There are 25 messages totalling 1084 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. Do any web-to-mail servers allow exceptions to banned words?
2. Q: telnet and POP3 (2)
3. FTPMail, Agora, etc. statistics
4. How to make [EMAIL PROTECTED] split the files. (2)
5. <No subject given>
6. Queries (2)
7. Join ACCMAIL X-no-archive:yes
8. How to ACCMAIL (was blank)
9. IE5
10. Majordomo Postings in Digest Form? (3)
11. freeware that that joins files? (2)
12. Y2K Re: Off topic Gerald E. Boyd stories
13. The W95.CIH.1075 virus
14. Post form by email (2)
15. ACCMAIL Digest - 25 Apr 1999 to 26 Apr 1999 - Unfinished
16. downloadslave.com
17. What Archie e-mail servers and Gopher servers are valid?
18. [EMAIL PROTECTED] is not responding
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 01:17:18 EDT
From: William C Andrews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Do any web-to-mail servers allow exceptions to banned words?
Kai Schindelka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>baby. One of the pictures is called Nakedbaby.jpg
>>>and is a standard baby on the rug shot (I think).
>>>Because the file name has the word NAKED in it the
>>>server bounces the request.
>
>Yes; naming a file and especially a JPEG picture that way is not
>extraordinary clever. It would be wise to pick another file name.
This a case where the name is need for most browsers to
handle the file right, it could be named whatever.ZYX
but the browser might choke.
>>> Hypothetical: If I wanted to access info
>>>about West Essex a server might bounce it because it
>>>contains the word SEX.
>
>This could indeed cause problems. Contact the server admin in this
>case, like Gerry said.
My original question was regarding whether the admins
would take 'special' requests for sites with 'banned'
words. I was wondering if anyone had experience with
this. If they all said 'NO WAY' that would be enough.
If they do handle 'special' requests by examining the
target document for smut and then sending it on if it
is ok.
>>>Also pages that refer to
>>>"naked-eye" astronomy would get banned. I did get a
>>>bounce on one of those before.
>
>Without knowing the contents of a specific site or a file the search
>for keywords ist the only way of restricting the access to offending
>parts of The Net. Since the filters have to use certain patterns for
>being able to work and fulfill their function, some "innocent"
>requests may be rejected depending on the density of the grid.
>This is an unwanted, but unavoidable side-effect.
>
>Simply avoid the most obvious porn related terms, like "naked",
>"sex" etc. In case of your astronomy search looking for "eye" and
>"astronomy" might give you the wanted results.
File names on astronomy sites do have names like
nakedobs.txt. There is littile a user can do to
change that except to e-mail the admins of those sites.
Most "professional" astronomy site are working on both
file names and content so that the files will pass
through 'Net-Nanny' and the like. Then again there are
porn sites that will pass through any 'filter', short
of a live censor.
>> Your cousin should think more carefully how he names files
>> to avoid such problems for his family.
I am the only one that gets stuff through e-mail.
>I agree. Filters are necessary for server owners for legal reasons.
>Allowing full access might result in the server being shut down by
>authorities in most countries, if provable illegal data was
>transferred.
I have no problems with filters and limits. They
protect this valuable resource. Seeing as how most of
the services are run by kind hearted individuals that
do this for no extra money, I am quite willing to live
with-out 1 pic.
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 12:30:19 +0300
From: Olk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Q: telnet and POP3
What are the exact telnet commands for marking the messages
on the POP3 server as read/unread?
How exactly the UIDL command works and how is it different from LIST?
What RSET does?
Is there one single command to delete all messages
on the server instead of DELE <n> for each message?
Are there any _16bit_ email programs/utilities that have the "remote
mailbox" feature (the kind one can find in 32bit programs like The Bat,
Becky Mail or Mailtool)?
Is there any simple (the way there is in Windows 9x) telnet client
compatible with Trumpet Winsock? (I have searched through the net and could
not find a good, simple 16bit telnet client which could connect to different
ports)
Thank you
Viorel Lupu
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 10:47:19 +0100
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: FTPMail, Agora, etc. statistics
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 13:05:28 +0300
From: Aleid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to make [EMAIL PROTECTED] split the files.
Hi every body.
