READ AT YOUR OWN RISK 2011 October 1/10:32 PM This document dates from the early web period, and is kept for archival purposes only. It is no longer updated, and contains much that is apocryphal, or at least wildly inaccurate. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CEREBUS USES THE FOLLOWING SOFTWARE: procmail, by S.R. van den Berg (e-mail) Apache, by a cast of thousands (web) IO (Internet Service Provider, see them at www.io.com) Cerebus remains deeply impressed with Peter N. Lewis and would like to do all of this on ther Macintosh, but is not willing to part with said Mac in order to do so. FTP Cerebus no longer supports getting files by FTP. If you do not have web access you can access any file on Cerebus via e-mail. SUBMISSIONS If you have something to give Cerebus (Cerebus prefers Gold), you can put it in my "incoming" directory. The FTP address is currently not set up, however. Remember to set the file type to 'binary' if you are sending binary files, and to keep the file type to 'ascii' if it is a text file. Do this by typing 'binary' or 'ascii' before making the transfer. The command for putting files on Cerebus is "put". You cannot see what you upload. Don't worry, unless you actually got an error message, it probably made it okay. binary put gold.doc ascii put gold.txt Remember that Cerebus is now a Eunuch after that awful affair with the knife, and ther *does* care about upper and lower case. GOPHER There is no gopher access to Cerebus any more. CTS did not support overlapping gopher, ftp, and web directory structures, and I haven't asked IO yet. WEB URLS You might be able to use the following URLs to get here via the Web: http://www.hoboes.com/ http://www.hoboes.com/Comics/ E-MAIL You can send electronic mail to Cerebus; ther might even deign a reply. You can send messages to: [h--p] at [hoboes.com]: Short intro to Cerebus. [i--o] at [hoboes.com]: This file. [s--s--s] at [hoboes.com]: A submission for Cerebus. [c--me--s] at [hoboes.com]: Comments or kibitzing about Cerebus. [dead dates] at [hoboes.com]: The latest "Rumoured & Confirmed" list. [making comics] at [hoboes.com]: The latest "Making Comics on the Net". [f--l--s] at [hoboes.com]: FTP Via E-mail. HELP You can get the simple, small help file by e-mailing a message to "[h--p] at [hoboes.com]". You can get this help file (like, why would you want it? You're reading it. And Cerebus did not say "like") by sending a message to "[i--o] at [hoboes.com]". You can leave the subject and message blank. Cerebus will ignore it even if you don't. Cerebus will especially ignore it if it goes on and on about your latest romantic break-up. SUBMISSIONS If you have a text submission for Cerebus, e-mail it to "[s--s--s] at [hoboes.com]". Put the directory where it belongs in your subject line. That don't guarantee that it *will* appear there. Or that I'll even get to *putting* it there by the end of this century... COMMENTS If you have some comments about Cerebus, you can e-mail them to "[c--me--s] at [hoboes.com]". Cerebus will, of course, ignore them. Cerebus is a lot smarter than *you* are. You're running a Pentium. FTP If you don't have access to the web, you can still get text files from Cerebus. Send your message to "[f--l--s] at [hoboes.com]". Your message can include the following commands: ls : get a list of all items in the current folder. ls folder : get a list of all items in the specified folder. cd folder : change the current folder. Use ".." to move up one. get file : get a file. It will be e-mailed to you. Get only works for text files, and it will not break up large files. If you ask for a 900k file, you will get it in one chunk. help : get more information about the ftp-by-e-mail server There! Have fun, and have a nice day... somewhere else. Jerry [j--r--y] at [hoboes.com] http://www.hoboes.com/