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   request, and use it.

   d. AT&T's netlib archive

   AT&T's "netlib" archive is the repository for a large body of
   source code and other material, much of it mathematical,
   algorithmic or scientific in nature.

   The archive is accessible in many ways, including

     * Anonymous ftp to netlib.att.com

     * Electronic mail.  To find out how to use the mail server, send
       mail to "netlib@research.att.com" with "help" in the body of
       the message.

     * World Wide Web. Open the URL http://www.netlib.org

   e. Periodic posting archive

   As mentioned above, The machine rtfm.mit.edu maintains an archive 
   of periodic Usenet postings.  You can access it via anonymous ftp, 
   or via mail server.  To find out how to use the mail server, send 
   a message to "mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu" with Subject "help".

   The archive on rtfm is also accessible via WAIS.  If you don't know
   what that is, don't worry about it; if you do know what it is, you
   can search through periodic Usenet postings by connecting to the
   "usenet" WAIS database on rtfm.mit.edu.

   f. Trickle mail servers

   A BITnet mail server package called "Trickle" is supported at a
   number of different BITnet sites all over the world:

	Austria:	trickle@aearn.bitnet
	Denmark:	trickle@dktc11.bitnet
	Belgium:	trickle@banufs11.bitnet
	France:		trickle@frmop11.bitnet
	Germany:	trickle@dtuzdv1.bitnet
	Italy:		trickle@imipoli.bitnet
	Netherlands:	trickle@hearn.bitnet
	Spain:		trickle@eb0ub011.bitnet
	Turkey:		trickle@trearn.bitnet
	Israel:		trickle@taunivm.bitnet

   These archives contain files of all sorts from a number of
   different major anonymous ftp archive sites, including
   oak.oakland.edu, ftp.uu.net, ftp.x.org and sauna.hut.fi.
   They are a good way for people on the BITnet to get access to
   archives.

   To find out how to use Trickle send a mail message to the Trickle
   server closest to you with "/HELP" in the body of the message and
   an empty Subject: line.

   g. Other mail servers

   There are other mail servers besides the ones listed above.  If you
   want to find out more about a server, send a message to it with
   "help" in the body and see what it sends back.

   The following is a list of some of the available services.  Others
   are listed in Scott Yanoff's "Updated Internet Services list"
   posting, which appears regularly in alt.internet.services,
   comp.misc, biz.comp.services, alt.bbs.internet, and news.answers.

