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- From: jamie@csd.uwo.ca (Jamie Blustein)
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- Subject: [alt.backrubs] FTP archive site
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- Date: 15 Apr 1994 14:50:10 GMT
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- Summary: ftp.csd.uwo.ca [129.100.11.252] CA -5 DIRECTORY pub/news/alt.backrubs
- Keywords: archive FTP massage faql postings advice oils technique
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- Archive-name: backrubs-archive
- Last-modified: 3 April 1994
-
- Subject: Contents
- 1) The Archive Files
- 2) How You Can Help
- 3) Computer Technical Details (HOW CAN I GET THE FILES?)
- 4) What About The FAQL?
- 5) What About The Backrub Exchange?
- 6) See Also
- 7) Where to report bugs
- 8) What's Changed (since the last version)
-
- Subject: The Archive Files
- 1) The alt.backrubs archive is my own collection of postings from the
- alt.backrubs newsgroup. It is not complete since our site didn't receive
- alt.backrubs for the first few months (the group was created in February
- 1991) and other connections weren't terribly reliable. I've been trying
- collect all the informative articles since about November 1991. Although
- the archive is chock full of interesting and informative postings I can't
- guarantee that anyone will find what they want there.
- I saved these posts because I was interested in them. I haven't
- even saved all the postings about topics I'm interested in (although I've
- been collecting everything informative since about November 1991). I
- haven't saved anything about the old backrubs exchange programme and little
- from the seemingly endless arguments about sex and massage. There are
- entries below about the new backrubs exchange programme and the frequently
- asked questions list (with answers).
- I have created a list of categories of files in the archive.
- That's the closest thing there is to an index now. The category list is in
- the file `Archive.Index'. It'll help you select the files you want to
- read.
-
-
- Subject: How You Can Help
- 2) It would be great for someone would create an index to the postings
- in the files. Also, please send me mail if you find something wrong with
- the files. Please tell me if you know of another FTP site where I could
- keep the files. I welcome all constructive criticism.
- I have heard from three regular posters who are willing to assist
- me in editing the FAQL if I will take responsibility for posting it. While
- this isn't ideal, I'm willing to live with it. I expect to have the FAQL
- posted within a week, but I make no guarantees. If you want to see a copy
- of the current draft send me some mail. If I don't reply within three days
- I haven't received your mail.
-
-
- Subject: Computer Technical Details
-
- 3) The alt.backrubs archive is at the anonymous FTP site
- ftp.csd.uwo.ca (in Ontario, Canada) whose numeric address is
- 129.100.11.252. Please connect during off-peak hours (between 7pm and
- 7am). The server is in the Eastern timezone which is 5 hours behind GMT
- during standard time. The files are in the directory
- `pub/news/alt.backrubs'.
- The files at the FTP site have been compressed with the standard
- Unix compress program. All transfers must be in binary form and you'll
- need some kind of uncompress to read them (the GNU unzip, `gunzip', works
- fine). The file `00README' in the archive contains information about where
- you can obtain an uncompress program. It is the only file that is not
- compressed or solely for indexing.
- The files are in mailbox format (so you can read them as ordinary
- text files or use any standard mail reader to treat them as a list of mail
- messages). See the section entitled `See Also' for pointers to information
- about FTP and FTP-by-mail.
-
- This post is automagically posted, every ten days to alt.backrubs
- and every 30 days to news.answers and alt.answers, with the help of
- Jonathan I. Kamens's `post_faq' program (patchlevel 5).
-
-
- Subject: What About The FAQL?
- 4) The latest frequently asked questions list (FAQL) for alt.backrubs
- is in the archive file `faql'. Copies of all FAQLs are in the archive file
- `faql.all'.
- I think the `advice' and `technique' files in the archive are good
- places to start learning about recreational massage. In general, the best
- place to begin with the archive is in the `Archive.Index' file.
- See the section entitled `How you can help' (above) for news about
- the new FAQL that is being prepared.
-
-
- Subject: What About The Backrub Exchange?
- 5) The backrub exchange has been restarted. There are two files in
- the archive about it: the announcement and the most current update. The
- files are named `exchange.prog' and `exchange.update'. Please read the
- announcement before submitting your entry.
- John M. Twilley <nautilus@acm.rpi.edu> is maintaining the
- list. In the announcement he wrote:
- >If anyone has any entries, please email to me. I will reply back when I
- >finish entering your data.
- >
- >If anyone wants the most recent list, please don't mail me -- I'll post it
- >every so often. :-)
- I was putting `me too' postings at the end of the current update
- file during John M. Twilley's absence. Now that he has returned he might
- use them to update the exchange list.
-
-
- Subject: See Also
- 6) If you don't know what Anonymous FTP is then I suggest you read the
- article entitled `Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Usenet' that
- is regularly posted to the news.announce.newusers and news.answers
- newsgroups. For more information about Anonymous FTP or how to retrieve
- files from FTP sites using only a mailsever see the Anonymous FTP FAQL.
- The file `00README' in the archive contains some information about programs
- to reverse compression for Apple Macintosh computers.
- The Anonymous FTP FAQL is posted regularly to the following 8
- newsgroups: alt.sources.wanted, comp.archives, comp.archives.admin,
- comp.sources.wanted, news.newusers.questions, alt.answers, comp.answers,
- and news.answers. It is also stored in the rtfm.mit.edu FTP site in file
- `pub/usenet/news.answers/ftp-list/faq'.
- Using a mailserver to retrieve compressed files from the archive
- (all the files, except the zero length ones and `00README', are compressed)
- will require the use of another decoding program (atob or uudecode). Both
- programs are widely available and almost certainly installed at any
- multiuser site. The mailservers are intended for people who cannot use an
- interactive FTP program. So the mailservers can continue to provide that
- service, you should use them only if you cannot use another method.
-
-
- Subject: `The simplest way to put it, Doc: I've got problems.'
- 7) If you find something wrong with the archive, or have suggestions
- about how to improve it, please send mail to jamie@uwo.ca. If you are
- having trouble with the FTP site please send mail to jamie@uwo.ca. If I
- can't solve the problem then I will pass the information on to the site's
- FTP administrator. If I don't reply to your mail within three days I
- haven't received it.
-
-
- Subject: What's New
- 8) The archive file list now refers to the Abstracts file. Added the
- `See Also' section and a reference to it in the `Computer Technical'
- section. Added the bug report section (with a quote I remember from the
- film _What About Bob?_ starring Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss). The
- section partially duplicates the `How you can help' section but that's
- probably good since many people will read only stuff at the end when
- looking for this information. (Again, I welcome all constructive
- criticism.) Updated the note about the FAQL maintainer to reflect the
- ongoing changes.
- I erroneously changed the information about the server's timezone a
- long time ago. Mark Petrusma <max@homer.dsto.gov.au> was sharp enough to
- notice the mistake. The server's timezone is, in fact, 5 hours *behind*
- GMT. For example, when it is 03:45 GMT it is 22:45 E[SD]T (where the server
- is) on the previous day. Thanks Mark.
- --
- James Blustein <jamie@uwo.ca>
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