Any one know how to make [EMAIL PROTECTED]
split the requested file into smaller parts (for sure by email
only)
Thanks for help
Aleid
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 16:41:27 +0530
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: <No subject given>
I do not have access to the internet.So could you please tell me how to
access the web by email.
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 16:10:48 EDT
From: Ahmad Lotfi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Queries
Hello everybody,
For the last two months I've been unable to search web engines
like Yahoo and Altavista via e-mail. I used to send the message
"SEARCH Engine Key words" to such getweb addresses as
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for that purpose. But no responses to
such messages lately! Can anybody tell me what's gone wrong ?
Thanx in advance,
A. lotfi.
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 09:44:18 PDT
From: Lucian Skyeclathde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Join ACCMAIL X-no-archive:yes
>From: Kai Schindelka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 15:08:17 +0200
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Apr 25 17:17:09 1999
>Approved-By: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Message-ID: <3Iy$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
>In Germany there is a saying that goes "The way one calls into the
>wood it is echoing from it", roughly translated. (Does anyone know
>the English equivalent, by the way?)
I think an equivalent saying in contemporary American English is:
"What goes around, comes around!"
>Spread the word, I would say,
>but don't smash it into the face of others. Do it the polite way.
>
Yes, that's exactly the function that Netiquette is supposed to serve.
Sincerely,
Lucian Skyeclathde
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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 10:35:57 -0700
From: "Gerald E. Boyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Q: telnet and POP3
At 12:30 PM 4/26/99 +0300, Viorel Lupu wrote:
>What are the exact telnet commands for marking the messages
>on the POP3 server as read/unread?
There are none except using RSET to unmark messages marked for deletion.
>How exactly the UIDL command works and how is it different from LIST?
UIDL is called a "unique-id listing" for that message.
The unique-id of a message is an arbitrary server-determined
string, consisting of characters in the range 0x21 to 0x7E,
which uniquely identifies a message within a maildrop and
which persists across sessions. The server should never reuse
an unique-id in a given maildrop, for as long as the entity
using the unique-id exists.
LIST is also called a "scan listing" for a message.
In order to simplify parsing, all POP3 servers are required
to use a certain format for scan listings. A scan listing
consists of the message-number of the message, followed by
single space and the exact size of the message in octets.
>What RSET does?
Reset. If any messages have been marked as deleted by the POP3
server, they are unmarked.
>Is there one single command to delete all messages
>on the server instead of DELE <n> for each message?
Nope...
More information can be obtained by looking at RFC1725, RFC1939, RFC1957,
and RFC2449. See also STD0053.
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Gerry Boyd -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 10:38:44 -0700
From: "Gerald E. Boyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to ACCMAIL (was blank)
At 04:41 PM 4/26/99 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I do not have access to the internet.So could you please tell me how to
>access the web by email.
Get the ACCMAIL FAQ: Send e-mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
and enter only this line in the BODY of the note:
send usenet/news.answers/internet-services/access-via-email
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Gerry Boyd -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 20:27:48 +0300
From: Esmail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IE5
Is there anyone out there in the wonderfull world of accmail that knows any d/load
address of Microsoft Internet Explorer 5. So i
can get it by wwwmail. Also, the d/load size.
TIA
Zakir Esmail
Nairobi, Kenya
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Court/9404/ >> My Site + Arsenal Desktop Theme!
http://www.carhirekenya.com >> Central Rent a Car - Kenya!
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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 10:44:47 -0700
From: "Gerald E. Boyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Queries
At 04:10 PM 4/26/99 EDT, Ahmad Lotfi wrote:
>For the last two months I've been unable to search web engines
>like Yahoo and Altavista via e-mail. I used to send the message
>"SEARCH Engine Key words" to such getweb addresses as
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for that purpose. But no responses to
>such messages lately! Can anybody tell me what's gone wrong ?
The unganisha server has been defunct since 06Oct98. The two remaining
getweb servers are also down. The emailfetch server due to a system rebuild
and the healthnet due to a change in policy that eliminates most users from
accessing it (only for health professionals).
You will have to use a www4mail server...
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Gerry Boyd -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 10:48:40 -0700
From: "Gerald E. Boyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to make [EMAIL PROTECTED] split the files.
At 01:05 PM 4/26/99 +0300, Aleid wrote:
>Any one know how to make [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>split the requested file into smaller parts (for sure by email
>only)
Never used this site because it's all in German. I can't understand the
help file for the same reason. Maybe somebody fluent in German and English
could translate the document and tell this list how it works.
