GopherMail is a gopher client that uses electronic mail to interact
with the user. Messages containing menus and gopher link information
are mailed to users in response to their requests. Users reply to
these messages and indicate which menu items they want. It lets
people use Gopher without requiring them to have an account directly
on the Internet, because it communicates through email messages
instead of direct "live" network connections.
GopherMail can be operated as a "public access" gopher client.
GopherMail must reside on a Unix-based computer connected to the
Internet. GopherMail is configured as a user with the ID "gopher".
The user "gopher" must have the ability to send and receive email.
GopherMail's options include:
- Message splitting after a certain file size
- Menu splitting after a certain number of menu items
- Re-using links saved in a "Bookmarks" file
- Requesting the Gopher menu for a specific hostname
- Requesting a help file
- Selecting menu items using fewer keystrokes
- Requesting gopher items with their raw link information
Supported Types are:
0 -- Text File
1 -- Directory
2 -- CSO name server
4 -- Mac HQX file.
7 -- Full Text Index (these are often WAIS database searches)
9 -- Binary File
s -- Sound
Binary and Sound Files are sent as uuencoded files.
