G.E.Boyd’s How To Do Just About Anything by e-mail – Part 2
Index (16 Topics) – Not maintained as of January 2003
- Usenet by e-mail
- Usenet by Gophermail
- Usenet by Agora
- Usenet by Reference.COM
- Usenet by Google (was DejaNews)
- Usenet by Relcom News Mailing Service
- Usenet by Sonador Automated Usenet Service
- Posting to Usenet by e-mail
- Mailing Lists by e-mail
- Archie by e-mail
- Finger by e-mail
- Nslookup by e-mail
- Traceroute by e-mail
- Whois by e-mail
- UUdecoding e-mail
Usenet by e-mail
Usenet is a world-wide distributed discussion system. It consists of a set of “newsgroups” (currently numbering over 55000) with names that ar classified hierarchically by subject. “Articles” or “messages” are “posted” to these newsgroups by people on computers with the appropriate software (Newsreader program) — these articles are then broadcast to other interconnected computer systems via a wide variety of networks. Some newsgroups are “moderated”; in these newsgroups, the articles are first sent to a moderator for approval before appearing in the newsgroup.
To begin understanding Usenet, you should first retrieve the Usenet new users intro document.
Send e-mail to: mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu Enter only this line in the body of the note:
send usenet/news.answers/news-newusers-intro
To get a listing of Usenet newsgroups, add these commands to your note:
send usenet/news.answers/active-newsgroups/* send usenet/news.answers/alt-hierarchies/*
The active newsgroups consists of 3 parts which will be returned in 5 e-mail messages. The alternate hierarchies are in 5 parts and will be returned to you in 9 messages.
When you have reviewed the listings, it is always a good idea to get the FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) file(s) for a given newsgroup. Send e-mail to: mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with the command:
index usenet/[newsgroup]
You must replace “[newsgroup]” with the name of the Usenet newsgroup you wish the index for. Substitute dots (“.”)for dashes (“-“) if they appear in the newsgroup name. If any FAQ files are available, they will be listed in the returned message, and you can request them with a command like:
send usenet/[newsgroup]/[faqfilename]
Or on the Web in text format at: Usenet FAQs Listing
Here are some more documents that you should retrieve and read if you are interested in posting to Usenet newsgroups. They offer many handy hints on usage, style, do’s and don’ts, descriptions of what Usenet is, what are moderated newsgroups, how to post, how to find the right group to post in, etc.
Send e-mail to: mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with the command shown as send ...
- Guidelines for Usenet Group Creation
send usenet/news.answers/usenet/creating-newsgroups/part1 - Emily Postnews — foremost authority on proper net behaviour
send usenet/news.answers/usenet/emily-postnews/part1 - Frequently Asked Questions about Usenet
send usenet/news.answers/usenet/faq/part1 - Introductory posting for the *answer* moderated newsgroups
send usenet/news.answers/news-answers/introduction - Description and list moderated newsgroups
send usenet/news.answers/moderator-list/part1 - How to get information about the Internet
send usenet/news.answers/internet/network-info/part1 - Describes the the major Usenet announcement newsgroups
send usenet/news.answers/news-announce/introduction/part1 - A Primer on How to Work With the Usenet Community
send usenet/news.answers/usenet/primer/part1 - Describes some of the rules of conduct on Usenet
send usenet/news.answers/usenet/posting-rules/part1<.P> - How to find the right place to post (FAQ)
send usenet/news.answers/finding-groups/general - A Brief Guide to Social Newsgroups and Mailing Lists
send usenet/news.answers/usenet/social-newsgroups/part1 - What is Usenet?
send usenet/news.answers/usenet/what-is/part1 - Writing style for Usenet
send usenet/news.answers/usenet/writing-style/part1
Usenet by Agora
As an alternative to using gophermail servers to retrieve Usenet postings, you can also use Agora.
agora@dna.affrc.go.jp covers about 2687 Usenet newsgroups in the hierarchies: alt, aus, austin, ba, bionet, comp, control, de, fj, gnu, humanities, jp, misc, news, okinawa, rec, sci, soc, talk, tnn, tuskuba
To get a complete listing, retrieve these pages with the “SEND” command.
To:agora@dna.affrc.go.jp Subject: [leave blank] Body: send http://www.dna.affrc.go.jp/htdocs/Agora/1-4.html send http://www.dna.affrc.go.jp/htdocs/Agora/2-4.html send http://www.dna.affrc.go.jp/htdocs/Agora/3-4.html send http://www.dna.affrc.go.jp/htdocs/Agora/4-4.html
You will be returned with a listing that looks (in part) like:
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Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2001 00:10:16 +0900 (JST)
Message-Id: <200106081510.AAA04994@asn01.dna.affrc.go.jp>
Reply-To: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp
Precedence: junk
From: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp
To: gboyd@expita.com
Subject: Newsgroup list (URL: http://www.dna.affrc.go.jp/htdocs/Agora/1-4.html)
X-Sorted: Agora
Status:
This mail is not a spam but the automatic reply to your mail;
From: "Gerald E. Boyd" <gboyd@expita.com>
To: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 08:05:59 -0700
Message-Id: <4.2.2.20010608075905.00a2eea0@expita.com>
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To get help, just send a mail to agora@dna.affrc.go.jp with the body WWW
Due to the heavy load of the server, please restrict your request to
research and academic sites only. This helps the server live longer.
Newsgroup list
Note: This list is snapshot at Fri, 29 Nov 1996 01:31:20 +0900 So, there are
some newsgroups removed until today.
___________________________________
alt.0d is GOOD
alt.1d is GOOD
alt.2600 is NOGOOD
alt.2600.hackerz is NOGOOD
alt.2600.hope.tech is GOOD
alt.2600.moderated is NOGOOD
<I><B>...skip 1485 lines for for brevity...</B></I>
alt.sports.baseball.sd-padres is GOOD
alt.sports.baseball.sea-mariners is NOGOOD
alt.sports.baseball.sf-giants is GOOD
alt.sports.baseball.stl-cardinals is GOOD
___________________________________
There are no references from this document.
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The 2nd through 4th messages are simlar to the first one. You can tell if a newsgroup is available at this site by looking for the word “GOOD” — this indicates that this newsgroup is carried by this Agora server.
To retrieve newsgroup postings from either of these Agora servers, send e-mail as follows, replacing the “[newsgroup]” with the name of the Usenet newsgroup you wish view. Remember to use only a valid Usenet newsgroup from the lists above.
To: agora server Subject: [leave blank] Body: send news:[newsgroup]
EXAMPLE READING USENET NEWSGROUPS – AGORA
Let’s suppose you would like to receive a list of Usenet postings to the Usenet newsgoup “rec.martial-arts”. How do you format the request? From the previous sections you should have retrieved the lists of Usenet newsgroups supported by the Agora servers. In the list of groups for “agora@dna.affrc.go.jp” I find this:
rec.martial-arts is GOOD
So I know this Agora server supports this newsgroup. The message I format to send to the server looks like:
To: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp Subject: [leave blank] send news:rec.martial-arts
You will be returned with a listing that looks (in part) like:
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Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2001 00:10:26 +0900 (JST)
Message-Id: <200106081510.AAA05081@asn01.dna.affrc.go.jp>
Reply-To: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp
Precedence: junk
From: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp
To: gboyd@expita.com
Subject: Document requested (URL: news:rec.martial-arts)
X-Sorted: Agora
Status:
This mail is not a spam but the automatic reply to your mail;
From: "Gerald E. Boyd" <gboyd@expita.com>
To: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 08:05:59 -0700
Message-Id: <4.2.2.20010608075905.00a2eea0@expita.com>
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To get help, just send a mail to agora@dna.affrc.go.jp with the body WWW
Due to the heavy load of the server, please restrict your request to
research and academic sites only. This helps the server live longer.
Newsgroup:
rec.martial-arts
NEWSGROUP: REC.MARTIAL-ARTS
Re: Gi's video?[1] by Kallini
Re: Boxing, Grappling and The Whizzer[2] by "Paul Tanenbaum"
Re: Question for Everyone[3] by "Paul Tanenbaum"
Re: Question for Everyone[4] by Kallini
Re: Question for Everyone[5] by Kirk Lawson
Re: Blade[6] by Kallini
Re: tae kwon do vs savate?[7] by "Carlucci"
Re: My son[8] by GOU RONIN
Re: Boxing, Grappling and[9] by "Cory Pchajek"
Re: Boxing, Grappling and "Real Fights"[10] by "Cory Pchajek"
FS: Bruce Lee "The Chinese Connection w/ Biography" VHS Video
Cassette[11] by Jim Sinclair
Re: Kata vs. Sparing (was: Usefullness of forms)[12] by Michael Gallagher
...skip references 13 thru 1263 for brevity...
Re: styles[1264] by "Michael Q"
Re: styles[1265] by Kirk Lawson
Re: styles[1266] by "joey"
Everyone stand, Liberator speaks.[1267] by Flubadub07
Savate[1268] by A.M
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*** References from this document ***
[orig] news:rec.martial-arts
[1] 4hbihts2grm1a7dmh251qe8fegkhkvbepd@4ax.com
[2] 9fbd2m%24pb7%241@taliesin.netcom.net.uk
[3] 9fbef0%24r6m%241@taliesin.netcom.net.uk
[4] cb1jhto54t0iv907796oufk1ol6e95qj52@4ax.com
[5] 3B1B99C8.25B440D0@heapy.com
[6] an5jhts0l3d226tv3eej4ijptngm3h4uof@4ax.com
[7] 9fc6cr%247g0m%241@newssvr05-en0.news.prodigy.com
[8] q3ejht0s83u968nru7plc093i7neop4m1c@4ax.com
[9] %25TnS6.9101%24gg2.77111@news1.mts.net
[10] A2oS6.9104%24gg2.76967@news1.mts.net
[11] jimsinc.25171.000770D7@attcanada.ca
[12] 1h8khtok53dbst2sqae2da6memqko0jhdl@4ax.com
...skip references 13 thru 1260 for brevity...
[1261] bE4U6.907%24pb1.24082@www.newsranger.com
[1262] A1F0EE5D969716B9.BFCE96FF7F5BF606.B621BADAD6004A45@lp.airnews.net
[1263] 20010607235932.11383.00000587@ng-ce1.aol.com
[1264] TQ3U6.138%24jM2.12645@nnrp1.sbc.net
[1265] 3B20D40D.FC1B51EC@heapy.com
[1266] 9fpti1%24p7d%241@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk
[1267] 20010608002220.29582.00000046@ng-mb1.aol.com
[1268] isl1it8fsa0oo9hj6hsg0leai8b58m4lbd@4ax.com
*** Sorry, we do not send more than 5000 lines through email for one set of requests ***
...mail truncated here at 5000 lines...
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If I wanted to read any of the particular postings I would use the URL from the reference section and send a request back to the same Agora server. For instance, let’s say I wanted to read [5].
This method may not work as of 07Jan200 at the “agora@dna.affrc.go.jp” Agora site.
To: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp Subject: [leave blank] send news:rec.martial-arts3B1B99C8.25B440D0@heapy.com
As an alternate method to get a posting from this newsgroup, just send the document back to the Agora server with the document numbers of the postings you want:
To: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp Subject: Document requested (URL: news:rec.martial-arts) 3 8 9 10 112 221
where the numbers refer to the particular newsgroup postings you are interested in receiving.
NOTE: Make sure you include the subject line from the original posting from the Agora server.
