DELAYED THANK YOU
 
 I asked about this quite a few months back so
 apologies for the delayed response, but an illness
 in the family kept me out of it all that time.
 So thank you Charles for taking the trouble to
 respond in such great detail. It's exactly what I
 was after. Yes the Angora type servers were the
 type I was looking for, as I used to get zipped
 files that way a long time ago. I followed up on
 your information and discovered that they're still
 out there, although probably not as many of them
 as there used to be. And the "WWW By E-mail" you
 mentioned is still available as well -- great
 document, that. I was looking for some small DOS
 programs [tiny by today's standards] for the
 volunteer work I do, so size was not in any way a
 problem. At any rate, the whole process now seems
 to have been simplified, if I'm remembering
 correctly how it was done way back. Thanks again.
 Very much appreciated.
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From:    Charles Angelich
To:      Phil Marlowe
Subject: Files Via Email
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> Hmmmm ... I just posted some information about
> this in an echo but I'm not sure which one right now.
 
> There are a few variations of this 'theme'.
> Some BBS have setup a method of emailing a
> listing of the available files for download and
> will email your requested files back to you as an
> attachment. Positron is one I've tested and I
> think Roy Tellason's BBS can do this - Roy?
 
> To got out onto the Internet and retrieve files
> via http, ftp, or gopher would require an Agora,
> www4mail, getweb, or other 'robot' server address
> to an server with Internet access that has Agora
> type software installed and is configured to
> respond to anonymous email requests for files.
 
> Search for "WWW By E-mail", send E-Mail to
> gboyd{at}netcom.com, or connect to his website at
> http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1236/
 
> OR get
 
> ftp://ftp.crl.com/users/iv/iverham/email4u.txt
> - for additional information on E-Mail retrieval services
 
> ftp://ftp.crl.com/users/iv/iverham/fun4u.txt
>    - for other fun things you can do with E-Mail
 
> ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/gb/gboyd/wsintro.faq
>    - more details on using web search engines by E-Mail
 
> I have not used any of this information for
> several years now which means many of the URLs
> will no longer function and some of the text may
> require use of a good search engine to find them.
 
> Agora servers are using very fast connections to
> the Internet and I have received replies within
> 15 minutes on certain less often used servers.
 
> On others it has taken 3-4 days to receive a
> reply.  Requests are qued in FIFO order which
> means searching out those servers least used is
> worthwhile.
 
> Third world countries require this type of access
> when their infrastructure cannot support typical
> Internet 'backbones' for browsing etc. (typically
> used by college professors in those countries).
 
> I'm certain that Agora type servers exist, it's
> just a matter of where and what the limitations
> are as to max file sizes and max request per
> email etc.
 
> Many of the original Agora servers were being
> shutdown due to abuse by people trying to get
> entire ISO images of Linux via email. Really not
> an appropriate use of a public server?
 
> Keep in mind that _your_ email account
> limitations will also be a factor in this.
 
>  Charles_Angelich  - DOS Ghost

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