I'm equally puzzled by the complaint of inability to access the WWW and
the suggestion that the AATSEEL file be retrieved by ftp. The vast
majority of universities have, on the same machine as their email server,
a text-only WWW server, usually Lynx. In other words, almost anybody who's
reading David Birnbaum's email messages can do the following:
1. Quit the email server.
2a. If what you see is a (typically UNIX) system prompt,
usually the name of the host machine plus % or $, just type
"lynx" and press Enter.
2b. If what you see is a menu offering you various options
in your universty's information services, look for an option
that calls itself System or Shell. Take it, and enter "lynx"
3. When you see the initial Lynx screen, press g (for "GO"),
and enter the address that David gave. Follow the on-screen
prompts to move around in the online AATSEEL program, and to
get out when you've finished.
All of the above takes a few seconds - either three or four keystrokes plus
the typing of the word "lynx" - and probably almost everybody reading
SEELANGS can do it. Notice that I didn't say "American" universities -
you can do it from virtually anywhere in the world, including Russia.
A Web page is a very good way to get AATSEEL information, as you can make
Lynx search it for you, by pressing / and entering the word(s) or name(s)
you'd like to find. Beats thumbing through a printed program.
James West