Text from MIL-STD-188-220D, published March 2008:
"Request for comments (RFCs) are available from Network Information
Center, 14200 Park Meadow Drive, Suite 200, Chantilly, VA 22021. The
Network Information Center (NIC) can be reached, by phone, Monday
through Friday, 7 AM through 7 PM, Eastern Standard time: 1-800-365-3642
and 1-703-802-4535. RFCs may also be obtained from the DS.INTERNIC.NET
via FTP, WAIS, and electronic mail. Through FTP, RFCs are stored as
rfc/rfcnnnn.txt or rfc/rfcnnnn.ps where ‘nnnn’ is the RFC number, ‘txt’
is a text file and ‘ps’ is a postscript file. Login as “anonymous” and
provide your e-mail address as the password. Through WAIS, you may use
either your local WAIS client or TELNET to DS.INTERNIC.NET and login as
“wais” (no password required). Through electronic mail send a message to
mailserv(_at_)ds(_dot_)internic(_dot_)net and include the following commands in
the
message body document -by-name RFC#### where #### is the RFC number
without leading zeros or file /ftp/rfc/rfc####.yyy where ‘yyy’ is ‘ps’
or ‘txt’. To obtain the complete RFC index, the subject line of your
message should read “RFC index.”]"
Something tells me they haven't updated this boilerplate since the
1980s. I'm surprised there weren't any references to GOPHER.
--
t. charles clancy, ph.d. eng.umd.edu/~tcc
electrical & computer engineering, university of maryland
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