   alt-sources-serv@dmc.com	Alt.sources
   archive-server@ames.arc.nasa.gov
				Space archives (also accessible via
				anonymous ftp to ames.arc.nasa.gov)
   archive-server@athena-dist.mit.edu
				MIT Project Athena papers and source
				code (also accessible via anonymous
				ftp to athena-dist.mit.edu)
   archive-server@bcm.tmc.edu	UUCP maps, source-code for BCM WHOIS
				database, NFS and PC-NFS information
				and source-code, Unisys U-series
				information and source code, other
				stuff
   archive-server@cc.purdue.edu	NeXT stuff (also accessible via
				anonymous ftp to sonta.cc.purdue.edu
				or nova.cc.purdue.edu)
   archive-server@chsun1.uchicago.edu
				Computer Underground Digest and
				references
   archive-server@cs.leidenuniv.nl
				IPX, "patch" for MS-DOS, "sps" diffs
				for SunOS 4.1
   archive-server@dsi.com	Datacomp Systems, Inc.  Elm and
				Elm-related stuff
   archive-server@eclectic.com	Mac-security digest, information about
				Eclectic, other stuff
   archive-server@germany.eu.net
				Archives of MS-DOS, Amiga, and Apple
				newsgroups, Internet RFCs, other stuff
   archive-server@ics.uci.edu	TeX, GNU, MH, other stuff
   archive-server@joshua.atherton.com
				Archives of Atherton Technology
				mailing lists and other files; Sun RPC
				sources and files; other sources and
				files
   archive-server@ncsa.uiuc.edu	NCSA stuff, especially telnet and tcp
				for mac/pc
   archive-server@rice.edu	Sun-spots, sun-source and sun-icons,
				plus other software written or
				influenced by people at Rice (also
				accessible via anonymous ftp to
				titan.rice.edu)
   archive-server@st.cs.uiuc.edu
				Ralph Johnson's UIUC smalltalk archive
				(also accessible via anonymous ftp to
				st.cs.uiuc.edu)
   archive-server@sun.soe.clarkson.edu
				IBM and other good stuff (also
				accessible via anonymous ftp to
				sun.soe.clarkson.edu)
   archive-server@wdl1.wdl.loral.com
				WDL archive server: snfs, tsig stuff
   clinton-wins@mail.clinton-gore.org
				Information about the Clinton-Gore
				presidential campaign
   comp-binaries-mac-serv@dmc.com
				Comp.binaries.mac
   comp-sources-misc-serv@dmc.com
				Comp.sources.misc
   comp-sources-reviewed-serv@dmc.com
				Comp.sources.reviewed
   comp-sources-unix-serv@dmc.com
				Comp.sources.unix
   comp-sources-x-serv@dmc.com	Comp.sources.x
   cubelib@gmuvax2.gmu.edu	iPSC User's Group
   doc-server@prl.dec.com	Paris Research Lab (PRL) technical
				reports, articles, and notes; bignum
				package
   fileserv@dmc.com		News.answers, other general stuff
   fileserv@shsu.bitnet		General and VMS-specific TeX/LaTeX
				sources, sty files, extensions, etc.;
				mailing list archives; sources for VMS
				packages of various sorts
   ftp@opcom.canada.sun.com	Solaris 2.0 Migration Support archives
				-- programs that have been ported to
				Solaris 2.0, and utilities for making
				the migration to 2.0 easier
   ftpmail@doc.ic.ac.uk         26 Gigabytes.  Everthing really!
                                Almost all Unix, mac, pc packages.
   ftp-mailer@ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de
				comp.sources.x, comp.sources.unix,
				comp.sources.misc, comp.sources.sun,
				comp.sources.games,
				comp.sources.atart.st,
				comp.binaries.ibm.pc, alt.sources
				archives, eunet.sources, and
				sub.sources archives, GNU, selected
				BSD, minix, selected X.V11R4 and
				X.V11R3, X.V11R5, comm tools (ie.
				kermit), various documents (ie. the
				Internet worm, rfcs, mach), TeX, and
				various other sources (also accessible
				via anonymous ftp)
   gene-server@bchs.uh.edu	Genbank gene database server
   goodies-lib@cs.man.ac.uk	Manchester smalltalk goodies archive
   graf-bib-server@decwrl.dec.com
				Graphix bibliography server; put
				keywords in mail Subject (also
				accessible via anonymous ftp to
				gatekeeper.dec.com)
   info-server@Germany.EU.net	Lots of stuff, including GNU software,
				benchmarks, games, graphics utilities,
				etc. (also accessible via anonymous
				ftp)
   info-server@hp4nl.nluug.nl	Macintosh, Sun, IBM-PC, Unix sources,
				some documents, GNU, graphics, Usenet
				archives (or lots of newsgroups), X
				window system, TeX, programming
				languages (lisp, icon, abc, others),
				news sources, network sources, other
				stuff
   info-server@sh.cs.net	Internet community calendar, E-mail
				ftp server (currently unavailable),
				CSNET general information documents,
				CREN information, NSFNET information,
				Some Internet RFCs, a small amount of
				source code
   librarian@cse.ucsc.edu	UCSC Technical Reports, Amoeba papers,
				UCSC bibliography archive, IEEE TCOS,
				other stuff (also accessible via
				anonymous ftp to ftp.cse.ucsc.edu)
   library@cme.nist.gov		Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory
				(MEL) at the National Institute of
				Standards and Technology (NIST)
				archive
   lido@cs.uni-sb.de		AI bibliographical server; put
				"lidosearch help" in mail Subject
   listserv@dhdurz1.bitnet
   listserv@orion.bitnet	Erotica
   listserv@ubvm.bitnet		Russian TeX
   listserv@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu	Same as listserv@ubvm.bitnet
   listserv@vm1.nodak.edu	Lots of stuff from simtel-20; put "get
				pdget help" in mail body
   mail-server@cs.ruu.nl	GIFs, Atari ST software, random
				documentation, ELM sources, Usenet FAQ
				postings, GNU software, HP-UX
				software, NN sources, SGI software,
				TeX software and TeXhax and TeXmag
				archives, random UNIX software, X11
				software, other stuff (also accessible
				via anonymous ftp to ftp.cs.ruu.nl)
   mail-server@nluug.nl		Mostly UNIX-related files, from the
				Netherlands UNIX Users' Group
   ftpmail@ftp.uni-stuttgart.de
				German TeX archives; benchmarks,
				journal indices, RFCs, network info,
				unix info; X, mac, pc, sun, aix, vax,
				and other software (also accessible
				via anonymous ftp to
				rusmv1.rus.uni-stuttgart.de)
   ftpmail@garbo.uwasa.fi	PC software archives, frequently asked
				questions in various areas, some
				Usenet source archives
   netlib@draci.cs.uow.edu.au	Australian Netlib (also accessible via
				anonymous ftp to draci.cs.uow.edu.au)
   netlib@mthvax.cs.miami.edu	Various sources, digests and other
				miscellaneous stuff (also accessible
				via anonymous ftp to
				mthvax.cs.miami.edu)
   netlib@nac.no		Mirror of AT&T netlib archive for use
				by European (non-UK) sites
   netlib@ornl.gov		Similar to the AT&T netlib archive
   netlib@peregrine.com		Rec.puzzles-related archives
   netlib@uunet.uu.net		A large subset of what is available
				from uunet via anonymous ftp or
				anonymous uucp
   netlib@ukc.ac.uk		UK netlib server (mostly same contents
				as AT&T's netlib) (some files also
				accessible via anonymous ftp to
				harrier.ukc.ac.uk {username "guest"})
   next-archive@cc.purdue.edu	NeXT stuff (also accessible via
				anonymous ftp to sonta.cc.purdue.edu
				or nova.cc.purdue.edu)
   nistlib@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov	Benchmarks, GOSIP
   nptserver@cme.nist.gov	NIST Cals server (also accessible via
				anonymous ftp to durer.cme.nist.gov)
   object-archive-server@decwrl.dec.com
				OFF format (?) objects
   ps-file-server@adobe.COM	PostScript stuff
   reduce-netlib@rand.org	Sources related to REDUCE (A SAM
				system with emphasis on nuclear
				physics)
   reports@midgard.ucsc.edu	Comp.os.research tech reports (also
				accessible via anonymous ftp to
				midgard.ucsc.edu)
   request@legato.com		NFS benchmarking for determining if
				Legato board will help your server
   search@genbank.bio.net	FASTA program for nucleic acid
				sequence
   service@nic.ddn.mil		Internet RFCs and FYIs, NIC database
   				registration, WHOIS database lookup
   source@ureview.com		Programs and files from the magazine
				"Unix Review"
   statlib@lib.stat.cmu.edu	Lots of statistical software (also
				accessible via anonymous ftp to
				lib.stat.cmu.edu -- username statlib)
   tech-reports@cs.columbia.edu	Experimental server (?) address might
				point to a human
   telecom-archive-request@letni.lonestar.org
				Comp.dcom.telecom archive
   vax-pro@wkuvx1.bitnet	Programs and files from the journal
				"VAX Professional: A Technical Journal
				for VMS Systems"
   vmsnet-sources-serv@dmc.com	Vmsnet.sources
   wrl-techreports@decwrl.dec.com
				DEC WRL technical reports and
				abstracts 
   wscott@ecn.purdue.edu	HP 48 programs; put HP-MAIL-SERVER in
				mail Subject
   xstuff@expo.lcs.mit.edu	MIT X Consortium files, mainly
				patches


