FILE SEARCHING ON THE INTERNET
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To find the location of a file on the Internet that can be retrieved using
Anonymous FTP, you can send an email message to an "Archie server" to tell
you which computer(s) store that file.

1.  In the TO field of the Compose Mail form, type  archie@archie.rutgers.edu
or archie@archie.sura.net

(There are other Archie servers, but these are geographically closest to our
host computer and are the ones that you should use).

2.  Add any text in the Subject line; Archie ignores that field.

3.  In the body of the email message, type:

set mailto  <your Internet address>   (do not add the brackets)
help
quit

Now send your mail.  The Archie server will send you a list of commands that
it recognizes (we've listed the important commands below, so you may be able
to skip this step).

Now compose and send an email message instructing Archie to find and return a
list of FTP sites which have the files you are looking for.  Not only will
Archie tell you the name of the FTP servers, but it will tell you the exact
directory path on each server where the files are located.  When you receive
this information, you can use AOL's FTP service to transfer the files to your
computer at home (we've given instructions on using  FTP at the end of this
document).


IMPORTANT ARCHIE SERVER COMMANDS

The Archie commands are listed in the left-hand column below.  The
description of the action they perform is listed in the right-hand column.
Do not type the descriptions when constructing your Archie request.  Do not
type the brackets - they only indicate
variable information that you must provide.

set mailto <your Internet address>  your return address

set output_format verbose    display output using long format
set output_format terse      display output using short format
set maxhits <number>         sets the max number of items to find
set search exact             search for an exact pattern
set search sub               search for any that contains the pattern

find <pattern>               searches for the pattern you indicate
quit                         stop the Archie search


In the most basic search, you will only need to use the 'set mailto', 'set
maxhits', 'find', and 'quit' commands.  Below is a sample Archie query:


set mailto member@aol.com
set maxhits 10
find newsreader
quit

This request will generate a list of 10 public FTP sites that have a
newsreader program that you can retrieve.