I have posted an article about ftp-mailservers. It happened that I got a list. There where lot of interest to this list (before I got it), so I decided to post it. I have not try all the addresses so maybe there are some which are not exists any more, but I hope you find what you look for. Please, let me know your experiences. Here is the list I have: a. Hrc mail archive As mentioned above, the UUCP host "hrc" maintains an archive of Usenet source newsgroups and other things. To find out how to use it, send mail to "hrc!archives", or "archives@hrc.UUCP", or whatever format your site uses to send mail to the user "archives" on the machine "hrc", and include the following commands in the body of the message: send path
send help You should replace
with a path from hrc to you. If you know a prominent UUCP site that has you in its path, then your path can start at that site, e.g. "uunet!mit-athena!jik" (PLEASE don't use that address, or I'll get the responses to your requests!). If you're on a site that has a name registered with the Internet name servers, you can use "uunet!athena.mit.edu!jik". b. Uunet mail archive Uunet.uu.net provides E-mail access to the sources it archived (see the discussion about ftp.uu.net above for some idea of what is available). The address to which to send requests is "netlib@uunet.uu.net". You can send a message containing "help" in its body for more information. c. BITFTP The BITFTP server, run by Princeton University, allows people on the BITNET to retrieve via E-mail files at anonymous ftp archive sites. To find out how to use it, send mail to "bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu" with "help" in the body. The BITFTP server will reject requests from non-BITNET addresses, so if you're not on the BITNET and you need to do anonymous ftp retrieval via E-mail, you should use DEC's ftpmail (see below). d. DEC's ftpmail The ftpmail server, run at DEC, allows you to retrieve via E-mail files at anonymous ftp archive sites. To find out how to use it, send mail to "ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com" with "help" in the body. If you're on the BITNET, please use the BITFTP server (see above) rather than ftpmail. NOTE: Don't do something bogus like send your requests both to BITFTP and ftpmail, hoping that one of them will get back to you first. Choose one server for your request, and use it. e. 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 only via electronic mail. To find out how to use it, send mail to "netlib@research.att.com" with "help" in the body of the message. f. Periodic posting archive As mentioned above, The machine pit-manager.mit.edu (18.72.1.58) 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@pit-manager.mit.edu" with Subject "help". The archive on pit-manager 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 pit-manager.mit.edu. 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. 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. archive-server@eclectic.com Mac-security digest, information about Eclectic, other stuff archive-server@joshua.atherton.com 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 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@shsu.bitnet General and VMS-specific TeX/LaTeX sources, sty files, extensions, etc.; mailing list archives; sources for VMS packages of various sorts 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@cl.cam.ac.uk Various random stuff, including bmx, btoa, c-nrs, gdb, soft-gen, spad, top, unix-niftp, ups (Unix PostScript interpreter) info-server@doc.ic.ac.uk Usenet source newsgroups, GNU, X11, news software, other stuff 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 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 archive.cs.ruu.nl) mail-server@rusmv1.rus.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) mailserv@garbo.uwasa.fi Frequently asked questions in various areas, some Usenet source archives, some PC software archives netlib@draci.cs.uow.edu.au Australian Netlib (also accessible via anonymous ftp to draci.cs.uow.edu.au) netlib@ornl.gov Similar to the AT&T netlib archive 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 statlib@lib.stat.cmu.edu XLISP-STAT, other statistical software (also accessible via anonymous ftp to umnstat.stat.umn.edu) tech-reports@cs.columbia.edu Experimental server (?) address might point to a human telecom-archive-request@letni.lonestar.org Comp.dcom.telecom archive 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 Good luck, folks I. Sandor