Date: Mon, 14 Jun 93 10:54:28 -0700
From: sholden@cod.nosc.mil (Steve Holden)
Subject: Re: New Info. Sheet
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----- 4D Email Group -----
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This email group was created to provide users and developers a
forum to ask questions, bounce ideas, and expand members
knowledge of ACI's 4th Dimension. This is an informal group,
with no rules except proper email etiquette.
If you are in doubt of what proper email etiquette entails
either do:
an anonymous FTP to isig.mit.edu, and get the file
Primer/usenet-primer.
There are other very useful Internet based documents in
the /Primer directory.
or if you *don't* have FTP access send a request to:
sholden@cod.nosc.mil for the usenet-primer
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How many people are in the group? (as of May 1993): 330
Increase since Jan. 1993: 123
What is the make-up of the group? (approximation):
Jan. 1993 May 1993
Education 49% 43%
Commercial 18% 25%
Military 3% 2%
Government 6% 5%
Other* 24% 25%
* sites that do not end in .edu, .com, .mil, and .gov.
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Subscription from Internet:
If you want to join (or be deleted from) the list, you need
to email a request to:
4d-request@mit.edu
Posting to the whole group from Internet:
Mail your post to:
4d@mit.edu
If you have any problems with the mailing list, please contact:
- mlbarrow@mit.edu (Michael L Barrow)
He is the administrator of this list.
This is NOT a listserv list, so you can't send mail commands at
it or anything like that -- sorry.
If anyone wants any nerdy information about how the list is
maintained, just ask and he will be glad to tell you.
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Subscription from non-Internet sources:
To subscribe from CompuServe (CI$) you need to send an
email message in this format:
> internet:4d-request@mit.edu (entered at
'Send to:' prompt)
To subscribe from American On-Line (AOL) you need to send
an message in this format:
4d-request@mit.edu (entered in the normal
screenname field)
To subscribe from AppleLink (AL) you need to send an email
message in this format:
4d-request@mit.edu@internet#
Posting to the whole group from non-Internet sources:
CompuServe (CI$):
> internet:4d@mit.edu
American On-Line (AOL):
4d@mit.edu
AppleLink (AL):
4d@mit.edu@internet#
WARNING: The above services may or may not have some sort of
service fee for send and receive email to Internet.
And may frown upon joining an email list.
If you are having troubles, please contact the
respective email help provided by the service.
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There are now two 4D ftp sites:
The first is at:
- sumex-aim.stanford.edu (36.44.0.6)
Everything is in the directory:
- info-mac/dev/a4d (which is read only)
Send uploads and questions to:
- breck@kirk.ecs.umass.edu (Liam Breck)
If you are having troubles contact:
- Liam at above address, or
- Info-Mac-Request@sumex-aim.stanford.edu
This archive is accesible by anonymous ftp to it and its
mirror sites around the world (wuarchive@wustl.edu is a
US mirror). It can also be accessed with gopher and the
Internet email ftp server.
The second is at:
- bu.edu or (128.197.27.7)
Everything is in the directory:
- /mac/4d
Send uploads or if you are having problems to:
- kalena@bu.edu (Karen R. Sabog)
The bu.edu site is a mirror ftp site for the 4d
directory at sumex-aim. Also, the bu.edu site contains
textual information like educational and retail prices, ACI
software updates when permitted, product descriptions,
press releases, etc.
By the summer of 1993 there should be gopher and WAIS
access to the 4D files and information.
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The group is currently in the process of creating a Frequently
Asked Question (FAQ) document. Contact:
- breck@kirk.ecs.umass.edu (Liam Breck)
for more information (expected release date is Fall 1993).
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This basic informaiton file was created by:
Steve Holden
Macintosh System/Applications Engineer
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
Internet: sholden@cod.nosc.mil
Voice: (619) 553-6750
If there are any changes to be made please email a request to
the email address listed above.
Please feel free to distribute this information.
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