VII.    Locating a site's IP address
  
  If you are at a site with a deficient nameserver, you may need to know
  the IP address of a host to FTP files from it.  You can get this
  information in two ways:
  
  * By telnet:
  
      telnet nic.ddn.mil hostnames (or `telnet 192.112.36.5 101')
      hname XXX.YYY.ZZZ
  
  * By e-mail:
  
      To: service@nic.ddn.mil
      Subject: host XXX.YYY.ZZZ
           or: whois XXX.YYY.ZZZ
           or: help
  
    or:
  
      To: resolve@cs.widener.edu
      body: site XXX.YYY.ZZZ
  
    Information from Brendan Kehoe .
------------------------------

VII. Credits

This FAQ was initially written by Jonathan I. Kamens.  The following
people have contributed to this FAQ.

Bill Wohler  provided many of the addresses in the
"Other mail servers" section above, and provided suggestions for
several other sections.  Andrew Purshottam 
also provided many mail archive server addresses.  Bjorn P. Brox
 provided information about Trickle.

These people provided feedback and corrections:

	Denis.Buffenoir@inria.fr
	Rusty Carruth 
	Tom Cunningham 
        Jim Davis 
	Peter Deutsch 
        Holger Friedrich 
	Eric Gross 
	Dan Jacobson 
	
	Charles Geyer 
	Chau Wing Kin 
	Edwin Kremer 
	Rene Lampe 
	Kent Landfield 
	Jonathan Leech 
	Lee McLoughlin 
	Allen McAuley 
	Mark Maimone 
	Michael Meyer 
	Dick Munroe 
        Nicolai Papke 
	Petri Ojala 
	Douglas Quist 
	George V. Reilly 
        Perry Rovers 
	John_Rouillard@dl5000.bc.edu
	Timo Salmi 
	Rich Salz 
	Heribert Schuetz 
	Dan Shearer 
	Richard S. Smith 
	Mike Stump 
	Steve Sullivan 
	Steve Summit 
	Sydney S.  Weinstein 
	Joe Wells 
	Jon Whellams 
	George Wilson 
	Bill Wohler 
	Christophe Wolfhugel 
	Adri Verhoef 
	Ed Vielmetti 


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