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- From: russell@alpha3.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Russell Schulz)
- Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
- Subject: Re: Mail Servers...
- Message-ID: <921223.173851.8R6.rusnews.w164w@alpha3.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 17:38:51 MST
- References: <8LL6VB4w165w@dithots.Gwinnett.COM> <1992Dec22.160703.27988@nwnexus.WA.COM>
- Organization: Private System, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- vince@halcyon.com (Vince Skahan) writes that gwp@dithots.Gwinnett.COM writes:
-
- >> Does there exist a list of mail servers on the net? It would be nice to
- >> have a list of all available file request servers for access.
- >
- > the (probably) definitive Waffle archive is on halycon.com, which supports
- > anon-ftp and mail-based-fileserving.
-
- and anonymous uucp (for us non-Internet connected folks - thanks!). and
- if there's a site with more Waffle stuff than halcyon, I'll... well,
- there just isn't. :-)
-
- > There is a list of anon-ftp sites that is literally thousands of lines
- > posted monthly to news.answers
-
- and for those who think this didn't answer the question, it did, since
- there are mail-based archive servers that will go to _any_ ftp site
- and mail you stuff (make sure you have your feed's permission first,
- of course!). also, sending mail to, say, archie@rutgers.edu will allow
- you to find stuff _without_ having to keep those huge anon-ftp postings
- around.
- --
- Russell Schulz russell@alpha3.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca ersys!rschulz Shad 86c
-