Contents:

1. How to send binary files over email?
2. How to use FTP?
3. New question. Please submit here.

1. How to send binary files over email?

If your mailer (such as Microsoft Mail, Eudora or Pegasus Mail) allows you to attach files to your e-mail messages then proceed as follows:

1. Save your document into a file.
2. Compress the file (using pkzip or gzip).
3. Open your email program
4. Write the message.
5. Attach the compressed file.

If you are not using such an email program, you should proceed as follows:

1. Save your document into a file.
2. Compress the file (using pkzip or gzip).
3. Convert the compressed file using a program called 'uuencode'. Ask your system administrator for the availability of this program.
4. Uuencode will create an ASCII file; insert that file into your message.

2. How to use FTP?

To submit a file using ftp proceed as follows:

1. Save your document into a file (named 12345678.doc, for example).
2. Compress the file (using pkzip or gzip into 12345678.zip).
3. Open your FTP application (by typing ftp at the command prompt) an type the bold text in the example below:

$ ftp itcon.fagg.uni-lj.si
Connected to audrey.fagg.uni-lj.si.
220 audrey FTP server (Version wu-2.4(2) Wed Dec 6 13:50:47 MET 1995) ready.
Name (itcon.fagg.uni-lj.si:root): anonymous
331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password.
Password: your-email-address-here
230-                    FTP Server audrey
230-                    University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
230-                    Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geodesy.
230-                    http://www.fagg.uni-lj.si/
230-
230-                    You are user 3 of maximum 10.
230-
230-                    - zturk@fagg.uni-lj.si
230-
230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> cd /pub/itcon/uploads
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> put 12345678.zip
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for archie.
440 245312 bytes sent in 10.45 seconds (9.22 Kbytes/s)
ftp> quit

March 30, 2005