hours but connect charges are reduced
148 from 1800 until 0800 local connect time (international
149 connect subject to PDN tarriffs)
150 Add. info.: Maint. may be contacted at (01) 501-227-7817
151 Gary Smith / P. O. Drawer 7680 / Little Rock, AR 72217
154 If you have stuff about ex/vi, macros, tips and tricks, please email it to
155 ruben@uib.no or inclusion in this archive.
161 VI/EX Archive maintainer.