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [leave blank]
Body of message:
help
You will receive an information file... in German...
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Gerry Boyd -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 21:19:30 EDT
From: Babak Aghaei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Majordomo Postings in Digest Form?
Hi Everybody
I have 2 questions:
1.Is there any way to automate the procedure of getting
some updating web pages everyday via email? or more
complicated, to get the result page of an everyday search
action in addition with it's link pages automatically? (e.g.
getting the final pages of the links obtained from a search
query in a usual search engine like Infoseek)
2.Is there any way to get the postings from a "Majordomo"
mailing list in digested format? I've requested the "help"
file from some of this type of the lists and found nothing.
Thanks in advance,
Bobby
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 00:10:05 +0600
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: freeware that that joins files?
Does anyone know of a freeware that
joins files that come in parts?
My version of dos says "bad command or
file name" when I try 'join'.
Thanks,
Sen
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 12:08:09 PDT
From: "Jerel D. Arbaugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Y2K Re: Off topic Gerald E. Boyd stories
}Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 10:00:44 +0200
}From: "Vacquier, Marco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
}Subject: Re: Off topic Gerald E. Boyd stories
}
}>The Y2K stuff really started in earnest about 1990
}
}Here in The Netherlands it was already a problem in 1970.
So, you will be the first hit with the 2038/2039 bug?
In standard C language, there is a data type called "time_t" that is a
"signed long" (32 bits) in most systems. Many 32 bit systems have
changed this to a "signed double long" (or some equivalent wording) (64
bits) to avoid problems with dates in early 2038. Some, but few, 16 bit
systems use "unsigned long" (32 bits, but no value below zero) for the
same reason, though that can break some older code.
Here in the USA, insurance companies avoided the Y2K bug early by being
hit early: Date of birth before 1900 needed to be supported, so they
ALWAYS used 4 digit years.
}To keep the computer community groing and going, we need good
}programmers, and
}good users. Giving free advice is a good start to educate both types of
}computerists. Look at Linux. Being Open Source, it forced programmers to
}program
}good or else other people alter the bad programmed parts. In my free
}time I volunteer at workshops at a computerclub to help users in
}how to use programs. It keeps people using their computers as computers
}instead as
}dust collectors. I've seen too many dust collecting computers in my life
}:(
}
I have never seen them used as dust collectors, except when they have
been replaced with newer, faster, models. We do have some people around
here that do a lot of work with these older machines.
}I like the teaching of computer history here, and wished that more
}people could read it. As a professional software tester, I study other
}peoples code at assembly
}code level, and find similar errors over and over again, which I have to
}patch.
}BTW, my job has nothing to do with Y2K issues, but more with badly
}converterted 16
}to 32 bit code.
}
I find that the biggest problem with the 32 bit systems is the
excessively complex GUI. What should be a simple call becomes a page of
code. What ever happened to the KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) method?
}
}Bye,
}Marco Vacquier.
}
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 23:15:35 +0300
From: Dan Platon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: The W95.CIH.1075 virus
Hi,
We are on 26.IV.1999 and my computer still work.
One week ago I have downloaded f-prot 3.04a
(AACMAIL method) with the virus definition
form 03.II.99, scaning my PC f-prot find it
infected with CIH and cleaned it.
Have a nice day,
Dan
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 14:30:26 +0300
From: Alexander Sysoyev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Post form by email
Hi All!
Sometimes I see forms like this:
<form method=post action="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">
<input type=text name=var1 value="Alexander Sysoyev">
<input type=text name=var2 value="http://www.yahoo.com">
<input type=submit>
</form>
I have tried M$IE3 with Eudora v2.2 but email client does not work
properly (or maybe browser sends wrong arguments?)
It creates only blank message when I press submit button :-(
So, I wonder how can I make form submition manually?
What shall I specify as SUBJECT and BODY for this example?
Thanks.
WBR, Alexander
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 16:47:02 -0400
From: Ian Trider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ACCMAIL Digest - 25 Apr 1999 to 26 Apr 1999 - Unfinished
>>Any one know how to make [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>split the requested file into smaller parts (for sure by email
>>only)
>
>Never used this site because it's all in German. I can't understand the
>help file for the same reason. Maybe somebody fluent in German and English
>could translate the document and tell this list how it works.
