Arpanet/Internet Publicaly Accessable Servers

[Richard Caloggero]

     Ok, here it is.  The responses I got were not overwhelmimg, but
they were informative. Thanks to all of you who answered my query.

     What follows are the unedited responses I've received.  Hope this
helps others!


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>From xanth!tadguy Thu Feb 25 18:43:33 1988
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Subject: Re: Servers
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Here are five that I know of and have used.  I think that once you stop
getting replies, you should post a followup to your article with your
findings.  They should prove to be useful to many novice users...

Below I have listed the instructions that should allow you to get the
introduction/help document from each of these services...

	...tad

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CSNET CIC Info Server (many things -- comp.sources.unix archives, CSNET info,
RFCs, etc.)
address:	info at sh.cs.net
body:		request: info
		topic: help
		request: end

BITNET NIC Server (BITNET information and RFCs)
address:	nicserve at bitnic.bitnet
body:		help

DECWRL Archive Server (alt.gourmand and PostScript stuff)
address:	archive-server at decwrl.dec.com
body:		help

SIMTEL20 File Server (public domain stuff -- may not exist anymore)
address:	archive-request at simtel20.arpa
body:		send help

SRI-NIC File Server (official source for RFCs and Internet documents)
address:	service at sri-nic.arpa
body:		help

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>From mit-eddie!bbn!uwmcsd1!leah!itsgw!steinmetz!uunet!hi-csc!slocum Mon Feb 29 11:12:26 EST 1988
Status: RO

I'm aware of two other mail servers: ...decwrl!archive-server which has
a list a recipes and software (including the archive server), and 
archive-server at plaid.sun.com which has the back issues of Other Realms, 
an electronic (and paper) magazine of SF & fantasy fiction reviews 
(excellent quality, including reviews by Chuq von Roshpach, ed., 
Charles deLint, and others).

P.S. I don't know where this should be netwise, either.

-- 
--Brett Slocum  "Never bet with a Sicilian where Death is involved."
UUCP: ...{uunet,ihnp4!umn-cs}!hi-csc!slocum
Arpa: hi-csc!slocum at umn-cs.arpa     


>From mcvax!ethz!wyle at uunet.UU.NET Tue Mar  1 17:47:00 1988
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Yes.  There are a few.

csnet has one for sources, rfc documents, etc.  Send 
a one-word "help" message to:  info-server at sh.cs.net

bitnet has one with a great database and query language
made for e-mail browsing.  It archives some moderated
usenet groups and mailing lists, as well as drinks, etc.
Send the "help" messages to: database at bitnic.bitnet

Brian Ried of Dec runs one for recipes and sources.
Ask for "help" from: archive-server at decwrl.dec.com

William LeFebvre got a hold of Brian's software and
lets us non-ftp sites access archived sun-spots (news
about sun computers) source-code, and icons from:
archive-server at titan.rice.edu

There exists the netlib server which you know about,
and an arpa server for people (a net-wide telephone
book) and for rfc documents.  Ask:
service%sri-nic.arpa at relay.cs.net
for "help."

My database server isn't up yet.  It will contain
bibliographical data in unix _refer_ format, some
local source code (mostly Modula-2 being in the
house that Wirth built :-) and full-text papers.
I shall also announce a subscription service which
will let you keep track of specific concepts as they
flow by on usenet, and as they are archived in these e-mail
queryable databases.  I have software (which has been running
for a few months) which periodically automatically queries
these databases for their indexes, diffs the result with
the last query, and mails me the results.

A student is building the SDI subscription service (Selective
Dissemination of Information) as a Masters' Diss.  He just
started today, but my design is pretty complete.

Please, please keep me posted about other servers.


-Mitchell F. Wyle            wyle at ethz.uucp
Institut fuer Informatik     wyle%ifi.ethz.ch at relay.cs.net
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8092 Zuerich, Switzerland    +41 1 256-5237
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