Usenet by Google (was DejaNews)
This service lets you search through an archive of Usenet newsgroups and a rapidly growing number of publicly accessible mailing lists. The service is normally accessible via a web page but we can access it via e-mail methods.
The basic format of a request is to use the web page format http://groups.google.com/groups?q=[GROUP_NAME]
We replace the [GROUP_NAME] with the name of the Usenet Newsgroup we wish to retrieve.
For example, let’s retrieve the postings to comp.lang.perl.misc
To: www4mail@wm.ictp.trieste.it Subject: [leave blank] Body: send http://groups.google.com/groups?q=comp.lang.perl.misc
We will recieve a listing that looks like:
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Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 16:33:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: www4mail@wm.ictp.trieste.it
X-Mailer: WWW4MAIL Gateway Version 2.4.6
MIME-Version: 1.0
X-Quota-info: 299 request(s) or 10000000 (bytes) remaining.
To: gboyd@expita.com
Subject: [was 1] Requested (URL - http://groups.google.com/groups)
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Dear User,
Statistics of your (per week) usage of this service
===================================================
Remaining Quota : 299 request(s) or 10000000 (bytes)
Used Quota : 1 requests(s) or 0 (bytes)
Last access :
Details for Current Page
------------------------
URL : http://groups.google.com/groups?q=comp.lang.pe
rl.misc
Mail Received : Tue May 1 22:42:20 2001
Request Queued : Tue May 1 22:42:30 2001
Request Process : Tue May 1 22:42:37 2001
Delivery Time : Tue May 1 22:43:12 2001
HELP TIP: Try our new help system send the command "help index"
WEB <-> E-mail Gateway V2.0 by The Abdus Salam ICTP, Trieste, Italy.
WWW4MAIL Version 2.4.6: For more information send HELP INFO
Notice: All requests to this service are stored in log files.
Disclaimer: The provider of this service cannot be held responsible for the
contents, presentation or mis-presentation of supplied documents.
[1]Google
_________________________ Google Search
[2]Advanced Groups Search
[3]Groups Help
(_) Search only in comp.lang.perl.misc (_) Search all groups (_)
Search the Web
[4]Click here for information about upcoming improvements to this beta
version of Google's Usenet search.
[5]Group: [6]comp . [7]lang . [8]perl . misc
Threads 1-25 of about 225,000 in comp.lang.perl.misc [9]Next 25
threads >>
Date Thread Subject Most Recent Poster
01 May 2001 [10]entries per page (2 articles) Jon Ericson
01 May 2001 [11]Strange string -> num conversion (31 articles) Anno
Siegel
01 May 2001 [12]Question about float to hex (3 articles) Rudolf
Polzer
01 May 2001 [13]one-line stderr, stdout redirection (16 articles)
Anno Siegel
01 May 2001 [14]Question on optimizing a subroutine (1 article) z3rk
01 May 2001 [15]System Call within Daemon - TAKE 2 (9 articles) Anno
Siegel
01 May 2001 [16]problem compiling perl on hpux 10.01 (2 articles)
Richard J. Rauenzahn
01 May 2001 [17]FAQ 3.5: How do I profile my Perl programs? (7
articles) PerlFAQ Server
01 May 2001 [18]Hacker Challenge. Can you break this script for me?
(20 articles) Godzilla!
01 May 2001 [19]Should Perl be first? (27 articles) Rudolf Polzer
01 May 2001 [20]requiring something I only need once (7 articles)
Greg Bacon
01 May 2001 [21]Another regexp question (23 articles) Ciaran McCreesh
01 May 2001 [22]URL encoding for CGI (2 articles) Jim Ley
01 May 2001 [23]How to: Create Regex which extracts N number of
word... (5 articles) Ren Maddox
01 May 2001 [24]RegEx Question (166 articles) Ren Maddox
01 May 2001 [25]perlcc does not work - does anyone know how to fix
it? (1 article) Rudolf Polzer
01 May 2001 [26]Corrupted scripts Winows to UNIX (1 article) Nigel
Taylor
01 May 2001 [27]DBD::ODBC (8 articles) Chris
01 May 2001 [28]perl program suggestions (1 article) Gordon Vrdoljak
01 May 2001 [29]Getting IP address and not a proxy one? Chris Fedde
01 May 2001 [30]loop variable scope (1 article)
rasunci@qual-pro.removethis.com
01 May 2001 [31]Q: Using 'rename' with CGI (2 articles) Andras
Malatinszky
01 May 2001 [32]Multiple errors running newspro.cgi (2 articles) Tad
McClellan
01 May 2001 [33]Separate syslog file? (7 articles) Chris Stith
01 May 2001 [34]CGI/Perl scripts not readable ! (5 articles) E.Chang
[35]Next 25 threads >>
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References
1. http://groups.google.com/
2. http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search?hl=en&lr;=&group;=comp.lang.perl.misc&safe;=off
3. http://groups.google.com/googlegroups/help.html
4. http://groups.google.com/googlegroups/help.html
5. http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr;=&safe;=off&group;=*
6. http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr;=&safe;=off&group;=comp
7. http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr;=&safe;=off&group;=comp.lang
8. http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr;=&safe;=off&group;=comp.lang.perl
9. http://groups.google.com/groups?num=25&hl;=en&lr;=&group;=comp.lang.perl.misc&safe;=off&start;=25&group;=comp.lang.perl.misc
10. http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr;=&safe;=off=1&th;=62d580ba9fa2d83e,2
11. http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr;=&safe;=off=1&th;=190f0543b241bf60,31
12. http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr;=&safe;=off=1&th;=217accda093cbfee,3
13. http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr;=&safe;=off=1&th;=1909c62cacaf2776,16
14. http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr;=&safe;=off=1&th;=442f6e8b3a8cc80b,1
15. http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr;=&safe;=off=1&th;=d1661c364dfd7717,9
16. http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr;=&safe;=off=1&th;=2ef47e2c36b64a10,2
17. http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr;=&safe;=off=1&th;=e593b5f370ecdda0,7
18. http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr;=&safe;=off=1&th;=69a6cfad428f3716,20
19. http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr;=&safe;=off=1&th;=aaf33f692eb1482d,27
20. http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr;=&safe;=off=1&th;=8c5976c991bb4a8a,7
21. http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr;=&safe;=off=1&th;=dbc801dbc0f83b62,23
22. http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr;=&safe;=off=1&th;=dff9dac87fbcbcc,2
23. http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr;=&safe;=off=1&th;=f72ef1b2a99cfc02,5
24. http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr;=&safe;=off=1&th;=7f6b785b3c591918,166
25. http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr;=&safe;=off=1&th;=5adc4068ad2d0faf,1
26. http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr;=&safe;=off=1&th;=a3b8f6e2ab348ab6,1
27. http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr;=&safe;=off=1&th;=6feb0c8a7e819244,8
28. http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr;=&safe;=off=1&th;=e063a352fcdc52a3,1
29. http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr;=&safe;=off=1&th;=e781d915791558d9,0
30. http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr;=&safe;=off=1&th;=5b44c0709c072d44,1
31. http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr;=&safe;=off=1&th;=9edb7e211d925500,2
32. http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr;=&safe;=off=1&th;=e00ae2b4b0be58e3,2
33. http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr;=&safe;=off=1&th;=a8e79022d2c1aa94,7
34. http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr;=&safe;=off=1&th;=1966738222d37f51,5
35. http://groups.google.com/groups?num=25&hl;=en&lr;=&group;=comp.lang.perl.misc&safe;=off&start;=25&group;=comp.lang.perl.misc
36. http://directory.google.com/
37. http://groups.google.com/jobs/
38. http://groups.google.com/ads/
39. http://groups.google.com/services/
40. http://groups.google.com/language.html
41. http://groups.google.com/about.html
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If you want to read any of the articles, then you could send another message and use the URL from the reference number [xx]. For example, if you wanted to read
01 May 2001 [20]requiring something I only need once (7 articles)
then you would format another request like:
To: www4mail@wm.ictp.trieste.it Subject: [leave blank] Body: send http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr;=&safe;=off\ =1&th;=8c5976c991bb4a8a,7
NOTE: The “\” at the end of the first line is used to split a request over more than one line. This is valid at the agora, getweb and www4mail servers.
If you want the next set of message because only the first 25 are listed, then use the URL from reference number [35]Next 25 threads and format another request like:
To: www4mail@wm.ictp.trieste.it Subject: [leave blank] Body: send http://groups.google.com/groups?num=25\ &hl;=en&lr;=&group;=comp.lang.perl.misc&safe;=off&start;=25\ &group;=comp.lang.perl.misc
NOTE: The “\” at the end of the first two lines is used to split a request over more than one line. This is valid at the agora, getweb and www4mail servers.
Some other sites that work like Google:
NewsOne.Net http://newsone.net/nnr/listpg/[GROUP_NAME] News2Web http://www.news2web.com/cgi-bin/dnewsweb.exe?cmd=xover&group;=[GROUP_NAME] NewsWalk http://www.nooz.net/cgi-test/news.pl?cmd=listgroup&group;=[GROUP_NAME] Liquid Information (need to create account first, Usenet in late 2001) http://www.liquidinformation.com/ MailandNews.com (need to create account first) http://www.mailandnews.com/ RemarQ (no longer free since Critical Path acquired them 17Aug00) http://www.remarq.com/ NuthinButNews (no longer free 2001)Joustoluotot onnistuvat korottominaSuckNews.com (no longer free 2001) http://www.sucknews.com/
Usenet by Relcom News Mailing Service
This automatic mail server relays news articles from Relcom and USENET via usual E-mail. Relcom was established in 1998 and is one of the leading ISPs in Moscow.
To learn how to use this service, send e-mail as follows:
To: newsserv@LITech.NET Subject: [leave blank] Body: help You will recieve a listing that looks like:
From: usenet@LITech.NET (News Mailing Service)
To: gboyd@expita.com
Subject: reply from USENET server
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 01 02:18:12 GMT
Thu Jan 18 02:18:12 2001
--help
Relcom & Usenet News mailserver.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This automatic mail server relays news articles from Relcom and USENET via
usual E-mail. If you want to use server you should send e-mail letter
containing the list of commands to the address newsserv@LITech.NET.
Subject is ignored. Command name can be in upper or lower case,
all other arguments are case sensitive.
Here comes brief description of available commands:
HELP Send this file. All subsequent commands are ignored.
LIST Give the list of all news groups with
brief description.
LIST hierarchy Give the list of news groups from the given hierarchy.
For example, "list comp.sources".
SUBSCRIBE group Subscribe to group in notify mode. Server will
periodically send you a list of commands to retrieve
new articles in the following format:
GROUP news.answers
-ART 100 size author subject
In order to get the articles you interested in
simply uncomment corresponding commands and send it
back to server. Don't remove GROUP commands!
FEED group Subscribe to group in feed mode. All new articles
from a group will be immediately sent to you.
WARNING:
Never use feed mode if you're not completely sure
that you need *all* articles and your e-mail
connection is stable and permanent. This mode can
easily cause e-mail traffic jams making impossible
to send or receive any electronic mail at your machine.
This can result in disconnecting your machine from net
by some administrator, so be careful.
RFEED size group Subscribe to group in restricted feed mode.
All articles smaller than given size (in kilobytes)
will be sent to you as in feed mode. Lists of bigger
articles will be sent to you as in notify mode.
UNSUBSCRIBE group Unsubscribe from group.
UNSUBSCRIBE all Unsubscribe from all groups.
FORGET If you were subscribed to some groups, and later
unsubscribed, server continues to send you
lists of newly created or deleted news groups,
hoping that you might get interested in them.
