[alt.backrubs] new archive site & archive status update
J. Blustein
The alt.backrubs archive is now mirrored at the Lysator archive in
Sweden. The archive also appears at sites in Canada, the USA, and Japan.
Subject: What is the archive
The alt.backrubs anonymous FTP archive contains about 4.5 Mb of
postings from the alt.backrubs newsgroup and associated indexes. An
announcement about the archive is posted to the newsgroup and to
alt.answers and news.answers every 30 days.
The archive includes HTML files to make it easier to navigate for WWW
users. The HTML files are in the WWW directory. The WWW/README.html file
describes all those files. None of them is larger than 25Kb. They are all
handicapped-accessible (according to the Bobby service at
<URL:http://www.cast.org/bobby>).
Subject: New mirror site in Sweden
The archive is now mirrored by: (1)SUNsite.UNC.edu,
(2)SUNsite.SUT.ac.jp, and (3)Lysator.liu.se. The Lysator and
SUNsite.UNC.edu mirrors are direct copies of the file at ftp.UWO.ca.
SUNsite.SUT.ac.jp mirror is a direct copy from the SUNsite.UNC.edu copy.
The chart below summarizes all the essential information about the main
archive site and its mirrors.
Subject: Chart of archive sites
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ftp.csd.UWO.ca 129.100.11.252
Directory: pub/news/alt.backrubs
Special Please connect during off-peak hours (between 19:00 and
Instructions: 07:00).
FTP <URL:ftp://ftp.csd.UWO.ca/pub/news/alt.backrubs>
WWW <URL:ftp://ftp.csd.UWO.ca/pub/news/alt.backrubs/WWW/README.html>
Located in: Ontario, Canada (GMT +5)
Contact: ja...@CSD.uwo.ca
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ftp.Lysator.liu.se 130.236.254.64
Directory:
pub/news/alt.backrubs/
FTP <URL:ftp://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/news/alt.backrubs/>
WWW <URL:ftp://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/news/alt.backrubs/WWW/README.html>
Located in: Link\"oping, Sweden (GMT +1)
Contact: f...@lysator.liu.se
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SUNsite.UNC.edu 198.86.40.81
Directory:
pub/academic/medicine/alternative-healthcare/massage-therapy/alt.backrubs
Special If you send e-mail to in...@sunsite.unc.edu you will be
Instructions: sent information about how to use the many services
Sunsite provides.
FTP <URL:ftp://sunsite.UNC.edu/pub/academic/medicine/altern
ative-healthcare/massage-therapy/alt.backrubs>
WWW <URL:http://sunsite.UNC.edu/pub/academic/medicine/altern
ative-healthcare/massage-therapy/alt.backrubs/WWW/README.html>
Located in: North Carolina, USA (GMT +5)
Contact: ftpk...@sunsite.unc.edu
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SUNnsite.SUT.ac.jp 133.31.180.200
Directory:
pub/academic/medicine/alternative-healthcare/massage-therapy/alt.backrubs
FTP <URL:ftp://sunsite.SUT.ac.jp/pub/academic/medicine/altern
ative-healthcare/massage-therapy/alt.backrubs>
WWW <URL:http://sunsite.SUT.ac.jp/pub/academic/medicine/altern
ative-healthcare/massage-therapy/alt.backrubs/WWW/README.html>
Located in: Tokyo, Japan (GMT +19)
Contact: I...@sut.ac.jp
or
use <URL:http://www.sut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/sutcomment.cgi>
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Thanks to Dave Martin at UWO for providing space for the archive and
Jonathan Magid, Devendra Narayan, and Martin Stjernholm for mirroring the
archive.
Subject: Status of the archive
My main newsfeed no longer receives alt.backrubs and I do not have the
time to find another one. I appreciate receiving copies of excellent
articles by e-mail so that they may be placed in the archive.
If you would like to help with the archive or any of the projects
related to it then please write to me.
--
Jamie Blustein [alt.backrubs archive maintainer] <ja...@CSD.uwo.ca>
Answers to questions frequently asked in alt.backrubs are available via
anonymous FTP from rtfm.mit.edu in pub/usenet/alt.backrubs
(ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/alt.answers/backrubs)
See also http://www.ii.uib.no/~kjartan/backrubfaq/