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diff --git a/doc/rfc/rfc629.txt b/doc/rfc/rfc629.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..58a9b83 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/rfc/rfc629.txt @@ -0,0 +1,171 @@ + + + + + + +Network Working Group Jeanne North +Request for Comment: 629 SRI-ARC +NIC 22383 March 27, 1974 + + SCENARIO FOR USING THE NETWORK JOURNAL + +Network users may send mail to individuals and to groups, input as +messages or entire files, through the Network Journal, using SNDMSG or +their site's mail system. The mail is converted at NIC into NLS files, +Journalized, and sent to specified recipients. Short messages may be +received as messages, longer ones as citations to files which may be +retrieved immediately, and also later, by using FTP. Mail sent to NIC +with a "/" in the user-name field invokes the Net Journal. + +SENDING THE MESSAGE OR FILE BY TELEX SNDMSG + + Construct user field with slash and NIC idents: + + [Users:] sender ident/addressee ident(s)@NIC + + e.g. "JEW/DHC MAP@NIC". To send to a group, use group ident, e.g. + "JEW/NLG@NIC". To combine Journal SNDMSG with SNDMSG to others, add + others' Network addresses after commas, e.g. "JEW/DHC@NIC,PRATT@ISI". + See ARPANET Directory for NIC idents and Network addresses. + + [@] SNDMSG <CR> + [Type ? for help] + [Users:] JEW/NGG <SP> DHC@NIC, PRATT@ISI <CR> + [Subject:] Title of Message <CR> + [Message (? for help):] Text of message ... + Note: ^B allows insertion of a sequential file as the message or + at any point in the test of the message: + + ^B [(Insert file:)] <directory>file <ALT> [ext ...EOF)] + <^Z> + [jew/ngg dhc@nic -- ok] (or [ -- queued -- timed-out]) + [pratt@isi -- ok] + + When using SNDMSG through TELNET, change TELNET escape character, to + ^Q for example, allowing ^Z to be used for end-of-message. + +RETRIEVING THE FILE FROM NETWORK JOURNAL + + Substitute the citation received, for example "<GJOURNAL>21695", for + "<journal>number" and supply a filename in the following: + + [@] FTP <CR> + [HOST FTP User process x.xx.x] + + + +North [Page 1] + +RFC 629 Using the Network Journal March 1974 + + + [*] CONN <SP> NIC <CR> + [ Connection opened] + [*< OFFICE-1 FTP Server x.xx.x - at DAY DATE TIME] + [*] LOG <SP> ANONYMOUS <SP> NIC <CR> + [*] GET <SP> <journal>number.NLS;xnls <CR> + [ to local file] filename <CR> [New file] <CR> + [< IMAGE retrieve of <journal>number.NLS; started] + [< transfer completed] + [*] DISC <CR> + [*] QUIT <CR> + + [@] COP <ALT> [<File list>] file <ALT> [<TO>] LPT: <CR> [OK] <CR> + +SENDING A MESSAGE BY TELNET, FTP, OR OTHER MAIL SYSTEM + + TELNET by TENEX Users: + + [@] TELNET <CR> + [User Telnet x.x DATE ...] + [#] NIC <SP> FTP <CR> [is complete.#] + [300 OFFICE-1 FTP Server x.xx.x - at DAY DATE TIME] + MAIL <SP> JEW/RWW <SP> DHC <CR> (pause) + [350 Type mail, ended by a line with only a "."] + Re: Title of Message <CR> + First line of message <CR> + second line of message <CR> ...etc. + . <CR> (pause) + [256 Mail completed successfully] + <^Z> + [#] DISC <CR> + [#] QUIT <CR> + + FTP by TENEX Users: + + [@] FTP <CR> + [HOST FTP User process x.xx.x] + [*] CONN <SP> NIC <CR> + [ Connection opened] + [*< OFFICE-1 FTP Server x.xx.x - at DAY DATE TIME] + [*] QUO <ALT> MAIL <SP> JEW/DHC RWW <CR> + [*] (pause) [Type mail, ended by a line with only a "."] + [*] QUO <ALT> Re: Title of Message <CR> + [*] QUO <ALT> First line of message <CR> + [*] QUO <ALT> second line of message <CR> ...etc. + [*] QUO <ALT> . <CR> (pause) + [*< Mail completed successfully] + [*] DISC <CR> + [*] QUIT <CR> + + + +North [Page 2] + +RFC 629 Using the Network Journal March 1974 + + + Using Other Mail Systems: + + It is not possible to give a generalized scenario for use with all + local mail systems. + + The general procedure, to be applied to the local mail system, is + to supply: + + "NIC" as the host name, and + + Sender's NIC ident / Addressee's NIC ident as user name + + See RFC543, NIC 17777, for more detail on Network Journal. + + [ This RFC was put into machine readable form for entry ] + [ into the online RFC archives by Alan Ford 12/99 ] + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +North [Page 3] + |