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- Using the Mail-Server Robot
- ===========================
-
- Separately from the Mailing-list Robot a Mail-Server Robot is offered by
- MailList. You don't have to set-up any mailing-lists to use the Mail-Server.
- And you don't have to set-up the Mail-Server to use the Mailing-list Robot.
-
- Many archive-sites (or FTP-sites) around the Internet (eg. HENSA, Demon,
- MIT) offer a Mail-server for those people unfortunate to have e-mail access
- only. A mail-server allows people to "download" files/applications from it's
- archive via e-mail.
-
- The Mail-Server Robot integrated into MailList offers a simple way of
- distributing files/programs via e-mail. Only one request is supported to do
- this: SEND <file> [<size>]
-
- The system-variable <MailList$MailServerDir>, which is set in the !Run file
- points to the directory where the archives are stored which can be retrieved
- via e-mail. By default this points to the directory:
-
- <MailList$Dir>.MailServer
-
- But you can change this to anything you like. For example to:
-
- <UUCP_SPOOLDIR>.Public
-
- or
-
- ADFS::4.$.archives.public
-
- or whatever you like.
-
- You can build an entire tree in this directory with subdirectories for
- different applications/archives. MailList will find its way.
-
- Send the request: SEND INDEX
-
- MailList will send the requester an index of all the files/subdirectories in
- the directory defined by <MailList$MailServerDir>.
-
- The request: SEND <file> [<size>]
-
- will send the requester the requested <file>. The <file> will be UUencoded
- before it is sent. Textfiles are sent unencoded.
-
- NOTE: If a textfile contains top-bit set characters (ie. not standard
- ASCII) then it is wise to change the filetype to someting else.
- Top-bit set characters generally don't survive the net. Changing
- the filetype will force the textfile to be UUencoded, thus
- preserving the text.
-
- If <size> is specified the (UUencoded) file will be split into parts of
- <size>kB before it is sent. As some gateways/routers on the Internet do not
- allow mail bigger than 100kB (AOL limits the size to 64kB) this can be a
- useful feature. I myself have successfully sent mails of over 400kB but this
- cannot always be guaranteed and needs some experimentation by each
- individual requester.
-
- If there's a lot of interesting information on your system you may notice
- that some people have the habbit of requesting as much as possible. This
- will ofcourse slow your system down as a lot of data has to be processed and
- sent out. To keep things within limits you can restrict the amount of data a
- person retrieves from your system.
-
- The request: QUOTA <size>
-
- is a hostowner request. <size> is the maximum amount of data in kB that one
- person (i.e. e-mail address) may retrieve from your system per day.
-