To finally unconnect from server give
command FORGET.
CHECK Show the list of groups you are subscribed to.
GROUP group Go to the group. This group becames "current"
(for commands ARTICLE, INDEX, LINDEX).
ARTICLE number Send specified article.
ARTICLE <message-id> Send an article with specified message-id.
INDEX [number [number]] Show list of articles in current group.
The format of the list is the same as in subscribe mode.
Arguments specify the range of article numbers.
Negative agrument means 'LAST - number'.
INDEX - all articles
INDEX -20 - Last 20 articles
INDEX 700 750 - articles in range 700...750
LINDEX [number [number]] Show detailed list of articles in the following format:
Issue: <article number>
Subject: <subject>
From: <author>
Date: <date and time>
Message-ID: <message-id>
Size: <size in bytes>
PACK Enable packing mode. All articles sent to you
will be packed, compressed and encoded.
This will reduce the volume and the total number
of transmitted files. This mode is highly
recommended.
You should unpack received batches by one of the
special utilities UNBATCH, UUNPACK or use mailer
BML, which decodes batches on the fly.
You can get the UNBATCH program (with sources)
for MSDOS by command
SEND uunpack-dos
or for Unix 386
SEND unbatch-386
or for Xenix 286
SEND unbatch-286
If you need only sources of unpack programs
you can get them by
SEND unpack-src
and
SEND unbatch-src
PACK OFF Disable packing mode.
SEND Show list of files available on request.
You can get these files by command SEND with parameters.
SEND file Get a file. The following files are available:
unbatch-dos 29k program UNBATCH for MSDOS
unbatch-386 42k program UNBATCH for Unix 386
unbatch-286 38k program UNBATCH for Xenix 286
unbatch-src 20k sources of program UNBATCH
uunpack-dos 23k program UUNPACK for MSDOS
uunpack-286 29k program UUNPACK for Xenix 286
uunpack-src 8k sources of program UUNPACK
GSTAT [hierarchy] Get information about subscriptions on groups.
For each group is listed: name, number of articles
(approximately), and number of subscribers in
SUBSCRIBE, FEED and RFEED modes.
USTAT [address] Get information about user subscriptions.
User address is a regular expression in SH style.
For example, command "ustat alex@*" will print
information about users with name alex.
For each user is listed: name, total number of groups,
and number of subscriptions in SUBSCRIBE, FEED and
RFEED modes.
TIME Print current date and time.
AGING OFF Turn off aging of subscribers. Usially server
forget about silent user after 28 days of silence.
AGING Turn on aging if it was turned off previously.
QUIT Shows server that all commands are over.
WARNING: don't use user name "uucp" or "news" to receive news -
server ignores these names.
In order to submit an article you should send the article with the
header field "Newsgroups:" containing the comma-separated list of
newsgroups (all newsgroups should be valid) to the address newsserv@LITech.NET.
The default distribution of the message is the whole world, so you should
think twice before sending your article. Remember it will be read by
thousands or millions of readers around the world, so your message
should not be offensive, should not violate copyright laws. Never write
things already written by somebody. It's better to restrict distribution
area to be as small as possible. You can do it using
the header field "Distribution:". Valid distributions are:
world, eunet, su, russia, moscow
Example:
% mailx newsserv@LITech.NET
Subject: testing
~: headline Newsgroups relcom.test
(continue)
~: headline Distribution su
(continue)
Twas brilling...
.
EOT
%
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To: newsserv@LITech.NET Subject: [leave blank] Body: list
You will recieve a listing that looks like:
From: usenet@LITech.NET (News Mailing Service) To: gboyd@expita.com X-Errors-To: usenet@LITech.NET Subject: reply from USENET server Date: Wed, 17 Jan 01 23:55:56 GMT Wed Jan 17 23:55:55 2001 --list Short list of groups, for details ask 'groups NAME' where NAME may be simple comp, relcom, etc. or precise group name. Group name Description ----------------------------------- alt.1d alt.2600 The magazine or the game system. You decide. alt.3d Discussions of 3 dimensional imaging. alt.abortion.inequity Paternal obligations of failing to abort unwanted > child. alt.abuse.recovery alt.activism Activities for activists. alt.activism.d A place to discuss issues in alt.activism. alt.activism.death-penalty alt.adoption Adopting people. alt.aeffle.und.pferdle German TV cartoon characters. alt.agriculture.misc General discussions of agriculture, farming, etc. alt.alien.visitors Space creatures ate my modem. alt.amateur-comp Discussion and input for Amateur Computerist > Newsletter. .... 969 groups (alt.*) SKIPPED aus.books aus.education aus.politics aus.radio.packet aus.snow aus.students aus.students.overseas bionet.biophysics bionet.cellbiol bionet.drosophila bionet.general General BIOSCI discussion. bionet.genome.arabidopsis > Information about the Arabidopsis project. bionet.genome.chromosomes bionet.immunology Discussions about research in immunology. bionet.info-theory Discussions about biological information theory. bionet.jobs Scientific Job opportunities. bionet.molbio.evolution How genes and proteins have evolved. bionet.molbio.genbank Info about the GenBank Nucleic acid database. bionet.molbio.genbank.updates > Hot off the presses! (Moderated) bionet.molbio.genome-program > Discussion of Human Genome Project issues. bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts > Requests for information and lab reagents. .... 12 groups (bionet.*) SKIPPED bit.admin bit.general bit.lang.neder-l bit.listserv.3com-l bit.listserv.9370-l bit.listserv.ada-law bit.listserv.advanc-l bit.listserv.advise-l bit.listserv.aect-l bit.listserv.aera bit.listserv.coco Tandy Color Computer List. bit.listserv.down-syn Downs Syndrome Discussion Group. bit.listserv.dsshe-l Disabled Student Services in Higher Education. bit.listserv.gophern Lets go Gopherin. bit.listserv.gutnberg GUTNBERG Discussion List. bit.listserv.hytel-l HYTELNET Discussions. (Moderated) bit.listserv.lis-l Library and Information Science Students. bit.listserv.medforum Medical Student Discussions. (Moderated) bit.listserv.muslims Islamic Informations and News Network. (Moderated) bit.listserv.pakistan Pakistan News Service. (Moderated) .... 190 groups (bit.*) SKIPPED biz.americast biz.americast.samples biz.books.technical biz.clarinet biz.clarinet.sample biz.clarinet.web.xcache.large biz.clarinet.webnews.biz > Business from the ClariNet e.News (Moderated) biz.clarinet.webnews.living biz.clarinet.webnews.sports > Sports from the ClariNet e.News (Moderated) biz.clarinet.webnews.techwire biz.clarinet.webnews.top > Top News from the ClariNet e.News (Moderated) biz.clarinet.webnews.usa > News of the U.S.A. from the e.News (Moderated) biz.clarinet.webnews.world > World News from the e.News (Moderated) biz.general Dialogue: business operations and offerings > (moderated). (Moderated) biz.hipclone HipClone business - you committed one when you opened > this book. Keep it up. It's our only hope. biz.hipclone.congressagent > HipClone's CongressAgent business biz.hipcrime.activeagent > HipCrime's ActiveAgent business biz.hipcrime.congressagent > HipCrime's CongressAgent business .... 33 groups (biz.*) SKIPPED ca.driving California freeways and backroads. ca.earthquakes What's shakin' in California. ca.environment Environmental concerns in California. ca.general Of general interest to readers in Calfornia only. ca.news USENET status and usage in California. ca.politics Political topics of interest to California readers > only. ca.test Tests of 'ca' distribution articles. ca.unix ca.wanted For Sale/Wanted postings throughout California. comp.admin.policy Discussions of site administration policies. comp.ai Artificial Intelligence. (Moderated) (Moderated) comp.ai.alife Research about artificial life. comp.ai.doc-analysis.misc > General document understanding technologies. comp.ai.doc-analysis.ocr > OCR research, algorithms and software. comp.ai.edu Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Education. comp.ai.fuzzy comp.ai.games Artificial intelligence in games and game-playing. comp.ai.genetic comp.ai.jair.announce Announcements & abstracts of the Journal of AI > Research. (Moderated) (Moderated) comp.ai.jair.papers Papers published by the Journal of AI Research. comp.ai.neural-nets All aspects of neural networks. .... 926 groups (comp.*) SKIPPED control de.admin.archiv de.admin.mail de.admin.misc de.admin.news.announce de.admin.news.groups de.admin.news.misc de.admin.news.software de.alt.admin de.alt.astrologie de.alt.bbs.waffle .... 129 groups (de.*) SKIPPED elvisti.info.chronical elvisti.info.chronical.crime elvisti.info.firms elvisti.info.orgtech elvisti.info.sci-tech.comp elvisti.info.service063 elvisti.info.sport eunet.aviation eunet.bugs.4bsd eunet.bugs.uucp eunet.checkgroups eunet.esprit eunet.esprit.eurochip eunet.europen eunet.jokes eunet.misc eunet.newprod .... 6 groups (eunet.*) SKIPPED fido.ger.book fido7.announce.f2000 Fidonet ANNOUNCE.2000 (Moderated) fido7.at.talk Fidonet AT.TALK (Moderated) fido7.baby.mail.pvt Fidonet BABY.MAIL.PVT (Moderated) fido7.baby.pvt Fidonet BABY.PVT (Moderated) fido7.before.sysopka.after > Fidonet BEFORE.SYSOPKA.AFTER (Moderated) fido7.bel.digest Fidonet BEL.DIGEST [Read Only] (Moderated) fido7.bink.plus Fidonet BINK.PLUS - Bink/+ (Moderated) fido7.binkd Fidonet BINKD (Moderated) fido7.bocharoff.must.die > Fidonet BOCHAROFF.MUST.DIE (Moderated) fido7.bocharov.rulezz Fidonet BOCHAROV.RULEZZ (Moderated) .... 1002 groups (fido7.*) SKIPPED fl.jobs free.ebooks-2000 ftn.4dos ftn.alchemist ftn.ally.currency ftn.arj ftn.avp.support ftn.bel.general ftn.clipper ftn.commonplace ftn.compress ftn.ctpahhoe.mecto .... 266 groups (ftn.*) SKIPPED gnu.announce gnu.bash.bug gnu.chess gnu.emacs.announce gnu.emacs.bug gnu.emacs.gnews gnu.emacs.gnus gnu.emacs.help gnu.emacs.sources gnu.emacs.vm.bug .... 18 groups (gnu.*) SKIPPED gu.fido.$crack$.talks gu.fido.400.file gu.fido.400.link gu.fido.4dos gu.fido.ad&d; gu.fido.adinf.support gu.fido.allfix_help gu.fido.arj gu.fido.bink.plus gu.fido.bnu .... 765 groups (gu.*) SKIPPED icmp.test Test group from icmp icmp.users Group for icmp users info.admin info.big-internet info.bind info.brl-cad info.bsdi.users BSDI user forum (bsdi-users@bsdi.com). info.bytecounters info.firearms info.firearms.politics info.gated info.grass.programmer .... 28 groups (info.*) SKIPPED junk k12.chat.elementary k12.chat.junior k12.chat.senior k12.chat.teacher k12.ed.art k12.ed.business k12.ed.comp.literacy k12.ed.health-pe k12.ed.life-skills k12.ed.math .... 26 groups (k12.