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 It is no longer updated, and contains much that is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.
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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/