>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [leave blank]
>Body of message:
>help
>
>You will receive an information file... in German...
>
>
I got a file saying (Translated by AltaVista and slightly edited by me.)
---
Would you like to be served better by DOWNLOADSLAVE?
Give us a link on your homepage and recieve special bonuses.
Details at:
http://www.downloadslave.com/html/de/login.asp
(Original translation)
Would you like to be served faster of DOWNLOADSLAVE?
Set to one link to us on your homepage and receive so the link bonuses. Details under:
http://www.downloadslave.com/html/de/login.asp
Ian Trider
(mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED])
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 17:08:37 -0400
From: Ian Trider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: freeware that that joins files?
This may come as a shock to you.. but 'join' doesn't exsist, or in the way you want.
What you can do is, lets say part 1 is called GAME.PA1, part 2 is GAME.PA2, part 3 is
GAME.PA3, and part4 is GAME.PA4, and it was in ZIP format, you could do this:
at the dos prompt:
COPY GAME.PA1 + GAME.PA2 + GAME.PA3 + GAME.PA4 GAME.ZIP
meaning copy game.pa1 and game.pa2 and game.pa3 and game.pa4 together into GAME.ZIP
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On 4/27/99, at 12:10 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Does anyone know of a freeware that
>joins files that come in parts?
>
>My version of dos says "bad command or
>file name" when I try 'join'.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Sen
>
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 17:28:57 -0400
From: Ian Trider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Majordomo Postings in Digest Form?
For Majordomo lists, it all depends how it is set up. Some lists don't have Digest
enabled because it costs more from the list provider, or they simply don't want to use
up disk space.
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On 4/26/99, at 9:19 PM, Babak Aghaei wrote:
>Hi Everybody
>I have 2 questions:
>1.Is there any way to automate the procedure of getting
>some updating web pages everyday via email? or more
>complicated, to get the result page of an everyday search
>action in addition with it's link pages automatically? (e.g.
>getting the final pages of the links obtained from a search
>query in a usual search engine like Infoseek)
>2.Is there any way to get the postings from a "Majordomo"
>mailing list in digested format? I've requested the "help"
>file from some of this type of the lists and found nothing.
>Thanks in advance,
> Bobby
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 15:29:39 -0700
From: "Gerald E. Boyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Majordomo Postings in Digest Form?
At 09:19 PM 4/26/99 EDT, Babak Aghaei wrote:
>1.Is there any way to automate the procedure of getting
>some updating web pages everyday via email?
nope...
>2.Is there any way to get the postings from a "Majordomo"
>mailing list in digested format? I've requested the "help"
>file from some of this type of the lists and found nothing.
If the Majordomo mailing list supports a digest, then you would subscribe
to the digest version. That is:
SUBSCRIBE [listname]-DIGEST -- Majordomo mailing list digest version
SUBSCRIBE [listname] -- Majordomo mailing list, non-digest version
All Majordomo mailing lists support this method of subscribing. There is no
internal command like LISTSERVs SET command. However, the mailing list may
not support a digest version.
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Gerry Boyd -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 15:36:36 -0700
From: "Gerald E. Boyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: downloadslave.com
At 04:47 PM 4/26/99 -0400, Ian Trider wrote:
>I got a file saying (Translated by AltaVista and slightly edited by me.)
>
>---
>Would you like to be served better by DOWNLOADSLAVE?
>Give us a link on your homepage and recieve special bonuses.
>Details at:
>http://www.downloadslave.com/html/de/login.asp
Well I received this and another posting with an attachment:
==============
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 12:05:55 -0500
Subject: Welcome to Downloadslave
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
X-DS-IDREQUEST: -1
X-Sorted: Default
Attachment Converted: "d:\eudora\attach\INFO.TXT"
Ihr Password lautet:
4WABUKB4NA
Dieses Passwort ist nur fuer folgende Adresse gueltig:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sollten sie bereits eine URL angefordert haben, so wurde diese ignoriert.
Es werden nur Anfragen angenommen, bei dem ihr Passwort im Mailtext
wie folgt vorkommt:
PASS:4WABUKB4NA
In der aktuellen Version des Urlrequesters koennen Sie das Password unter
'Properties' fest eingeben.
