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- Original-from: Randall Atkinson <randall@uvaarpa.virginia.edu>
- [Most recent change: 16 Oct 1989 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)]
-
- This is a periodic posting on how to get information about the
- National Science Foundation (NSF) Internet.
-
- The NSFNET Network Service Center (NNSC) makes current documentation
- on the NSFNET available via a mail server and by anonymous ftp.
-
- Because the contents of the documents are constantly being updated,
- this posting only describes how to obtain a current copy rather than
- providing the data directly.
-
- 1) Using anonymous FTP:
- host: SH.CS.NET
- username: anonymous
- password: guest
- directory: nsfnet (i.e. type: cd nsfnet )
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- The files "help-ftp", "help.1" and "nsfnet-help" will provide you with
- information to get started.
-
- 2) Using the mail server: Send mail to the address shown below (either
- nnsc.nsf.net or sh.cs.net) and leave the "Subject;" line blank.
- The first line of the message body should contain a "Request:"
- line, followed by a "Topic:" line, as described below. You do not
- need a "Subject:" line, but be sure your mailer puts out a valid
- "From:" line that the server can respond to!
-
- To obtain general information on the CSNET INFO SERVER send the
- following message to the mail-server "info-server@nnsc.nsf.net" or
- "info-server@sh.cs.net":
-
- Request: Info
- Topic: Help
-
- To obtain current contact information on the NSFNET and its affiliated
- regional networks, send the following mail message to the mail-server:
- "info-server@nnsc.nsf.net":
-
- Request: NSFNET
- Topic: NNSC
-
- To obtain information on how to connect to the Internet through the
- NSFNET or an NSF-affiliated network, send the following mail message
- to the mail-server "info-server@nnsc.nsf.net":
-
- Request: NSFNET
- Topic: CONNECTING
-
- To obtain information on the documents currently available on the
- NSFNET from the info-server, send the following mail message to the
- mail server "info-server@nnsc.nsf.net":
-
- Request: NSFNET
- Topic: NSFNET-HELP
-
-
- If you need to contact the people at the NNSC directly, you can either
- send mail or call them. It would be a good idea to read the NSFNET
- documents first though.
-
- Electronic Mail: <nnsc@nnsc.nsf.net>
- Telephone: +1 (617) 873-3400.
- --
- Gene Spafford
- NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center,
- Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
- Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spaf
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