*) SKIPPED litech.class.test litech.listserv.FaxPostup.eng > Politics, economics, law litech.listserv.FaxPostup.ukr > Політика, економіка, законодавство litech.listserv.lviv-city.press > Офіційні повідомлення Львівської міської адміністації. litech.plast.burlaky litech.postmasters Обговорення роботи на вузлі для операторів litech.test For test only!!!! litech.users misc.activism.militia misc.activism.progressive > Information for Progressive activists. (Moderated) misc.answers misc.books.technical Discussion of books about technical topics. misc.business.consulting misc.business.facilitators misc.business.marketing.moderated > Roundtable for marketing topics. (Moderated) misc.business.records-mgmt misc.consumers Consumer interests, product reviews, etc. misc.consumers.frugal-living misc.consumers.house Discussion about owning and maintaining a house. misc.consumers.house.homeowner-assn > Common interest housing developments. misc.education Discussion of the educational system. misc.education.language.english > Teaching English to speakers of other languages. misc.emerg-services Forum for paramedics & other first responders. misc.entrepreneurs Discussion on operating a business. .... 92 groups (misc.*) SKIPPED news.admin.binaries.pictures.flags.desecrated news.admin.hierarchies news.admin.misc General topics of network news administration. news.admin.net-abuse.announce news.admin.net-abuse.cabal news.admin.net-abuse.cancel-forgery news.admin.net-abuse.chris-lewis news.admin.net-abuse.test news.admin.netgod.bill-palmer > Vanity group for the net.god due to popular consensus. news.admin.netgod.kibops news.admin.technical Technical aspects of maintaining network news. > (Moderated) news.announce.conferences > Calls for papers and conference announcements. > (Moderated) news.announce.important General announcements of interest to all. (Moderated) news.announce.newgroups Calls for newgroups & announcements of same. > (Moderated) news.announce.newusers Explanatory postings for new users. (Moderated) news.answers Repository for periodic USENET articles. (Moderated) news.lists News-related statistics and lists. (Moderated) news.lists.ps-maps Maps relating to USENET traffic flows. (Moderated) .... 9 groups (news.*) SKIPPED pl.announce.newgroups pl.answers pl.biznes Jak zarobic, jak nie stracic. pl.biznes.banki Funkcjonowanie bankow w Polsce i zagranica. pl.biznes.wgpw Warszawska Gielda Papierow Wartosciowych, rynek > kapitalowy w Polsce. pl.comp.bazy-danych pl.comp.bazy-danych.msaccess > Visual Basic i MS Access. pl.comp.cad Komputerowe wspomaganie projektowania. pl.comp.demoscena Polska scena komputerowa. pl.comp.dtp pl.comp.dtp.tex Jezyk TeX - zastosowania i porady. pl.comp.dtp.tex.gust Jezyk TeX - zastosowania i porady - lista GUST-L. > (Moderated) pl.comp.gis Wymiana informacji na temat Systemow Informacji. pl.comp.grafika Forum dyskusji milosnikow grafiki komputerowej. .... 187 groups (pl.*) SKIPPED rec.answers rec.antiques Discussing antiques and vintage items. rec.aquaria Keeping fish and aquaria as a hobby. rec.aquaria.freshwater.goldfish > Care and keeping of goldfish, koi, carp. rec.aquaria.freshwater.plants > Keeping of freshwater aquarium plants. rec.aquaria.marine.misc Marine aquaria in general. rec.aquaria.marine.reefs > Marine Reef aquaria. rec.aquaria.marketplace Aquarium advertising & announcements. rec.aquaria.misc Closed System aquaria in general. rec.aquaria.tech Aquarium related technology and equipment. rec.arts.animation Discussion of various kinds of animation. .... 406 groups (rec.*) SKIPPED relcom.accounting Все о бухгалтерском учете. relcom.ads Оголошення, крім комп'ютерів і комерції (керована). relcom.advertising.theory > Теория рекламы и Public Relations. (Moderated) relcom.answers Периодическая информация и ответы на часто задаваемые > вопросы. (Moderated) relcom.archives Повідомлення про нові надходження на файлових серверах. relcom.archives.d Обговорення файлових серверів, архівів доступних > програм. relcom.arts.epic relcom.arts.magick Обсуждение Магии и сопутствующих тем. relcom.arts.photo.img Публикация авторских фотографических работ и их > обсуждение. relcom.arts.qwerty relcom.auto Обмен опытом и мнениями по эксплуатации автомобилей. relcom.child.special Проблемы детей с особенностями развития. (Moderated) .... 158 groups (relcom.*) SKIPPED relis.cwm Computer World Moscow sci.aeronautics The science of aeronautics & related technology. > (Moderated) (Moderated) sci.aeronautics.airliners > Airliner technology. (Moderated) (Moderated) sci.aeronautics.simulation > Aerospace simulation technology. (Moderated) > (Moderated) sci.agriculture Farming, agriculture and related topics. sci.agriculture.beekeeping sci.agriculture.fruit Agricultural techniques for fruit, berries & nuts. sci.agriculture.poultry Chickens, ducks, geese, and other poultry. sci.agriculture.ratites Ostrich, emu, rhea, or cassowary ranching. sci.answers Repository for periodic USENET articles. (Moderated) > (Moderated) sci.anthropology All aspects of studying humankind. sci.anthropology.paleo Evolution of man and other primates. .... 213 groups (sci.*) SKIPPED soc.answers soc.bi Discussions of bisexuality. soc.college College, college activities, campus life, etc. soc.college.grad General issues related to graduate schools. soc.college.gradinfo Information about graduate schools. soc.college.org.aiesec The Int'l Assoc. of Business and Commerce Students. soc.college.teaching-asst soc.couples Discussions for couples (cf. soc.singles). soc.couples.intercultural > Inter-cultural and inter-racial relationships. soc.culture.afghanistan Discussion of the Afghan society. soc.culture.african Discussions about Africa & things African. soc.culture.african.american > Discussions about Afro-American issues. .... 130 groups (soc.*) SKIPPED talk.abortion All sorts of discussions and arguments on abortion. talk.answers talk.bizarre The unusual, bizarre, curious, and often stupid. talk.environment Discussion the state of the environment & what to do. talk.euthanasia talk.origins Evolution versus creationism (sometimes hot!). talk.philosophy.humanism talk.philosophy.misc Philosophical musings on all topics. talk.politics.animals The use and/or abuse of animals. talk.politics.china Discussion of political issues related to China. talk.politics.crypto The relation between cryptography and government. talk.politics.drugs The politics of drug issues. talk.politics.guns The politics of firearm ownership and (mis)use. .... 14 groups (talk.*) SKIPPED to uanet.general ??? uarnet.postmasters ukr.archives ukr.bicycle ▐аў║╚і╛Ё г╙а═Цґбм╙ве ╒і╚ўбЁ╞і╔Х╒ в═ ╒і╚ўбЁ╞і╔ЁбвХ╒ ukr.commerce.auto ukr.commerce.chemical Хімічні матеріали, препарати, добрива і подібне. ukr.commerce.construction ukr.commerce.energy Паливо, мастила. ukr.commerce.estate ukr.commerce.food Продукти харчування і напої. ukr.commerce.household ukr.commerce.infoserv ukr.commerce.machinery Обладнання, засоби транспорту і подібне. ukr.commerce.metals Метали, вироби з металу. ukr.commerce.orgtech Оргтехніка, аудіо- і відеотехніка, комп'ютери. ukr.commerce.talk Питання повязані з обговоренням загальної роботи > телеконференцій ієрархії ukr.commerce.*. ukr.finance Фінансові питання. ukr.gc.chronical Галицькі контракти .... 20 groups (ukr.*) SKIPPED ukrainet.infobank.eng Ukraine Today ukrainet.infobank.rus Украина Сегодня ukrainet.infobank.ukr Україна Сьогодні ukrainet.ufm.digest UFM Weekly Digest vmsnet.alpha vmsnet.announce vmsnet.announce.newusers vmsnet.decus.journal vmsnet.decus.lugs vmsnet.employment vmsnet.epsilon-cd vmsnet.groups vmsnet.infosystems.gopher vmsnet.infosystems.misc .... 25 groups (vmsnet.*) SKIPPED wu.commerce Типу UKR.COMMERCE, міжмережева wu.talks Балачки на Західній Україні (міжмережева, безкоштовна, > постмодерована) -- Usenet-Mail Gateway, version 2.8.0.169 Copyright (C) 1991-1994 Serge Vakulenko Modifications 1993 Aleksei Rudnev <alex@kiae.su>
Posting to Usenet by e-mail
There are three methods of posting to Usenet Newsgroups
- Use a posting service via e-mail
- Use an e-mail to Usenet gateway
There are two styles of e-mail to Usenet Newsgroups gateways:
- The first requires a header. mail2news@ is generally the address, and there must be a Newsgroups: header. It must be Newsgroups: even if you’re only posting to one group. The requirement for this header means you must be able to insert such a header. Placing it in the message body is not the same.
- The second is the group.name@ style. If you want to post to alt.test, you would do so by e-mailing to alt.test@ and then the site name. Anything besides “group.name” must be left in place, meaning that in a “group.name-news@” address, you must leave in the “-news@” part.
NOTE: There is an exception to this second style at anon.lcs
For a current list of active and defunct usenet gateways, see Usenet gateways
- Use an anonymous remailer that allows the Anon-Post-To command.
For a current list of active and defunct anonymous remailers, see Anonymous servers
EXAMPLE USENET POSTING – mail2news gateway
This service allows you to post news articles to usenet through E-mail. It can be useful if you do not have access to a good news server, or if you wish to post through an anonymous remailer. If you don’t have access to a good news server, you may also be interested in reading news through an open NNTP server. You can find a lists of open NNTP servers at NewzBot!.
To post an article to usenet, mail it to mail2news@anon.lcs.mit.edu. You must specify the newsgroup(s) to which you want to post with a “Newsgroups:” header in your mail message. When posting to multiple groups, place all newsgroups in the same “Newsgroups:” header line, separated by commas (but NO spaces). For example, to post a message to alt.test and misc.test, place the following line in your mail header:
Newsgroups: alt.test,misc.test
Note that this service does NOT anonymize the news articles it posts. The address from which an article is mailed will become the return address of the posted news article.
The mail2news software passes mail messages directly through to the news server with almost no modification. It does not process “::” or “##” lines in mail, nor does it understand “Post-To:” commands. All mail received must already be a properly formatted news message (as described by RFC 1036) with a “Newsgroups:” line in the header of the mail message. Otherwise, the news server will reject the article and it will be bounced back to you.
To receive a list of all newsgroups reachable through this mail to news gateway, send mail to mail2news@anon.lcs.mit.edu with subject “list” and no “Newsgroups:” header. The complete list of available newsgroups is quite large (200+K 10,000+ groups), and can break many mailers. You can therefore query for particular newsgroups by fingering groups@anon.lcs.mit.edu. To obtain through E-mail a list of only those newsgroups starting with a particular pattern, you can include an egrep-style regular expression on the subject line. For instance,
Subject: list comp\.unix would list only newsgroups whose names begin "comp.unix". Subject: list .*linux would list all newsgroups whose names contain the substring "linux". Subject: list alt.*(security|privacy) would list all newsgroups beginning "alt" and containing either the word "security" or the word "privacy". Finally, Subject: list .*\.test$ would list all newsgroups ending ".test".
To see a copy of this message through finger, you can finger mail2news@anon.lcs.mit.edu. To receive a copy of this help message through E-mail, you can send mail to mail2news@anon.lcs.mit.edu with subject “help” and no “Newsgroups:” header.