Das Password schuetzt Sie und andere vor einem Missbrauch des
Dienstes Downloadslave (http://www.downloadslave.com).
Fuer Fragen und Kommentare nutzen Sie bitte unser Forum
http://www.downloadslave.com/forum.htm
Bitte lesen Sie auch die angehaengte Datei INFO.TXT
Viel Erfolg beim Downloaden wuenscht Ihnen
Das Downloadslave-Team
=====================
This is the attachment: INFO.TXT
Informationen zum Downloadslave (www.downloadslave.com)
------------------------------------------------------
INHALT
1. Was macht der Downloadslave ?
2. Was mu� ich tun, um den Downloadslave zu benutzen ?
3. Wie lange mu� ich auf die Dateien warten ?
4. H�ufig gestellte Fragen (FAQ)
5. Anregungen
1. Was macht der Downloadslave ?
�ber den Downloadslave k�nnen Sie sehr einfach und vor allem kostensparend
beliebige
Dateien aus dem Internet herunterladen. Dabei werden das HTTP und FTP
Protokoll
unterst�tzt. Wenn Sie eine Anforderung (Request) an uns senden, wird unser
Server
die gew�nschten Dateien runterladen und dann per EMail an Sie versenden.
In den meisten F�llen haben Sie eine sehr schnelle Verbindung zum
Mail-Server Ihres
Providers, so da� Sie die Bandbreite Ihrer Verbindung wesentlich besser
nutzen.
Vorteile f�r Sie :
- Nach dem Absenden des Requests k�nnen Sie sofort wieder offline gehen
und wertvolle (teure) Onlinezeit einsparen.
- Sie brauchen sich nicht mehr �ber Verbindungsabr�che und schlechte
Downloadraten
zu �rgern. Wir versuchen bei Fehlern mehrfach die Datei f�r Sie zu
besorgen und
stellen Ihnen nach M�glichkeit nur einwandfreie Files in Ihr Postfach.
- Sie k�nnen zun�chst interessante Links sammeln, und dann in einem Rutsch
anfordern.
- Sie erhalten �ber jeden Request eine Best�tigung per EMail mit Status
und evtl. Fehlerangaben.
2. Was mu� ich tun, um den Downloadslave zu benutzen ?
Es gibt zwei Arten unseren Dienst zu benutzen :
a) per EMail
b) mit dem Programm Urlrequester, das kostenlos auf
unserer Homepage runtergeladen werden kann.
In beiden F�llen m�ssen sie als erstes ein Password anfordern. Dies
erreichen Sie, indem
Sie einfach eine leere Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] schicken. Sie
erhalten dann umgehend,
ihr pers�nliches Password zugeschickt. Wenn sie das Password erhalten
haben, ist der Dienst
f�r sie freigeschaltet.
a)
Senden Sie einfach eine EMail an [EMAIL PROTECTED], die als Text die
Adresse (URL)
der gew�nschten Datei hat. Die Betreffzeile k�nnen Sie leer lassen. Wollen
Sie z.B.
unser Programm Urlrequester per EMail anfordern dann sollte der Mailtext
wie folgt aussehen :
PASS:YOURPASSWD
http://www.downloadslave.com/UrlRequester.zip
Sie k�nnen auch problemlos FTP Adressen angeben. Pro Mail sind mehrere
URL�s m�glich,
die max. Anzahl pro Request wird auf dem Web veroeffentlicht.
b)
Wesentlich einfacher k�nnen Sie unseren Dienst mit dem oben erw�hnten
Programm benutzen.
Nach dem Download brauchen Sie es nur entpacken und zu starten. Vor der
ERSTEN Benutzung
M�SSEN Sie nur unter dem Punkt [PROPERTIES] Ihre eigene EMail Adresse,
sowie ihr Password
eintragen.
Nachdem Sie diese Einstellungen vorgenommen haben, k�nnen Sie aus Ihrem
WebBrowser
jeden beliebigen LINK per Drag & Drop in das Urlrequesterfenster ziehen.
Haben Sie alle Links zusammen, so bet�tigen Sie die Schaltfl�che
[SENDREQUEST].
Das war�s ! Sie erhalten die gew�nschten Dateien dann per EMail zugestellt.
Das Programm hat eine 'Stay on Top-Oberfl�che', es bleibt also immer im
Vordergrund sichtbar.
