Date: Thu, 3 Nov 1994 07:55:07 -0800 From: koreth@hyperion.com (Steven Grimm) To: hazel-chaz@netcom.com Subject: Re: Babylon 5 Soundtrack at Loscon 21 > Are you affiliated with the B5 ftp directory? > Does hyperion.com run Unix? > Would you be interested in software for setting up an email server for > the B5 ftp directory? Yes to the first two, but I already have ftp-by-email software. The server is at ftpmail@hyperion.com. It's clunky but it works. I've announced it a few times on rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5. Thanks for the (upcoming) info on the CD! -Steve Date: Tue, 7 Feb 1995 19:35:09 -0800 From: ftpmail@hyperion.com (FTP mail server) Subject: how to use the ftpmail@hyperion.com server The server is stupid. It understands a few commands, but much deviation from the expected syntax will most likely result in your request vanishing into a black hole. Send mail to ftpmail-admin@hyperion.com if you are having persistent problems. The subject line is used as a subject for output (e.g. errors) that are mailed back to you. It is otherwise ignored. The body of the message can contain the following commands, one per line, in any order: connect host These commands control which host the server tries to ftp to. can be either a domain name or a numeric IP address. The default is ftp.hyperion.com. If you don't have a UUCP connection through Hyperion or HellNet, you will probably not have access to these two commands. cd Change to a particular directory on the remote host before getting any files. Only one of these will work per mail message; if you want files from several directories, use several mail messages. dir [directory] List the files in a particular directory. If no directory is given, the last "cd" command in the mail message is used. When a "dir" command is present, no files may be transferred. get Get a file from the current directory on the remote server. binary ascii Set the transfer mode. "binary" is the default, and is usually the mode you'll want. tar compress Tar and/or compress the files before mailing them back to you. Files are always mailed uuencoded at the moment. lines The server splits its replies up into chunks to avoid overloading anyone's mailers; use "lines" to set the size of the chunks (in lines of text). 1300 is the default; 100 is the minimum. path Set the reply address used by the server. If you're at a site whose mail reaches the Internet with an unusable return address (the server uses the Reply-To: header line if it's present, or the From: line otherwise) you will need to use the "path" command. should be a valid E-mail address to you from the Internet. ls [directory] Similar to "dir", but use the "ls" command within ftp instead. This is sometimes necessary when talking to broken ftp servers. And that's about it.