Probs w/ getting Jans.db

Rick Walker (walker@cutter.hpl.hp.com)
Sun, 24 Mar 1996 17:06:39 -0800

Dear Dave,

> I'm having trouble getting jans.db to down load to my T442119
> account. When I use the get cp jans.db /password in the body
> of the message I only get three or four parts randomly.

You shouldn't have to use the "/password" in your request. That
field is used to request specific parts:

get cp jans.db 1 2 3 ; means only send parts 1, 2 & 3
get cp jans.db ; means send it all

> I had a friend in another department send the get jans... to the
> list- serv. They got it all and then forwarded it to me. The problem
> now is that it is missing entries like N.talengensis (sp?) and is
> incomplete.

The WEB database is generally updated every quarter, but the listserv
version lags behind. Images, text and photos are updated as they are
contributed.

> P.S. Jan when was the last update to your list? The copy I have
> gotten is for Nov. 1994. Could I be getting an old copy?

This 1994 version was probably the last time that Jan's DB existed in
RTF word processor format. It now is being maintained in ASCII form,
and the listserv version is no longer current.

You might want to read the blurb in the archive on accessing the WEB
page through email.

I'm at home right now, but Monday I'll transfer the latest version
of the database over to the listserver.

Best regards,

--
Rick Walker