3. Wie lange mu� ich auf die Dateien warten ?
Eine Best�tigungsmail f�r den eingegangenen Request erhalten Sie sofort
nach Eingang.
Wie lange wir f�r den Download ben�tigen h�ngt nat�rlich sehr von der
Anzahl und Gr��e
der angeforderten Dateien ab. Die Zeiten k�nnen also zwischen wenigen
Minuten und einigen
Stunden variieren. Sie k�nnen sich jedoch �ber unsere Web-Seite �ber den
Downloadstatus
Ihrer Anfragen informieren. Wahrscheinlich werden Sie nicht alle Dateien
sofort
ben�tigen. Oftmals reicht es ja auch aus, wenn man die Dateien erst bei der
n�chsten Online-
sitzung am n�chsten Tag erh�lt. Dann aber mit "FULL-SPEED"
4. H�ufig gestellte Fragen (FAQ)
Q: Bei der Benutzung des UrlRequester 2.0X bekomme ich immer die
Fehlermeldung "Unbehandelter Ausnahmezustand: Lesen-Fehler 6,
Die Zugriffsnummer ist nicht definiert"
A: Dieses Problem tritt bei einigen Leuten auf, die einen T-Online Account
haben. Versuchen Sie eine Internet-Verbindung �ber das DF�-Netzwerk
mit den original Microsoft Winsock Dlls aufzubauen (Hiermit wurde der
Urlrequester auch getestet)
Q: Ich hab den Urlrequester 2.0X, wenn ich versuche einen Request
abzuschicken, so kommt anscheinend einfach nichts durch.
A: Seit der 2er Version werden Requests direkt an Downloadslave gesendet,
es werden keine Mails mehr verschickt (Ausnahme: Die Anforderung eines
Pa�wortes). F�r die Funktionalit�t ben�tigt UrlRequester Zugriff �ber
die Ports
1500 und 1504. Sollten Sie also hinter einem Firewall (bzw. Proxy)
'sitzen',
so �berpr�fen Sie, ob die Ports auch durchgelassen werden.
Q: Ich sende eine Requestmail an den Downloadslave erhalte aber keine
Antwort.
A: Bitte achten Sie darauf alle Requestmails an [EMAIL PROTECTED] zu
senden.
Achten Sie auch darauf, da� ihr Password im Messagetext in der Form
PASS:YOURPASSWD
vorhanden ist.
Am besten ist es unser Programm UrlRequester zu benutzen. Dabei ist es sehr
wichtig, da� Sie ihre eigene EMail-Adresse und das Password korrekt
angeben.
Q: Bei kleineren Dateien funktioniert alles wunderbar. Fordere ich jedoch
eine gr��ere Datei an, erhalte ich eine Fehlermeldung oder gar nichts.
A: Bei vielen Onlinediensten (z. Bsp. T-Online, AOL, CompuServe, gmx.net
etc.) kann Ihr Postfach auf eine bestimmte Gr��e begrenzt sein. Einige
Provider begrenzen auch die Gr��e einer einzelnen Mail. Wir k�nnen
Ihnen die Mail bei �berschreitung dieser Grenzen nicht zustellen. Bitte
fordern Sie nur Dateien an, f�r das Ihr Postfach ausreichend ist, um
unn�tigen Traffic zu vermeiden.
Q: Ich m�chte einige Dateien runterladen, wann ist es sinnvoll in einem
Request mehrere Dateien anzugeben
A: Die M�glichkeit in einer Mail mehrere URLs anzugeben, ist dann sinnvoll,
wenn Sie auch alle Dateien in einer Antwortmail erhalten m�chten (z.B.
weil die Dateien in einem bestimmten Zusammenhang stehen). Die
Antwortmail wird ihnen erst zugestellt, wenn alle Dateien bearbeitet
wurden. Es ist daher besser mehrere Anfragen f�r Dateien zu stellen, die
nicht im Zusammenhang stehen. Sind die Dateien relativ gro� (> 500Kb )
dann sollten die Dateien auf alle F�lle in einzelne Anfragen angefordert
werden (also eine Mail pro Datei).
Q: Wie gro� darf eine einzelne Datei maximal sein, um Sie �ber den
Downloadslave zu bekommen ?
