Grex Coop6 Conference Item 42

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LISTSERV for Grex?

Nov 27 08:21 UTC 1994

Should some LISTSERV functionality be added to Grex? It is a common
MailingList server, which would probably be too much for Grex to handle
with its current Inet link, but its GET function would be useful, and may
save some bandwidth. Briefly, GET allows a person to send e-mail to Grex
and request that a file be e-mailed back, and LISTSERV does this
automatically. For example, in some groups in which I participate, I might
offer access to some information in a file on Grex. I can just say, "send
e-mail to LISTSERV@cyberspace.org with the message GET <filename> ...".
So, instead of people sending e-mail to me, and me e-mailing them the
info, it is done with much somewhat less use of link (and my) time. 

I anarchied the archives for listserv, and robh dowloaded and extracted
them, and they reside in /tmp/robh/listserv2. A README gives further
details, and setup files show the possible parameters.

5 responses total.

steve

response 1 of 5:

Nov 27 18:48 UTC 1994

   I'd love to.  But the link modei are whimpering as it is.

   Perhaps when we get a faster link, ie the new PC Route box in place.

rcurl

response 2 of 5:

Nov 27 19:20 UTC 1994

"Add it to the list...." - but in this case, it is possible that 
GET with LISTSERV would *relieve* the modei a bit. It would be a
question of how much current traffic is sending information in
response to requests, and how much new traffic would be generated
by making it easier. An example would be, that information about Grex
could be put on LISTSERV, so potential users could obtain it without
telnetting to Grex, which really hogs the link. How about an experimental
implementation (after we get the disk problem fixed - notice that I
have great confidence that it will be fixed!).

mdw

response 3 of 5:

Nov 27 22:50 UTC 1994

I think the first interesting questions to answer would be:
 what information would we make available this way
 how would we publicize the information
 what kind of effort is involved in supporting such a service
 what kind of benefit does grex get from the service

rcurl

response 4 of 5:

Nov 28 07:11 UTC 1994

Add: what kind of benefits do grex users get from the service?

sarrica

response 5 of 5:

Nov 30 18:28 UTC 1994

Has the new motherboard for the new PC Route box been purchased?
If so, where did you get it and what did it cost?  I can get my
hands on an AST just like the new box and might like to upgrade it...

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