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  1.                                    Archie
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  3.           Archie is a program that allows you to search a huge database
  4.           (updated weekly) of the names and locations of various program
  5.           and document files at the hundreds of anonymous ftp sites on the
  6.           Internet.  Archie also offers a whatis service that searches a
  7.           much smaller database of program descriptions. 
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  9.                              Public Archie Servers
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  11.             Location        Internet Address               IP Address
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  13.             Australia       archie.au                      139.130.4.6
  14.             Canada          archie.uqam.ca                 132.208.250.10
  15.             Finland         archie.funet.fi                128.214.6.102
  16.             US - Maryland   archie.sura.net                128.167.254.179
  17.             US - Nebraska   archie.unl.edu                 129.93.1.14
  18.             US - New Jersey archie.internic.net            198.49.45.10
  19.             US - New York   archie.ans.net                 147.225.1.10
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  22.                             Important Archie Parameters
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  24.             Parameter      How to Set It                  Explanation
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  26.             autologout     set autologout [number 1-300]  Tells archie when
  27.                                                           to log you out
  28.             mailto         set mailto [your address]      works with mail
  29.             maxhits        set maxhits [number]           Most default to 100
  30.             pager          set pager (or unset pager)     For viewing output
  31.             search         set search [sub, exact,        Controls type of 
  32.                                exact_sub, regex, etc.]    search (see help)
  33.             sortby         set sortby [filename, host-    Sorts search output
  34.                                name, date, etc.]
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  37.                              Important Archie Commands  
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  39.             Command            What It Does
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  41.             quit               Exit archie and disconnect from server
  42.             find [searchterm]  Performs a search
  43.             prog [searchterm]  Performs search on older versions of archie
  44.             whatis [term]      Searches for generic descriptions with [term]
  45.             help ?             Display list of commands
  46.             help [command]     Displays help on [command]
  47.             mail               Mails search output 
  48.             show               Shows settings of archie parameters
  49.             set [parameter]    Sets boolean, numeric or string parameter
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