Subject: [ANNOUNCE] Linux Help Files By Mail (monthly post)
From: "Bill C. Riemers" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 1994 14:57:19 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce

Last-modified: 03 OCT 94

Linux help files by e-mail!

	This service is intended for those without ftp access.  If you do
	have ftp access, ftp physics.purdue.edu instead of use the
	mail handler.  (Currently I'm using the BCRMailHandler314
	to respond to process your requests.)

INFO ON LINUX, UNIX, AND XFREE86.  How does it work?  Send a message to
one of the following servers with a Subject line specifying your request.

SERVERS:

  [email-masked]    (U.S. server)
  [email-masked]          (European server)

For the U.S. server only:
 Requests received between 8:00am and 11:59am EST will be mailed at 12:00pm EST.
 Requests received between 12:55pm and 4:59pm EST will be mailed at 5:00pm EST.
 All other requests will be mailed as soon as they are received.

For the European server only:
 All requests are mailed as soon as they are received, but the local mailer
 is very slow.

REQUESTS:

Your Subject line will determine what information you are sent.  The
following Subject lines are recognized.  My mail handler attempts
to correct common errors, if the Subject still isn't recognized
your message is forwarded to me as e-mail, and you will be sent
form-letter informing you of the error.

SUBJECT                           ACTION (commands the mail handler)
======================== ==============================================
ascii                    don't use uuencode and gzip
binary                   use uuencode and gzip  (reduces by 50%)
silent                   silently forwards your message to me
bugs                     SAME AS silent
re:                      SAME AS silent  (i.e. I recieve replies...)
incoming                 SAME AS silent  (for submitting new files)
======================== ==============================================

SUBJECT     Approx. Size          ACTION (mails you)
======================== ==============================================
help                  7k An updated version of this file
------------------------ -------------------------------Maintained here
xf86config-ati        6k Lists ATI XF86Config files available.
------------------------ -------------------------------Maintained here
xconfig-ati           6k Lists ATI Xconfig files available.
xconfig-cirrus        6k Lists CIRRUS Xconfig files available.
xconfig-diamond       6k Lists DIAMOND Xconfig files available.
xconfig-misc          6k Lists misc. Xconfig files available.
xconfig-orchid        6k Lists ORCHID Xconfig files available.
xconfig-paradise      6k Lists PARADISE Xconfig files available.
xconfig-trident       6k Lists TRIDENT Xconfig files available.
xconfig-tseng         6k Lists TSENG Xconfig files available.
------------------------ ------------------------------Updated:  3:38am
faq-gcc              70k FAQ about GCC
faq-lilo             15k FAQ about LILO (boot loader)
faq-ext2fs            6k FAQ about ext2fs (Linux filesystem type)
faq-linux            90k The general Linux FAQ (plain text)
faq-nfs               6k FAQ about NFS
------------------------ ------------------------------Updated: 20MAR94
install-guide C       6k The Linux Installation Guide 2.0 Contents
install-guide 1      18k Chapter 1, Introduction
install-guide 2     125k Chapter 2, Getting  Linux, a few ways to get it
install-guide 3      85k Chapter 3, Installing Linux
install-guide 4     110k Chapter 4, Linux Tutorial, UNIX introduction
install-guide 5      80k Chapter 5, System Administration
install-guide 6      40k Chapter 6, Advanced Features
install-guide A      70k Appendix, all the Appendixes
install-guide C 1 2 3 4 5 6 A    The whole guide (8 letters)
------------------------ ------------------------------Updated:  3:38am
howto-busmouse       25k Using busmice with Linux and Xfree86.
howto-distribution   70k Distributions of the Linux software
howto-dosemu         35k Using the DOS emulator
howto-ethernet      130k Using Ethernet cards and networks
howto-ftape          25k Using QIC ftape drivers for Linux
howto-index          15k INDEX to HOWTO docs (READ ME!)
howto-hardware       25k Hardware compatibility list
howto-info           30k Basic Linux information
howto-installation   60k Getting and Installing Linux
howto-je             40k JE, a set of Japanese Extensions for Linux.
howto-meta           15k Linux sources of information
howto-mail           30k Using electronic mail with Linux
howto-mgr            30k The MGR windowing system for Linux
howto-mini-bogomips  20k What is a BoGoMip?
howto-mini-swap      15k Sharing swap space between Windows3.X and Linux
howto-net2          140k Configuring NET-2 (TCP/IP) software for Linux
howto-news           40k Setting up USENET news for Linux
howto-pci            40k Information on Linux & PCI boards
howto-printing      130k Printing and configuring printing software
howto-reading        15k A list of references to read.
howto-scsi           90k Using and configuring SCSI devices 
howto-serial         45k Information on serial devices and communications
howto-sound          40k Using sound-related hardware and software
howto-term           50k Describes how to setup and use TERM
howto-uucp           25k Setting up UUCP with Linux
howto-xfree86        70k Installing and configuring X-Windows for Linux
------------------------ ------------------------------Updated:  3:38am
unix-faq c           15k The comp.unix.questions FAQ table of contents 
unix-faq 1           30k General questions.
unix-faq 2           55k Relatively basic questions, asked by beginners
unix-faq 3           50k Intermediate questions.
unix-faq 4           45k Advanced questions
unix-faq 5           20k Questions pertaining to the various shells.
unix-faq 6           60k An overview of Unix variants.
unix-faq 7           25k An comparison of configuration management sys.
unix-faq c 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The full comp.unix.questions FAQ
------------------------ ----------------------------------------------
<anything else>          delivers an error, and forwards your message 
======================== ==============================================

  NOTE1: If your mail server does not support a Subject line, send a message
         with the key-word SUBJECT: followed by one of the above subjects.

  NOTE2: Most of the help files are posted in comp.os.linux.announce
         if you have access to this newsgroup obtain the HELP and FAQ files
         there!  

  NOTE3: Additional files are avialable by mail at [email-masked]
         and [email-masked].  When mailing "mail-server", please
         include "help" in the body of your message.

If you would like to setup a server on another site let me know, and I will
help and list it here.  In particular a site is needed for French and a
site for German documents.

Ich spreche kein Deutsch.

Je ne parle pas le Francais.

If you mail me something in either of these two languages I normally take
my best guess at translating what you are saying and respond mostly in 
American English.

--  
<A HREF="    http://physics.purdue.edu/~bcr/homepage.html                  ">
<EM><ADDRESS>  Bill C. Riemers,  [email-masked]   </ADDRESS></EM></A>
<A HREF="           http://www.physics.purdue.edu/                         ">
<EM>          Department of Physics,   Purdue University            </EM></A>

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