If you cannot figure out a way to add a Newsgroups header to your mail messages, you can instead include the list of newsgroups to which you wish to post in the mail2news E-mail address. To post to group alt.test, for instance, you can send mail to: mail2news-YYYYMMDD-group.name@anon.lcs.mit.edu do the following:
Date: Tue May 01 14:26:43 2001 To: mail2news-20010501-alt.test@anon.lcs.mit.edu From: "Gerald E. Boyd" <gboyd@expita.com> Subject: Accmail Test message -- Disregard Test message on 01May2001 to alt.test using mail2 news gateway at anon.lcs.mit.edu Example post for ACCMAIL sample.
Because I posted to the alt.test Usenet Newsgroup which gets hundreds of test posts a day, I used a newsreader to find my posting rather than e-mail methods. The reason is that these postings expire quickly due to the sheer number that are posted daily. Here is what I saw:
Path: newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!news-out.visi.com!hermes.visi.com!news.tele.dk!134.222.94.5!npeer.kpnqwest.net!nmaster.kpnqwest.net!newsfeed.Austria.EU.net!newsfeed.kpnqwest.at!anon.lcs.mit.edu!nym.alias.net!mail2news Message-ID: <4.2.2.20010501142541.00a35100@expita.com> X-Sender: gboyd@expita.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.2 Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 14:26:43 -0700 From: "Gerald E. Boyd" <gboyd@expita.com> Subject: Accmail Test message -- Disregard Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Mail-To-News-Contact: postmaster@nym.alias.net Organization: mail2news@nym.alias.net Newsgroups: alt.test Lines: 5 X-Received-Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 14:37:33 PDT (newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net) Xref: newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net alt.test:1454907 Test message on 01May2001 to alt.test using mail2 news gateway at anon.lcs.mit.edu Example post for ACCMAIL sample.
EXAMPLE USENET ANONYMOUS POSTING – remailer
To use a remailer, such as the one at widow@wol.be do the following:
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 14:13:07 -0800 To: Widow@wol.be From: "Gerald E. Boyd" <gboyd@netcom.com> :: Anon-Post-To: alt.test ## Subject: ACCMAIL Test message -- Disregard Test message on 30Jan2000 to alt.test using widow.wol.be Example post for ACCMAIL sample. </gboyd@netcom.com>
Because I posted to the alt.test Usenet Newsgroup which gets hundreds of test posts a day, I used a newsreader to find my posting rather that e-mail methods. The reason is that these postings expire quickly due to the sheer number that are posted daily. Here is what I saw:
From Widow@wol.be Sun Jan 30 17:07:10 2000
Path: mindspring!news.mindspring.net!ix.netcom.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!news.alt.net!anon.lcs.mit.edu!nym.alias.net!mail2news
From: Widow@wol.be (Anonymous remailer)
Date: 31 Jan 2000 01:07:10 -0000
Message-ID: <8Z8SE36I36556.0883101852@anonymous.poster>
Subject: ACCMAIL Test message -- Disregard
Newsgroups: alt.test
Comments: *This message did not originate from the above address. It was *
*automatically remailed by one or more anonymous mail services.*
*Please report problems or inappropriate use to this address: *
*Remailer Operator: WidowAdmin@nym.alias.net * Widow-Remailer *
X-Remailer-Contact: WidowAdmin@nym.alias.net
Mail-To-News-Contact: postmaster@nym.alias.net
Organization: mail2news@nym.alias.net
Lines: 6
Xref: mindspring alt.test:1347154
Test message on 30Jan2000 to alt.test using widow.wol.be
Example post for ACCMAIL sample.
Mailing Lists by e-mail
Liszt is the world’s largest directory of e-mail discussion groups. It was available via e-mail to: liszter@bluemarble.net but this is defunct as of 28Aug99.
You will now have to use any of the web2mail servers and retrieve this web page http://www.liszt.com/ which contains the search form.
Archie by e-mail
Archie is a system for locating information files on the Internet. It was originally developed to assist network users in finding a specific FTP file among the thousands of files at hundreds of FTP sites around the world. Archie can be used locate other types of files in addition to those at FTP archives. Today archie like Gopher is almost entirely non-existant by e-mail and has moved to the web.
To perform an Archie search via e-mail, find the site from these Archie servers that is closest to you and then send your e-mail message.
In the body of your message you need to type
set mailto [your Internet address]
find [searchterm]
quit
replacing [your Internet address] with your e-mail address and replacing [searchterm] with what you want the server to search for. If you want to be a bit more sophisticated then see the Archie help file file or the Archie manpage.
I did an Archie search using the keyword “uudecode”. Archie returned to me a large listing in the following format:
Host ftp.iem.pw.edu.pl (194.29.146.3)
Last updated 17:57 27 Apr 2001
Location: /FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current/src/usr.bin
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 512 00:00 31 Mar 2000 uudecode
Location: /FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current/src/contrib/perl5/eg
FILE -rw-r--r-- 416 00:00 2 May 1999 uudecode
What does all of this tell me? It tells me the address of an anonymous ftp site is
ftp.iem.pw.edu.pl (194.29.146.3)
the directory that the file is located in is
/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current/src/contrib/perl5/eg
and the name of the file is
uudecode
Archie doesn’t retrieve the file for you, but it does tell you exactly where the file that you are looking for is located.
We can also use some WWW Archie and ArchiePlex Gateways. You enter the keywords(s) that you want in place of the “xxxxxxxx”. For example, if you were looking for a uudecoder you could use “uudecode.bas” in place of “xxxxxxxx”.
Send e-mail To: agora server
Subject: [leave blank] Body: send [URL from below] http://133.1.96.43/~seke/cgi-bin/kuis.html?xxxxxxxx http://133.1.96.43/~seke/cgi-bin/wide.html?xxxxxxxx http://hans-gw.hans.or.jp/cgi-bin/AA?xxxxxxxx http://www.gae.unican.es/cgi-bin/AA?xxxxxxxx http://www.lanet.lv/cgi-bin/archieplex?xxxxxxxx
Finger by e-mail
“Finger” is a utility that returns information about another user.
NOTE: By the end of 2000, most ISPs have disabled finger and all you will see when you finger a user is “connection refused”.
By default, finger displays information about each logged-in user, including his or her: login name, full name, terminal name (prepended with a `*’ if write-permission is denied), idle time, login time, and location (comment field in /etc/ttytab for users logged in locally, hostname for users logged in remotely) if known.
Idle time is minutes if it is a single integer, hours and minutes if a ‘:’ is present, or days and hours if a d is present.
When one or more name arguments are given, more detailed information is given for each name specified, whether they are logged in or not. A name may be a first or last name, or an account name. Information is presented in a multi-line format, and includes, in addition to the information mentioned above:
- The user’s home directory and login shell
- the time they logged in if they are currently logged in, or the time they last logged in if they are not, as well as the terminal or host from which they logged in and, if a terminal, the comment field in /etc/ttytab for that terminal
- the last time they received mail, and the last time they read their mail
- any plan contained in the file .plan in the user’s home directory and any project on which they are working described in the file .project (also in that directory)
If a name argument contains an at-sign, `@’, then a connection is attempted to the machine named after the at-sign, and the remote finger daemon is queried. The data returned by that daemon is printed. If a long format printout is to be produced, finger passes the -l option to the remote finger daemon over the network using the /W feature of the protocol.
Finger will display a greater detail of information for users that have a Unix .plan or .project file on their ISPs server.
To try out finger you could use a real e-mail address (useird) in palce of user@domain.com.
Send e-mail To: agora server
Subject: [leave blank] Body: send [URL from below] gopher://any.server.com:79/0user@domain.com http://darkhelmet.scu.edu/cgi-bin/finger?user@domain.com http://eup.k12.mi.us/cgi-bin/finger?user@domain.com http://istar.ca/cgi-bin/finger?user@domain.com http://pc.fr.flashnet.it/finger.htm?user@domain.com http://quakes.oce.orst.edu/cgi-bin/finger?user@domain.com http://schoolnet.kiev.ua/cgi-bin/wfinger?user@domain.com http://vineyard.net/cgi-bin/finger?user@domain.com http://volcano.icyb.kiev.ua/cgi/finger.pl?address=user@domain.com http://www.arl.wustl.edu/bin/share/finger?user@domain.com http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/cgi-bin/finger?user@domain.com http://www.ccsi.com/cgi-bin/info?user@domain.com http://www.cern.ch/htbin/finger?user@domain.com http://www.ece.cmu.edu/cgi-bin/finger/?user@domain.com http://www.fifi.org/Cgi/finger-eng?user@domain.com http://www.glue.umd.edu/cgi-bin/finger?user@domain.com http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/htbin/finger?user@domain.com http://www.its.unimelb.edu.au/cgi-bin/finger?user@domain.com http://www.kurasc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/cgi-bin/finger?user@domain.com http://www.mechanik.uni-bremen.de/cgi-bin/cgi-bin/finger2?user@domain.com http://www.mit.edu:8001/finger?user@domain.com http://www.nano.no/cgi-bin/finger?user@domain.com http://www.nett.is/cgi-bin/finger?user@domain.com http://www.nucleus.com/cgi-bin/finger?user@domain.com http://www.omen.net.au/cgi-bin/finger?user@domain.com http://www.public.iastate.edu/cgi-bin/finger?user@domain.com http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/finger?user@domain.com http://www.rall.com/cgi-bin/finger?user@domain.com http://www.ucdavis.edu/cgi-bin/finger?user@domain.com http://www.ungdomenshus.se/~oll/cgi/finger.cgi?user@domain.com http://www.vetmed.auburn.edu/cgi-bin/finger?user@domain.com http://www.winternet.com/cgi-bin/finger?finger=user@domain.com http://www.yale.edu/cgi-bin/finger?user@domain.com http://www2.ecst.csuchico.edu/cgi-bin/new-finger?user@domain.com http://xochipilli.com/scripts/finger?name=user@domain.com
Many users put fun or useful information in their finger replies. Use one of the e-mail addresses below instead of user@domain.com…
nasanews@space.mit.edu (planetary and spaceflight news) quake@gldfs.cr.usgs.gov (List of recent earthquakes)
Nslookup by e-mail
NSLOOKUP usually is asked to map FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Names), e.g., ‘LISTSERV.AOL.COM’ to IP-addresses, e.g., ‘152.163.216.6’, via a DNS (Domain Name Service) server to supply the answer, but the DNS-server should also contain the “inverse” information, i.e., the data required to map the IP-address to a FQDN.
Here are some WWW – NS Lookup Gateways. You can enter either the host name or IP address in place of “xxxxxxxx” and the gateway will return the other.
Send e-mail To: agora server
Subject: [leave blank] Body: send [URL from below] http://gday.bloke.com/cgi-bin/nslookup?xxxxxxxx http://sitka.triumf.ca/cgi-bin/nslookup?xxxxxxxx http://www.csu.net/cgi-bin/nslookup?xxxxxxxx http://www.rlg.org/cgi-bin/ip2ariadr.pl?addr=xxxxxxxx http://www.virtual.net.au/cgi-bin/nslookup?xxxxxxxx http://www.wpi.edu/cgi-bin/nslookup?xxxxxxxx
NOTE: If you’re looking up a domain name from an IP address, some IP addresses do not have a record in the Domain Name System that matches a domain, even though there is a record associating a domain with that IP address.
Use only the IP address if you select the one below.
