Subject: Mail Server Reply

From: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1993 08:36:36 +0300

Mail Server, Version 1.2
Copyright (C) 1990-92 Serge Vakulenko
Sat Apr  3 07:46:41 1993

> HELP
This is Mail Server, Version 1.2.  To get some information from it,
send letter to [email-masked] with commands in it.
Subject is ignored.  Command name can be in upper or lower case,
all other arguments are case sensitive.

For example:

    % mail [email-masked]     -- call mailer
    Subject: <any subject>      -- skip subject
    dir                         -- get list of files
    cd msdos/convert            -- go to 'msdos/convert' directory
    get koi2alt.exe             -- get one of files
    quit                        -- end of commands
    ^D                          -- exit from mailer
    %

Command summary:

    help                -- Get brief description of mail server (this file).
                           All commands after this line will be ignored.
    quit                -- End of command file.
                           All commands after this line will be ignored.
    pwd                 -- Print current directory name.
    dir                 -- List files (with attributes) in current directory.
    dir dir...          -- List files in specified directory.
    dir -5              -- List new files for last 5 days.
    dir -r              -- List files recursively.
    ls                  -- Brief list of files (filenames only), similar to DIR.
    index               -- Get description of files in current directory.
    index dir...        -- Get description of files in specified directory.
    cd dir              -- Enter directory.
    cd                  -- Return to home directory.
    get file...         -- Get files (not directories!).
    get -5 file         -- Get part #5 of specified file.  List of parts
                           can be specified as "-5,6,9-11".
    list archive...     -- Get listing of archive file.
                           Legal types of archives are tar.Z, tar.F,
                           tar, cpio.Z, cpio.F, cpio, ar.Z, ar.F, ar,
                           zoo, zip, lzh.
    extract arch file...-- Extract file from archive.
    extract -5 arch file-- Extract part #5 of file from archive.
    extract arch        -- Repack archive by selected archiver.
    info file...        -- Get information about files.
    archiver name       -- Select archiver.  Possible values are:
			   compress     - tar.Z,
                           freeze       - tar.F,
                           lharc        - lzh,
                           zoo          - zoo,
                           zip          - zip,
			   none         - send file as it is, default.
    encoder name        -- Select encoder.  Possible values are
                           uuencode (default), btoa and ship.
    split mode          -- Set split mode.  Possible values are:
                           text         - split after encoding, default,
                           binary       - split binary file, then encode
                                          each piece separately.
    size 15             -- Set maximum piece size in kbytes to 15, default 30K.
    size                -- Print max piece size in kbytes.
    limit 3072          -- Set max total volume in kbytes.
    limit               -- Print max total volume in kbytes.

You should not use absolute directory and file names (beginning with '/')
and parent directory reference ('..').

Shell wild cards ('*', '?', '[' etc) in file names are allowed.

Answers to the Frequently Asked Questions about the mail server
(in Russian) can be retrieved by the command (*):

    get faq/mailserv.faq

To get intro (in Russian) on the archive you can download files from
please issue the command (*):

    get readme

(*) NOTES:
1) Mailserv will send the files requested in the uuencoded form.
Uudecode them to obtain readable text (in mailx use the 'uu'
command).
2) These files contain KOI-8 coded text. DOS users can convert them
into DOS Alternating Coding form by the koi2alt program mentioned
in the example in the beginning of this help file.

If you have any problems or suggestions about mail server,
please e-mail to [email-masked] (Serge Vakulenko).

Mail Server, Copyright (C) 1990-92 Serge Vakulenko

Sat Apr  3 07:46:41 1993
Total 0.2 User 0.1 System 0.1 Real 0:00:00