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     Date: 08-26-95    Time: 08:12p     Number: 1578   
     From: WAISmail@SunSITE.Unc.EDU      Refer:         
       To: Bjørn Stærk                Board ID: FIX             Reply: 
  Subject: 47:1000/122.1 Your WAIS R         1: netmail        Status: Private
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From: WAISmail@SunSITE.Unc.EDU

This is the help for the sunSITE WAIS-mail gateway.

The gateway software was written by Jonny Goldman (jonathan@think.com)
of Thinking Machines.

WAIS is a protocol and a collection of tools for querying remote databases
over a network.

WAIS Mail is a very primitive tool for use as a gateway between WAIS and
MAIL systems.

For more information on WAIS search the "wais-docs" source,
or contact wais-help@quake.think.com.

The list of commands accepted by the server is:
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help
returns this file.


maxres 
set the maximum number of results returned to "number".  You should set
the maximum number of results before you issue a "search" command.


search [|"  ..."] {keywords...}
 is a source name as found in the directory of servers
(with or without the .src ending!).  When enclosed in double-quotes,
this is interpreted as a search of multiple sources.
{keywords...} are the words you would normally type into a query.
You may specify multiple search requests.


 If you don't know what sources you can search, just try anything.  If the
 source name is not recognised, you'll get a list of sources.  The
 directory-of-servers is a special source you can search that will tell you
 more about sources.  And you can always ask a source for "help".


retrieve 
DOCID is a DocID as returned by a search above.  It's a rather ugly
thing, so don't mess with it (it's actually just the DocID wais
retrieve can handle).  You may specify multiple retrieval requests.

 **** Important note:****

 1. Be sure to separate DocID's with a blank line.
 2. If you're not sure about your mailer (or editor), check the DocID
    against the docid in the result.  DocID's must be exactly the same,
    including any spaces.  Most "Bad DocID" errors are the result of
    lost spaces in transmission.


DocID: 
Same as above.  This is for ease-of-use with Results returned from
searches.  You can just "Reply" to the mail to retrieve results (be
sure there is only whitespace between the beginning of the line an the
DocID keyword).

 Note for those of you with dumb mailers that insist on 80 character lines:
 I've made WAISMail smart enough to handle DocID's that span multiple
 lines.  Don't insert any extra spaces into the DocID (just newlines), and

 ****be sure to separate DocID's with a blank line****.

 Another note about DocID's returned by catalogs: You can use these, but
 you have to be sure to append the ":database@host:port" information onto
 the end.  This information can be found in the DocID you used to retrieve
 the catalog.

 You can retrieve non-text documents as well as text.  If the document is
 of TYPE "TEXT" or "WSRC" you will get the result directly.  Other types
 will be UUENCODED.


like 
This command sets a relevant document.  It has the same syntax as the
retrieve (or DocID:) command, but different effects.  Instead, it
sets a relevant document for a search.  You may specify multiple "like"
documents, separated by blank lines (but remember: the document must
come from the same server you are searching!).  "like" commands must
precede the corresponding "search" command, and all "like" documents are
cleared between searches.


--
the following databases are currently provided by the sunSITE project:

Fascism.src
IAT-Documents.src
INFO.src
Jainist-text2.src
Jainist-texts.src
POETRY-index.src
SunSITE-ftp.src
US-Budget-1993.src
White-House-Papers.src
alt-sys-sun.src
bush-speeches.src
clinton-speeches.src
cold-fusion.src
eric-digests.src
fusion-digest93jan.src
linux-faq.src
linux-gcc-faq.src
linux-mail-faq.src
linux-net-faq.src
linux-software-map.src
lm-net.src
pc-sounds.src
sun-admin.src
sun-announce.src
sun-apps.src
sun-hardware.src
sun-misc.src
sun-openlook.src
sun-sounds.src
sun-wanted.src
sunflash-1989.src
sunflash-1990.src
sunflash-1991.src
sunflash-1992.src
sunflash-1993.src
sunsite-ftp.src
sunspots.src
sustainable-agriculture.src
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