Send e-mail To: agora server
Subject: [leave blank] Body: send [URL from below] http://www.ntua.gr/cgi-bin/rwhois?srv=whois.internic.net&name;=xxxxxxxx http://www.ntua.gr/cgi-bin/rwhois?srv=whois.arin.net&name;=xxxxxxxx http://www.ntua.gr/cgi-bin/rwhois?srv=whois.6bone.net&name;=xxxxxxxx http://www.ntua.gr/cgi-bin/rwhois?srv=whois.ripe.net&name;=xxxxxxxx http://www.ntua.gr/cgi-bin/rwhois?srv=whois.apnic.net&name;=xxxxxxxx http://www.ntua.gr/cgi-bin/rwhois?srv=whois.mci.net&name;=xxxxxxxx http://www.ntua.gr/cgi-bin/rwhois?srv=whois.ra.net&name;=xxxxxxxx http://www.ntua.gr/cgi-bin/rwhois?srv=whois.eu.org&name;=xxxxxxxx
Results are returned with the name of the lookup DNS followed by the DNS address and then the name of the server you are looking up followed by it’s IP address.
Example based on search of Netcom.com (IP address 199.174.33.88)
To: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp Subject: [leave blank] Body: send [URL from below] http://gday.bloke.com/cgi-bin/nslookup?netcom.com http://sitka.triumf.ca/cgi-bin/nslookup?netcom.com http://www.csu.net/cgi-bin/nslookup?netcom.com http://www.rlg.org/cgi-bin/ip2ariadr.pl?addr=netcom.com http://www.virtual.net.au/cgi-bin/nslookup?netcom.com http://www.wpi.edu/cgi-bin/nslookup?netcom.com
Results returned from the above searches:
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 09:13:03 +0900 (JST)
From: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp
To: gboyd@expita.com
Subject: NSLOOKUP Gateway (URL: http://gday.bloke.com/cgi-bin/nslookup?netcom.com)
This mail is not a spam but the automatic reply to your mail;
From: "Gerald E. Boyd" <gboyd@expita.com>
To: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 16:51:13 -0700
Message-Id: <4.2.2.20010501165007.00a23980@expita.com>
---------------------------
To get help, just send a mail to agora@dna.affrc.go.jp with the body WWW
Due to the heavy load of the server, please restrict your request to
research and academic sites only. This helps the server live longer.
NSLOOKUP Gateway
Please visit our sponsors.[1]
Click Here to Visit our Sponsor[2]
To make WebSite money, I recommend using ValueClick for your advertising.[3]
NSLOOKUP GATEWAY
Type in the name of the machine you would like to find the IP address of:
For example: www.bloke.com, home.netscape.com
___________________________________
nslookup netcom.com
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: netcom.com
Address: 199.174.33.88
*** References from this document ***
[orig] http://gday.bloke.com/cgi-bin/nslookup?netcom.com
[1] http://gday.bloke.com/cgi-bin/click.cgi?http://www5.valueclick.com/cgi-bin/redirect?host=h0063571&b;=6
[2] http://gday.bloke.com/cgi-bin/click.cgi?http://www5.valueclick.com/cgi-bin/redirect?host=h0063571&b;=6
[3] http://gday.bloke.com/cgi-bin/click.cgi?http://www.valueclick.com/cgi-bin/refer_host_signup?host=h0063571
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 09:13:05 +0900 (JST)
From: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp
To: gboyd@expita.com
Subject: CSUnet Nslookup (URL: http://www.csu.net/cgi-bin/nslookup?netcom.com)
This mail is not a spam but the automatic reply to your mail;
From: "Gerald E. Boyd" <gboyd@expita.com>
To: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 16:51:13 -0700
Message-Id: <4.2.2.20010501165007.00a23980@expita.com>
---------------------------
To get help, just send a mail to agora@dna.affrc.go.jp with the body WWW
Due to the heavy load of the server, please restrict your request to
research and academic sites only. This helps the server live longer.
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>CSUnet Nslookup</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR="#e8e8ff">
<P ALIGN=Left>
<H1>Nslookup Output</H1><B>FROM www.csu.net.</B><P><PRE>
Server: ns1.csu.net
Address: 130.150.102.100
Name: netcom.com
Address: 199.174.33.88
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 09:13:44 +0900 (JST)
From: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp
To: gboyd@expita.com
Subject: Result of search for netcom.com (URL: http://www.rlg.org/cgi-bin/ip2ariadr.pl?addr=netcom.com)
This mail is not a spam but the automatic reply to your mail;
From: "Gerald E. Boyd" <gboyd@expita.com>
To: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 16:51:13 -0700
Message-Id: <4.2.2.20010501165007.00a23980@expita.com>
---------------------------
To get help, just send a mail to agora@dna.affrc.go.jp with the body WWW
Due to the heavy load of the server, please restrict your request to
research and academic sites only. This helps the server live longer.
Result of search for netcom.com
[RLG logo][1][HOME][2][SEARCH][3][CONTACTS][4][SUPPORT][5]
RESULT OF SEARCH FOR NETCOM.COM
The corresponding IP address is:
199.174.33.88
___________________________________
Start a new IP address search[6]
___________________________________
Return[7] to the Ariel home page.
___________________________________
HOME[8] | SEARCH[9] | CONTACTS[10] | USER SUPPORT[11]
Want a faster connection?[12]
Trademarks, Copyright, & Permissions[13]
*** References from this document ***
[orig] http://www.rlg.org/cgi-bin/ip2ariadr.pl?addr=netcom.com
[1] http://www.rlg.org/rlg.html
[2] http://www.rlg.org/toc.html#toc
[3] http://www.rlg.org/search.html
[4] http://www.rlg.org/contacts.html
[5] http://www.rlg.org/ric/ric.html
[6] http://www.rlg.org/cgi-bin/ip2ariadr.pl
[7] http://www.rlg.org/ariel.html
[8] http://www.rlg.org/toc.html#toc
[9] http://www.rlg.org/search.html
[10] http://www.rlg.org/contacts.html
[11] http://www.rlg.org/ric/ric.html
[12] http://www.rlg.org/commhost.html
[13] http://www.rlg.org/legal.html
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 09:13:58 +0900 (JST)
From: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp
To: gboyd@expita.com
Subject: Document requested (URL: http://www.virtual.net.au/cgi-bin/nslookup?netcom.com)
This mail is not a spam but the automatic reply to your mail;
From: "Gerald E. Boyd" <gboyd@expita.com>
To: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 16:51:13 -0700
Message-Id: <4.2.2.20010501165007.00a23980@expita.com>
---------------------------
To get help, just send a mail to agora@dna.affrc.go.jp with the body WWW
Due to the heavy load of the server, please restrict your request to
research and academic sites only. This helps the server live longer.
Server: ns.virtual.net.au
Address: 203.29.16.1
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: netcom.com
Address: 199.174.33.88
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 09:14:16 +0900 (JST)
Message-Id: <200105020014.JAA18945@asn01.dna.affrc.go.jp>
Reply-To: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp
Precedence: junk
From: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp
To: gboyd@expita.com
Subject: Document requested (URL: http://www.wpi.edu/cgi-bin/nslookup?netcom.com)
Status:
This mail is not a spam but the automatic reply to your mail;
From: "Gerald E. Boyd" <gboyd@expita.com>
To: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 16:51:13 -0700
Message-Id: <4.2.2.20010501165007.00a23980@expita.com>
---------------------------
To get help, just send a mail to agora@dna.affrc.go.jp with the body WWW
Due to the heavy load of the server, please restrict your request to
research and academic sites only. This helps the server live longer.
Server: ns.WPI.EDU
Address: 130.215.24.1
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: netcom.com
Address: 199.174.33.88
Traceroute by e-mail
This program attempts to trace the route an IP (Internet Protocol) packet would follow to some internet host by launching UDP (User Datagram Protocol) probe packets with a small Time To Live (TTL) then listening for an ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) “time exceeded” reply from a gateway. We start our probes with a TTL of one and increase by one until we get an ICMP “port unreachable” (which means we got to “host”) or hit a maximum (which defaults to 30 hops). Three probes are sent (which also can be changed) at each TTL setting and a line is printed showing the TTL, address of the gateway and round trip time of each probe. If the probe answers come from different gateways, the address of each responding system will be printed. If there is no response within a 3 second timeout interval, an asterisk (“*”) is printed for that probe.
Whois by e-mail
“WHOIS” is an Internet program which allows users to query a database of people and other Internet entities, such as domains, networks, and hosts, kept at the DDN NIC. The information for people shows a person’s company name, address, phone number and e-mail address.
If you’re looking for someone or you want to know where a particular Internet site is located.
Send e-mail To: agora server
Subject: [leave blank] Body: send [URL from below] http://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois?STRING=netcom.com http://www.gsl.net/cgi-bin/testwhois.sh?netcom.com This one can be used to search a particular domain name registry http://www.ntua.gr/cgi-bin/rwhois?srv=whois.internic.net&name;=netcom.com http://www.ntua.gr/cgi-bin/rwhois?srv=whois.arin.net&name;=netcom.com http://www.ntua.gr/cgi-bin/rwhois?srv=whois.6bone.net&name;=netcom.com http://www.ntua.gr/cgi-bin/rwhois?srv=whois.ripe.net&name;=netcom.com http://www.ntua.gr/cgi-bin/rwhois?srv=whois.apnic.net&name;=netcom.com http://www.ntua.gr/cgi-bin/rwhois?srv=whois.mci.net&name;=netcom.com http://www.ntua.gr/cgi-bin/rwhois?srv=whois.ra.net&name;=netcom.com http://www.ntua.gr/cgi-bin/rwhois?srv=whois.eu.org&name;=netcom.com http://www.ntua.gr/cgi-bin/rwhois?srv=all&name;=netcom.com This one also can be used to search a particular domain name registry http://www.switch.ch/cgi-bin/info/whois?Query=netcom.com&Server;=whois.nic.ch http://www.switch.ch/cgi-bin/info/whois?Query=netcom.com&Server;=whois.ripe.net http://www.switch.ch/cgi-bin/info/whois?Query=netcom.com&Server;=whois.internic.net http://www.switch.ch/cgi-bin/info/whois?Query=netcom.com&Server;=whois.arin.net http://www.switch.ch/cgi-bin/info/whois?Query=netcom.com&Server;=whois.apnic.net http://www.switch.ch/cgi-bin/info/whois?Query=netcom.com&Server;=whois.nic.gov http://www.switch.ch/cgi-bin/info/whois?Query=netcom.com&Server;=whois.nic.mil This one returns IP address only http://www.rlg.org/cgi-bin/ip2ariadr.pl?addr=netcom.com Search APNIC whois registry only http://www.apnic.net/apnic-bin/whois.pl?search=netcom.com These require a www4mail server to retrieve web page and fill out form http://alabanza.com/kabacoff/Inter-Links/cgi/whois.cgi http://www.arin.net/whois/ http://www.ripe.net/db/whois.html
Here is an example “whois” query of netcom.com
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 09:13:07 +0900 (JST)
Message-Id: <200105020013.JAA18406@asn01.dna.affrc.go.jp>
Reply-To: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp
Precedence: junk
From: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp
To: gboyd@expita.com
Subject: NSI - WHOIS Search Results (URL: http://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois?STRING=netcom.com)
X-Sorted: Agora
Status:
This mail is not a spam but the automatic reply to your mail;
From: "Gerald E. Boyd" <gboyd@expita.com>
To: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 16:55:17 -0700
Message-Id: <4.2.2.20010501165446.00a30100@expita.com>
---------------------------
To get help, just send a mail to agora@dna.affrc.go.jp with the body WWW
Due to the heavy load of the server, please restrict your request to
research and academic sites only. This helps the server live longer.
