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- In this directory are subdirectories containing the current
- versions of internet Gopher clients and servers.
- Unfortunately, there is minimal documentation for the
- software; but have faith, we are working on it.
-
- The internet Gopher uses a simple client/server protocol
- that can be used to publish and search for information held
- on a distributed network of hosts. Gopher clients
- have a seamless view of the information in the gopher
- world even though the information is distributed over many
- different hosts. Clients can either navigate through a
- hierarchy of directories and documents -or- ask an index
- server to return a list of all documents that contain one
- or more words. Since the index server does full-text searches
- every word in every document is a keyword.
-
- If you want to test a gopher client without setting up
- your own gopher server you should configure the client to
- talk to "gopher.micro.umn.edu" at port 70. This will
- allow you to explore the distributed network of gopher
- servers at the University of Minnesota. You can try the
- Unix client by telneting to consultant.micro.umn.edu and
- logging in as "gopher".
-
- If you decide to run a gopher server and would like it to
- appear in the list of "other gophers" at gopher.micro.umn.edu
- send an e-mail to gopher@boombox.micro.umn.edu and we will add
- your gopher to the list of gophers.
-
- Bug reports, comments, suggestions, etc. should be e-mailed to
- the Gopher development team at:
-
- gopher@boombox.micro.umn.edu
-
-