A: Entnehmen Sie die aktuell zugelassene Groesse bitte unserer Homepage
Q: Ich habe Downloadslave ein paar mal erfolgreich genutzt, aber nun
bekomme ich keinerlei Response mehr auf meine Anfragen.
A: Downloadslave sperrt User automatisch, wenn er h�ufig Probleme bei
der Mailzustellung erkennt. Sie haben jedoch die M�glichkeit Ihren
Account �ber Downloadstatus selbst wieder freizuschalten. Achten Sie
darauf, da� Sie nur Dateien anfordern, die Ihre Mailbox nicht
"sprengen". Schalten Sie ihren Autoresponder aus, sofern sie einen
besitzen. Verfassen Sie grunds�tzlich neue Mails bei neuen Requests
(Bitte nicht antworten auf eine Downloadslave-Email, da dieser dies als
fehlerhaft zugestellte Mail auffa�t)
Q: Ich habe eine relativ lange URL angefordert, aber Downloadslave hat
diese nicht korrekt erkannt. Sie ist mittendrin abgeschnitten! Wie
kann ich das Problem umgehen?
A: Die sicherste Art URLs anzufordern ist, das Programm UrlRequester
zu nutzen, hier tritt das Problem nicht auf. Sollten Sie dieses Programm
nicht nutzen wollen, so achten Sie bitte darauf, da� Sie den
automatischen Zeilenumbruch innerhalb Ihrer Mailsoftware gro�
genug setzen (z.B. 255). Die Umstellung von HTML-Mailversand auf
Textversand
kann auch Abhilfe schaffen.
5. Anregungen
Sollten Sie Verbesserungsvorschl�ge, positive oder auch negative
Kritik �u�ern wollen, k�nnen Sie diese an [EMAIL PROTECTED] senden.
Stand : 21.09.98
--
Gerry Boyd -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 15:44:10 -0700
From: "Gerald E. Boyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Post form by email
At 02:30 PM 4/26/99 +0300, Alexander Sysoyev wrote:
> Sometimes I see forms like this:
>
> <form method=post action="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">
> <input type=text name=var1 value="Alexander Sysoyev">
> <input type=text name=var2 value="http://www.yahoo.com">
> <input type=submit>
> </form>
>
> I have tried M$IE3 with Eudora v2.2 but email client does not work
> properly (or maybe browser sends wrong arguments?)
> It creates only blank message when I press submit button :-(
> So, I wonder how can I make form submition manually?
> What shall I specify as SUBJECT and BODY for this example?
This is form that is processed on the web server through the post action.
This is not the same as making a web page with an HREF that automagically
launches a user's E-mail program with the fields filled in.
To do what you want to do on a web page, try this:
<!-- mailto with subject added -->
<A HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=Re: Web
Form">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A>
<!-- mailto with subject added, CC, BCC, and body text -->
<A HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=Re: Web Form&cc=cc field
&bcc=bcc field&body=Body Text">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A>
Remove and add &variables as required...
--
Gerry Boyd -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 16:04:14 -0700
From: "Gerald E. Boyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What Archie e-mail servers and Gopher servers are valid?
At 10:44 PM 4/24/99 EDT, Matt Bahls wrote:
>1) Could somebody please tell me the active Archie servers? I tried to
>do something, but I got returned mail that the server wasn't found or
>something like that.
>
>2) Same with Gopher servers?
All servers are found at:
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1236/servers.html
Grab this web page from one of your favorite E-mail only servers...
>3) Is anybody ever going to update the info you get from rtfm.mit.edu?
>It seems like everything that I try from there is wrong. Is there a more
>current FAQ somewhere else?
Which FAQ? If you are speaking of the ACCMAIL FAQ, then it's up-to-date as
of version 8.1. Version 8.2 is due out some time this month.
--
Gerry Boyd -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 16:06:43 -0700
From: "Gerald E. Boyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] is not responding
At 02:26 AM 4/25/99 -0400, azuaje wrote:
>I tried to retrieve files with [EMAIL PROTECTED] since yerterday (
>April , 24 ) but the server does not respond . It�s the first failure I
>have ever met using this great server since 4 month , ):-( .
Well I have been using it for 5 years and it doesn't always work. No big
deal. I've had answers from this server 2 weeks after I requested a file.
The rules for this and any other server are the same. If at first you don't
succeed, try and try again.
--
Gerry Boyd -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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