NSI - WHOIS Search Results
Network Solutions(R) -- the dot com
people(TM)[1][IMAGE][IMAGE]Home[2][IMAGE]Make Changes[3]*Products &
Services[4][IMAGE]Site map[5][IMAGE]Help[6][IMAGE][IMAGE]WHOIS> Back to Home
Page[7][IMAGE]
[IMAGE][8][IMAGE]WHOIS Lookup
Sponsored by:
[IMAGE][9][IMAGE]Search Results
Great DomainsMake an offer[10] to get this domain -- or have it
appraised[11] to see its value.
Registrant:
NETCOM On-Line Communication Services, Inc (NETCOM-DOM[12])
1430 West Peachtree St
Suite 400
Atlanta, GA 30309
Domain Name: NETCOM.COM
Administrative Contact:
MindSpring Abuse (MA127-ORG[13]) abuse@MINDSPRING.COM
MindSpring Enterprises
1430 West Peachtree St NW
Atlanta, GA 30309
US
404-815-0770
Fax- - 404-815-8805
Technical Contact:
Hostmaster (HOS272-ORG[14]) hostmaster@MINDSPRING.NET
MindSpring Enterprises, Inc.
1430 West Peachtree Street NE
Suite 400
Atlanta, GA 30309
US
404-815-0770
Fax- 404-815-8805
Billing Contact:
Domain Administrator (MDB5-ORG[15]) domain.billing@MINDSPRING.COM
Earthlink Inc.
1430 W Peachtree St NW Ste 400
Atlanta, GA 30309
US
800-719-4664
Record last updated on 16-Mar-2001.
Record expires on 03-Feb-2002.
Record created on 01-Feb-1991.
Database last updated on 1-May-2001 10:40:00 EDT.
Domain servers in listed order:
DNS1.NETCOM.COM 199.174.33.80[16]
DNS2.NETCOM.COM 199.174.33.81[17]
___________________________________
Look up another domain name using WHOIS:
[IMAGE]To look up a NIC handle, host name, or registrant, use the keywords
below:
To search by NIC handle[18] (or contact[19]), type "handle WA3509"
To search by name, type "name lastname, firstname"
To search by company name, type "name The Sample Corporation"
To search by domain name[20], type "example.com"
To search by IP address[21], type "host 121.23.2.7"
To search by host[22] or nameserver[23] name, type "host
ns1.worldnic.com"
For advanced WHOIS search instructions please see our WHOIS Help[24].
Search our dot com directory[25] to find businesses online.
Use IdNames' services register your name[26] in more than 50 countries.
Build a unique, professional Web site for your business.[27] It's easy.
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Submission.HOME[31]|MAKE CHANGES[32]|PRODUCTS & SERVICES[33]|SITE
MAP[34]|HELP[35]
Questions? Contact Us[36].
Copyright 2001 Network Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved.
Please read our Disclaimer[37].
*** References from this document ***
[orig] http://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois?STRING=netcom.com
[1] http://www.networksolutions.com/
[2] http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/
[3] http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/makechanges/
[4] http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/catalog/
[5] http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/site-map/
[6] http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/help/
[7] http://www.networksolutions.com/
[8] http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/www.networksolutions.com/whois/results;cat=domain_registrar;cat=enterprise;ord=29043?
[9] http://www.quova.com/adnetsol.htm
[10] http://www.greatdomains.com/domains/details.asp?fulldomainname=netcom.com
[11] https://www.greatdomains.com/cobrand/cobappraisal.asp?cobid=9
[12] http://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois?!NETCOM-DOM&id;=0
[13] http://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois?!MA127-ORG&id;=0
[14] http://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois?!HOS272-ORG&id;=0
[15] http://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois?!MDB5-ORG&id;=0
[16] http://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois?host+199.174.33.80&id;=0
[17] http://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois?host+199.174.33.81&id;=0
[18] http://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/glossary/lookup?term=NIC%20Handle
[19] http://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/glossary/lookup?term=Contact/Agent
[20] http://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/glossary/lookup?term=Domain%20Name
[21] http://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/glossary/lookup?term=Internet%20Protocol%20%28IP%29%20Numbers%20%28IP%20addresses%29
[22] http://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/glossary/lookup?term=Host%20%28Name%20Server%29
[23] http://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/glossary/lookup?term=Name%20Server
[24] http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/help/whoishelp.html
[25] http://www.dotcomdirectory.com/
[26] http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/catalog/idnames/
[27] http://www.imagecafe.com/?affiliate_id=13
[28] http://v2.superstats.com/free/nsi/16/
[29] http://v2.superstats.com/free/nsi/16/
[30] http://v2.superstats.com/free/nsi/16/
[31] http://www.networksolutions.com/
[32] http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/makechanges/
[33] http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/catalog/
[34] http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/site-map/
[35] http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/help/
[36] http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/help/contactus.html
[37] http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/legal/disclaimer.html
And here is an example “whois” query of just the name netcom
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 09:12:59 +0900 (JST)
From: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp
To: gboyd@expita.com
Subject: NSI - WHOIS Search Results (URL: http://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois?STRING=netcom)
This mail is not a spam but the automatic reply to your mail;
From: "Gerald E. Boyd" <gboyd@expita.com>
To: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 16:56:16 -0700
Message-Id: <4.2.2.20010501165601.00a33750@expita.com>
---------------------------
To get help, just send a mail to agora@dna.affrc.go.jp with the body WWW
Due to the heavy load of the server, please restrict your request to
research and academic sites only. This helps the server live longer.
NSI - WHOIS Search Results
Network Solutions(R) -- the dot com
people(TM)[1][IMAGE][IMAGE]Home[2][IMAGE]Make Changes[3]*Products &
Services[4][IMAGE]Site map[5][IMAGE]Help[6][IMAGE][IMAGE]WHOIS> Back to Home
Page[7][IMAGE]
[IMAGE][8][IMAGE]WHOIS Lookup
Sponsored by:
[IMAGE][9][IMAGE]Search Results
Great DomainsMake an offer[10] to get this domain -- or have it
appraised[11] to see its value.
NETCOM On-Line Communication Services, Inc (NETCOM-DOM[12]) NET
COM.COM
NETCOM On-Line Communication Services, Inc (NETCOM2-DOM[13]) NETCOM.NET
netcom martyrs (NETCOM9-DOM[14]) NET
COM.ORG
To single out one record, look it up with "!xxx", where xxx is the
handle, shown in parenthesis following the name, which comes first.
___________________________________
Look up another domain name using WHOIS:
[IMAGE]To look up a NIC handle, host name, or registrant, use the keywords
below:
To search by NIC handle[15] (or contact[16]), type "handle WA3509"
To search by name, type "name lastname, firstname"
To search by company name, type "name The Sample Corporation"
To search by domain name[17], type "example.com"
To search by IP address[18], type "host 121.23.2.7"
To search by host[19] or nameserver[20] name, type "host
ns1.worldnic.com"
For advanced WHOIS search instructions please see our WHOIS Help[21].
Search our dot com directory[22] to find businesses online.
Use IdNames' services register your name[23] in more than 50 countries.
Build a unique, professional Web site for your business.[24] It's easy.
MyComputer.com[25][IMAGE][26]Tools to power your eBusiness[27]
Stats, Counters, Guestbooks, Message Boards, Search Engine
Submission.HOME[28]|MAKE CHANGES[29]|PRODUCTS & SERVICES[30]|SITE
MAP[31]|HELP[32]
Questions? Contact Us[33].
Copyright 2001 Network Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved.
Please read our Disclaimer[34].
*** References from this document ***
[orig] http://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois?STRING=netcom
[1] http://www.networksolutions.com/
[2] http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/
[3] http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/makechanges/
[4] http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/catalog/
[5] http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/site-map/
[6] http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/help/
[7] http://www.networksolutions.com/
[8] http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/www.networksolutions.com/whois/results;cat=domain_registrar;cat=enterprise;ord=14930?
[9] http://www.quova.com/adnetsol.htm
[10] http://www.greatdomains.com/domains/details.asp?fulldomainname=netcom
[11] https://www.greatdomains.com/cobrand/cobappraisal.asp?cobid=9
[12] http://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois?!NETCOM-DOM&id;=0
<I><B>...skip menu item 13 thru 30 for brevity...</B></I>
[31] http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/site-map/
[32] http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/help/
[33] http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/help/contactus.html
[34] http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/legal/disclaimer.html
UUdecoding e-mail
Here is a general method that will work for all UUDECODING:
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
The DOS version of uudecode is usually named UUDECODE.COM — Other versions are available and may be named UUDECODE.EXE.
- Have the uudecode.exe program available in a directory that is in your PATH statement. In my case, C:\UTILS
- Place all the uuencoded files (file1.uue, file2.uue, file3.uue, …) in a separate directory. In my case, C:\DOWNLOAD\UU
- Now all you have to do is type “uudecode file1.uue” The program will automatically decode the other associated files. The uudecode program will create a file with the name taken from within the uuencoded file, specifically, the “begin” line, (which might include a path).
SINGLE PART METHOD
If you are receiving a uuencoded file appended to the bottom of an e-mail message and not as a separate file attached to the e-mail, then you need to cut out the uuencoded part and make it a separate file.
For example, if you received a uuencoded message (see example below) you would use an editor or word processor (and save as ASCII) everything from “begin 644.zip” to the “end”. On the ‘Section’ line is the name of the file. In this case “test”. So you would name the file “test.uue”. When uudecoded it will have the name shown on the “begin” line, namely “test.zip”.
------------------------ example ---------------------------------
From: Me
To: You
Subject: uuencode example
The following is a test file.
section 1 of 1 of file test < uuencode ... >
begin 644 test.zip
M=&AI;<R!I<R!A('1E<W0@=&\@:6QL:7-T<F%T92!U=65N8V]D960@;65S<V%G
*92!F;W)M870N&@
M=&AI;<R!I<R!A('1E<W0@=&\@:6QL:7-T<F%T92!U=65N8V]D960@;65S<V%G
*92!F;W)M870N&@
...etc.
`
end
sum -r/size 56528/99 section (from "begin" to "end")
sum -r/size 60578/55 entire input file
------------------------------------------------------------------
MULTI-PART METHOD (ALL PARTS ENCODED)
Here is the solution to uudecoding a file that is spread over many different e-mail messages (the multi-part decoding problem).
For example, if you received a 10-part uuencoded message (see example below).
------------------------ example ---------------------------------
From: Me
To: You
Subject: uuencode example (part 1 of 10)
begin 644 big.zip
M=&AI;<R!I<R!A('1E<W0@=&\@:6QL:7-T<F%T92!U=65N8V]D960@;65S<V%G
*92!F;W)M870N&@
M=&AI;<R!I<R!A('1E<W0@=&\@:6QL:7-T<F%T92!U=65N8V]D960@;65S<V%G
*92!F;W)M870N&@
M=&AI;<R!I<R!A('1E<W0@=&\@:6QL:7-T<F%T92!U=65N8V]D960@;65S<V%G
*92!F;W)M870N&@
etc...
------------------------------------------------------------------
parts 2 through 9
From: Me
To: You
Subject: uuencode example (part 2, etc. of 10)
M=&AI;<R!I<R!A('1E<W0@=&\@:6QL:7-T<F%T92!U=65N8V]D960@;65S<V%G
*92!F;W)M870N&@
M=&AI;<R!I<R!A('1E<W0@=&\@:6QL:7-T<F%T92!U=65N8V]D960@;65S<V%G
*92!F;W)M870N&@
etc...
