Re: [OFF-TOPIC] FTPmail

Matti Aarnio (matti.aarnio@sonera.fi)
Wed, 8 Jul 1998 11:11:58 +0300 (EEST)

Kendall Lister <kendall@charon.net.au> wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Jul 1998 daniel.lindqvist@skm01.rsv.se wrote:
> > About three weeks ago I read in a magazine that one could obtain files
> > via email from servers around the world. Now, I beleave I was dreaming
> > since no one seems to know something about that... :(
>
> most people would know it is possible - they are probably just sitting
> here like me wishing they could remember the specifics.
>
> try e-mailing ftpmail@gatekeeper.dec.com (someone help me out here - i'm
> guessing!) with the text "HELP" in the body of your message.

There are several general ftp->email servers, that Gatekeeper's system is
one of them. (And sorry, I can't remember them either.)
Using AltaVista to search for "ftpmail" gave me some 9980 matches, though..

But there also servers capable to send out files from the local storage,
one I wrote years ago is at:
mailserver@ftp.funet.fi
Start with "help" as the message content.
(The storage in there is not small at all... ;-) )

> good luck,
> --
> Kendall Lister, Systems Operator for Charon I.S. - kendall@charon.net.au

/Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@sonera.fi>

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