Message-ID: <346DD2CC.36B7FA@gusun.georgetown.edu> Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 11:50:21 -0500 From: Martin Sieg <mailto:siegm@GUSUN.GEORGETOWN.EDU> Subject: [Fwd: GetWeb--A very valuable service] To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
This may be very useful for those of you who need information that seems to be out of reach. One problem I can see with it though is that you have to know the URL you want first.Martin
<<<<FORWARDED>>>>
Michael Gurstein wrote:
> This is an extremely valuable service for those with limited or low band
> width Internet access. It allows for a request to be sent to the server
> for a particular web-site (URL) and to have it returned as an e-mail ASCII
> file.
>
> Mikeg
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 14:34:51 -0500
> From: IDRC Getweb <mailto:getweb@unganisha.idrc.ca>
> To: Michael Gurstein <mailto:mgurst@ccen.uccb.ns.ca>
> Subject: <URL:file:./help/.index.html> Online Help
>
> How to access GetWeb
> =====================
>
> Please note access to this server is logged; we cannot guarantee that
> your requests will remain private.
>
> To request a document from the World Wide Web, send a message to
> mailto:getweb@unganisha.idrc.ca with the body containing one or more
> requests like:
>
> GET url
>
> Where url is the URL of the document you request. If the message
> contains more than one request, separate each request with a blank
> line.
>
> Here is a message which would fetch the IDRC home page:
>
> GET http://www.idrc.ca
>
> After receiving the above message, the GetWeb server would format the
> IDRC home page as human-readable plain-text and send it to you.
>
> Each hypertext link is represented by a number in brackets. Suppose
> you get a message like this from a GetWeb server:
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> International
> Development Research Centre [IDRC Logo]\ Centre de recherches\
> pour le d\e'veloppement international\
> The International Development Research Centre is a public corporation
> created by the Canadian government to help communities in the
> developing world find solutions to social, economic, and
> environmental problems through research. Le Centre de recherches pour
> le d\e'veloppement international (CRDI) est une soci\e't\e' d'\E'tat cr\e'\e'e
> par le Parlement du Canada afin d'aider les pays du tiers-monde \a`
> trouver des solutions viables \a` leur probl\e`mes sociaux, \e'conomiques
> et environnementaux au moyen de la recherche.
>
> IDRC in English[1]
> The Institution[2]
> Research Programs[3]
> Resources[4]
>
> [IMAGE]\
>
> CRDI en fran\c,ais[5]
> L'institution[6]
> Programme de recherche[7]
> Ressources[8]
>
> \ \
> [IMAGE]
> \
> Copyright \co 1997 International Development Research Centre/
> Centre de recherches pour le d\e'veloppement international, Canada
>
> *** References from this document ***
> [orig] http://www.idrc.ca/
> [1] http://www.idrc.ca/index_e.html
> [2] http://www.idrc.ca/institution/index_e.html
> [3] http://www.idrc.ca/research/index_e.html
> [4] http://www.idrc.ca/resources/index_e.html
> [5] http://www.idrc.ca/index_f.html
> [6] http://www.idrc.ca/institution/index_f.html
> [7] http://www.idrc.ca/research/index_f.html
> [8] http://www.idrc.ca/resources/index_f.html
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> To get more information about IDRC resources in English, you would
> look up link 4 at the bottom of the message to find out the URL is
> http://www.idrc.ca/resources/index_e.html. You would then send a
> message to the GetWeb server:
>
> GET http://www.idrc.ca/resources/index_e.html
>
> If your mailer program insists puts extra, unwanted text at the
> beginning or end of your message, then you can enclose your commands
> in a begin/end block. You can also comment out lines with '#', so
> that in the following message only the 'GET http://www.idrc.ca' line
> will be processed:
>
> Hello mailto:getweb@unganisha.idrc.ca!
> This preamble will not be processed by the MailBot...
>
> begin
>
> GET http://www.idrc.ca
>
> # ...neither will this comment
>
> end
> ...and neither will this signature:
> --
> B. Russell, ontological consultant, phone: (617) 555-1652
> "The worse the logic, the more interesting the conclusions"
>
> Follow the links below for more help.
>
> How can I:
>
> * fill out HTML Forms?[1]
> * search the Web?[2]
> * break a long command between multiple lines?[3]
> * follow chains of linked documents with a single command?[4]
> * request raw HTML source rather than formatted text?[5]
> * configure how documents are delivered?[6]
> * use Agora (w3mail) commands?[7]
> * send username and password to the Web server?[8]
> * decode binary files?[9]
>
> How quotas limit server load[10]
>
> How can I view accents properly?[11]
>
> Other GetWeb-type servers[12]
>
> About the GetWeb MailBot server software[13]
>
> Also see the GetWeb home page.[14]
>
> Send bugs or suggestions for improvement to
> mailto:getweb-admin@usa.healthnet.org.
>
> *** References from this document ***
> [orig] file:./help/.index.html
> [1] http://unganisha.idrc.ca/getweb/FORMS.html
> [2] http://unganisha.idrc.ca/getweb/SEARCHING.html
> [3] http://unganisha.idrc.ca/getweb/BREAK.html
> [4] http://unganisha.idrc.ca/getweb/FOLLOWING.html
> [5] http://unganisha.idrc.ca/getweb/FORMAT.html
> [6] http://unganisha.idrc.ca/getweb/DELIVER.html
> [7] http://unganisha.idrc.ca/getweb/AGORA.html
> [8] http://unganisha.idrc.ca/getweb/AUTH.html
> [9] http://unganisha.idrc.ca/getweb/MIME.html
> [10] http://unganisha.idrc.ca/getweb/QUOTA.html
> [11] http://unganisha.idrc.ca/getweb/ACCENT.html
> [12] http://unganisha.idrc.ca/getweb/SERVERS.html
> [13] http://unganisha.idrc.ca/getweb/INFO.html
> [14] http://www.healthnet.org/dist/getweb/