------------------------ example ---------------------------------
From: Me
To: You
Subject: uuencode example (part 10 of 10)
M=&AI;<R!I<R!A('1E<W0@=&\@:6QL:7-T<F%T92!U=65N8V]D960@;65S<V%G
*92!F;W)M870N&@
`
end
sum -r/size 56528/99 section (from "begin" to "end")
sum -r/size 60578/55 entire input file
------------------------------------------------------------------
- From part 001 you would use an editor or word processor (and save as ASCII) everything from “begin 644.zip” to the end of the e-mail message. Save the 1st part as big1.uue
- For parts 002 through 009, you would use an editor or word processor (and save as ASCII) everything from after the Subject: line to the end of the e-mail. Save each part as big2.uue, big3,uue … big9.uu3
- For part 010, you would use an editor or word processor (and save as ASCII) everything from after the Subject: line to the “end” line. Save this part as big10.uue
MULTI-PART METHOD DECODING
Now you have three choices, depending upon the limit of your editor and the type of uudecode program you are using.
- If you have a smart uudecoder, all you have to do is to type “uudecode big1.uue” The program will automatically decode the other associated files. The uudecode program will create a file with the name taken from within the “begin” line of the uuencoded file (which might include a path). In this case it will be called “big.zip”
- If you have an editor that will handle large files, you can combine all the parts from 001 through 010 into one large file called “big.uue” Now all you have to do is to type “uudecode big.uue” to create “big.zip”
- If you don’t have an editor that will handle large files and you don’t have a smart uudecoder, then you can use the DOS command line and the “type” statement to combine into one large file.
From the DOS prompt (for example, C:\DOWNLOAD\UU)
C:\DOWNLOAD\UU> type big1.uue > big.uue C:\DOWNLOAD\UU> type big2.uue >> big.uue C:\DOWNLOAD\UU> type big3.uue >> big.uue C:\DOWNLOAD\UU> .... etc C:\DOWNLOAD\UU> type big10.uue >> big.uue
Now all you have to do is to type “uudecode big.uue” to create “big.zip”
MULTI-PART METHOD (PARTIALLY DECODED)
If you received files by e-mail with the first part decoded and attached and the rest of the parts uuencoded – here is the solution.
- Take Part 1 which is usually a ZIP or EXE file and is attached to part 1 of the message. UUENCODE it. Then, using a text editor, delete the lines at the end of the message beginning with the line with just a ` (back quote) on it and all of the following lines. The line after ` (back quote) should say “end” and lines after that should say “sum” with other parameters.
- Still using your text editor, insert or paste at the end of this uuencoded file the rest of the uuencoded parts.
- Save the file as whatever.uue and uudecode the entire file. You then will have a workable ZIP, EXE, etc. file.
Example: You receive a message that states that part 001 of 004 of TEST.ZIP is attached. You then get 3 other messages that are uuencoded Parts 002, 003, 004 of the same TEST.ZIP. Download all parts. Uuencode TEST.ZIP. Then, using a text editor, delete all the lines at the end starting with the line that has just a ` (back quote) on it.
Next paste in part 002, followed by part 003 and then part 004. Make sure that you remove any headers from parts 002, 003, 004 so that every line of code begins with a capital M. Next save the text as a text file and uudecode it. The resulting file should be the file that you ordered.
A simpler method to the multi-part problem.
- Extract the attachment (part 1 of the file — the decoded part) and name it file1.uue.
- Extract the other e-mail messages to files called file2.uue, file3.uu3, etc. where the 2, 3, etc. corresponds to the number of that particular section.
- Now all you have to do it to type “uudecode file1.uue” The program will automatically decode the other associated files. The uudecode program will create a file with the name taken from within the uuencoded file (which might include a path) — i.e. TEST.ZIP
NOTE: You can always tell the start of each uuencoded portion of a file because they begin with “M=”. The end of each portion is followed by a “`” (back quote) or sometimes a blank (” “).
MULTI-PART UUDECODING (ALL PARTS ENCODED) USING WINZIP
- In your e-mail program’s inbox, sort by date and hopefully all the parts will be sorted in order, like [001 of 100] through [100 of 100]. If not, manually move them around until they are in order.
- Select all 100 or ever how many there are, and save as one large text file with a name ending .uue
- Double-click on the .uue file and it will be automatically uudecoded by Winzip. Winzip automatically omits the e-mails’ headers, so you the user need not bother about stripping them from each e-mail message.
A LISTING FROM SIMTELNET FOR ENCODERS/DECODERS…
DOS de/encoders
00_index.txt NOTE: This list was created on Sun Jan 14 23:07:14 EST 2001 Some files may have been added or deleted since that date. See file /simtelnet/msdos/00_info/upload.txt for uploading information. NOTE: Type B is Binary; Type A is ASCII Directory simtelnet/msdos/decode/ Filename Type Length Date Description ============================================== 3_4encod.bas A 12208 880125 3-4 en/decoder, send binary files via email abe.zip B 31420 890719 ASCII<->binary encoding system w/error check ascify13.zip B 15847 890209 Convert binary files to/from ASCII asmake10.zip B 38042 971231 Converts binary to ASM-files base64_7.zip B 60092 970303 Base64 encode/decode for DOS, Windows 3.1 & 95 bcscode1.zip B 34828 980827 BCSEncode/BCSDecode v1.0: MIME type encoder bd102.zip B 7953 970808 Boogie's Decoder: A B64,C91,UUE,XXE decoder bin2dbg.zip B 31787 960409 Convert binary file to debug script clnuue10.zip B 9390 960411 Cleans text file for use with UUDdecode comhex.zip B 10240 870724 Hexify a .COM file comphex.zip B 6638 861006 Compares INTEL-format HEX files dpct1610.zip B 91865 960422 File splitting with redundancy + BASE64 coding ecd66dos.zip B 298157 960411 UUE/MIME/SHIP/BTOA decoder/encoder for DOS embedraw.zip B 60157 940307 Send VGA 640x480 drawings in ASCII e-mail fcode20.zip B 17048 970412 De/encode UU/XX/MIME raw or corrupted files filehex.asm A 4182 830813 Hexify a binary file fixuue11.zip B 5721 910902 Fixes translation problems on UUEncoded files format83.zip B 7617 871124 Convert binary file to Intel hex hc.zip B 13010 840502 COM to HEX - HEX to COM conversion utility hex-bin.zip B 19700 940330 Converts Intel HEX files into binary hexbin.zip B 11195 890220 Convert Com + Exe files to Hex and back hexcom.zip B 10270 870724 Convert hex file to .COM makebas.zip B 10474 880927 Cvt binary file to BASIC pgm w/data statements makeuu11.zip B 14551 920822 Create self-decoding uuencoded files, w/C src mhcode10.zip B 71231 000314 MicroHof Code: Message decoding program mimdec12.zip B 9476 960408 Mime Decoder v1.2: Decodes MIME base-64 mime64b.zip B 32117 960411 MIME base64 decoder/encoder (with source) mimeqp.zip B 23987 940201 ASCII encoder/decoder for MIME-QP, w/C source mpack15d.zip B 44851 960411 Encode/decode MIME messages, smart UUdecode msbooasm.zip B 8368 890315 Make ASCII files from binary files and back msbpct.zip B 10637 870822 Convert a .BOO file back to binary [PAS] ncdc151.zip B 60682 921026 Fast XX/UU de/encoder for DOS/VAX/UNIX w/C src netrun31.zip B 7538 950630 Convert COM/EXE pgms to ASCII. No decode req'd netsend1.zip B 9621 950617 Binary > executable 7-bit ASCII email program nwsuu125.zip B 25325 931110 NewsUUD v1.25: UUdecoder for news articles plcode1d.zip B 45621 961216 Uuen(de)coder,decodes files containing garbage post110.zip B 20859 931022 UUencode/split utl-Post binary files to Usenet qux01_91.zip B 11050 910114 Quick UUencode/UUdecode and XXencode/XXdecode rebuild2.zip B 13376 901107 Rebuild split uuencoded files, w/MSC 5.0 src suud10.zip B 9279 911111 UUdecoder w/error diagnostics/graphic counter toaduu21.zip B 24113 960411 Unix-compat. fast UUEncode/UUDecode, w/ASM src toadxx11.zip B 28143 891028 XXEncode/XXDecode w/overwrite protection v1.1 ubx100d.zip B 39066 950225 Allows sending binary files via E-mail udec1_1.zip B 18550 950715 UUdecode,XXdecode,MUnpack(MIME),Ship & BINHEX udec1_2.zip B 86345 960626 UUdecode,XXdecode,MUnpack(MIME),Ship & BINHEX unpos234.zip B 205135 940321 'Smart' uudecoder to extract USENET binaries uu33.zip B 31217 941002 UU v3.3: UUDecoder - Freeware version uu41s.zip B 38591 960506 Smart and fast uudecoder for multipart files uuapp100.zip B 7934 970825 UUAppend v1.0: Append uuencoded mail messages uuasm_11.zip B 17410 951101 UUencode/UUdecode programs for MS-DOS uud281.zip B 42612 960531 Batch Decoder for UUEncode/UUDecode/MIME files uudo15.zip B 19490 940806 Multi-file/multi-part 'smart' uudecoder uudoall.zip B 12578 911002 More flexible uudecode for MS-DOS & Unix uudvd05d.zip B 117899 970304 UUDeview: Smart UU/XX/Base64/BinHex en/decoder uued02.zip B 15586 971231 En/Decode binary files for E-mail transfers uuexe656.zip B 59905 961112 R.E. Marks' fast multi-section UU/XX EN/DEcode uufill.zip B 6962 961223 Restores corrupted uuencoded files (src + exe) uustrip.zip B 3686 890319 Make uuencoded bin posting ready for uudecode uuxfer20.zip B 28592 901104 Comprehensive UU/XX en/decoder with C source uuxt214.zip B 18609 970113 Smart & fast uu extractor and decoder
Win 3.x de/encoders
00_index.txt NOTE: This list was created on Sun Jan 14 23:10:12 EST 2001 Some files may have been added or deleted since that date. See file /simtelnet/win3/00_info/upload.txt for uploading information. NOTE: Type B is Binary; Type A is ASCII Directory simtelnet/win3/encode/ Filename Type Length Date Description ============================================== base64_7.zip B 60092 970303 Base64 encode/decode for DOS, Windows 3.1 & 95 uudw11a.zip B 435273 970304 UUDeview: Smart UU/XX/Base64/BinHex en/decoder uudwin29.zip B 230324 980715 UUDWin: MIME B64/UU/XX/QP/HQX decoder. Free
Win 95 de/encoders
00_index.txt NOTE: This list was created on Sun Jan 14 23:10:17 EST 2001 Some files may have been added or deleted since that date. See file /simtelnet/win95/00_info/upload.txt for uploading information. NOTE: Type B is Binary; Type A is ASCII Directory simtelnet/win95/encode/ Filename Type Length Date Description ============================================== cycode05.zip B 317761 990227 Cycode: Encode/decode text for E-mail decext43.zip B 106856 000131 Decode Shell Extension v4.3. Free ecd72w95.zip B 213135 960308 Convert binary data to ASCII (UUENCODE MIME) fcode325.zip B 54812 980117 Fastcode32: MIME/UU/XX/BinHex/BtoA De/Encoder uudwin32.zip B 1341364 980210 UUDWin32 v1.1: UU Encoder and Decoder