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From: rgc@raybed2.msd.ray.com (RICK CARLE)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: E-mail access to Simtel archives?
Summary: Did you try?
Message-ID: <1964@raybed2.msd.ray.com>
Date: 18 Dec 90 17:46:58 GMT
References: <1990Dec13.054455.16711@mentor.com> <1950@raybed2.msd.ray.com> <MWILLS.90Dec17181633@x102a.harris-atd.com>
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In article <MWILLS.90Dec17181633@x102a.harris-atd.com>, mwills@x102a.harris-atd.com (wills ms 01309) writes:
> In article <1950@raybed2.msd.ray.com> rgc@raybed2.msd.ray.com (RICK CARLE) writes:
>    In article <1990Dec13.054455.16711@mentor.com>, jimst@.mentor.com (Jim Stanley) writes:
>    > I don't have access to an ftp link to the Simtel Ada archive.  Is it
>    > possible to obtain files from Simtel via e-mail?
>    The following info is copied from comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d.  I've never
>    used this method, but it should apply equally well to Ada.
> Unfortunately, not.  The "GET PDGET HELP" request tells me that only
> the CPM, MSDOS, MSDOS2, PC-BLUE, SIGM, and MISC sections of the Simtel
> archives are available via these mail servers.  (no Ada)

Did you try, anyway?  Did you try /pdget mail pd2:<ada>ada.crclst uuencode?
Did you contact fisher@vm.ecs.rpi.edu?  I was told this would work.
Perhaps pdget help is out of date.