VERONICA BY EMAIL
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Speaking of searches, this is a good time to mention Veronica. Just as
Archie provides a searchable index of FTP sites, Veronica provides this
function for "gopherspace". Veronica will ask you what you want to look
for (your search words) and then display another menu listing all the
gopher menu items that match your search. In typical gopher fashion,
you can then select one of these items and "go-pher it"!
All the Veronica servers were shutdown. However, a new Veronica-2
server operated by gopher.floodgap.com is available.
A Gophermail Shortcut:
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The path to some resources, files or databases can be a bit tedious,
requiring several e-mail messages to the gophermail server. But here's
the good news... If you've done it once, you can re-use any of the
e-mail messages previously sent in, changing it to suit your current
needs. As an example, here's a clipping from the Veronica menu you
would get by following the previous instructions. You can send these
lines to any gophermail server to run a Veronica search.
  Split=64K bytes/message <- For text, bin, HQX messages (0 = No split)
  Menu=100 items/message <- For menus and query responses (0 = No split)
  #
  Name=Search Veronica-2
  Numb=23
  Type=7
  Port=70
  Path=/v2/vs
  Host=gopher.floodgap.com
Specify the search words in the Subject line and see what turns up! You
can use boolean expressions in Veronica searches. For a guide to
composing Veronica searches, send these lines to a gophermail server:
  Split=0
  Menu=0
  #
  Name=Search tips and how to effectively use the database
  Numb=5
  Type=0
  Port=70
  Path=/v2/help/search
  Host=gopher.floodgap.com
  #
  Name=Help! I didn't find anything!
  Numb=6
  Type=0
  Port=70
  Path=/v2/help/noluck
  Host=gopher.floodgap.com
  #
  Name=Accuracy of returned responses
  Numb=7
  Type=0
  Port=70
  Path=/v2/help/acc
  Host=gopher.floodgap.com
          JUGHEAD BY EMAIL
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Speaking of searches, this is a good time to mention Jughead. Just as
Archie provides a searchable index of FTP sites, Jughead provides this
function for "gopherspace". Jughead will use the Subject: to look for
(your search words) and then display another menu listing all the gopher
menu items that match your search.
Jughead like Veronica and Gopher is almost entirely non-existant.
You can send these lines to any gophermail server to run a Jughead
search. Remember, the Subject line must contain your search words.
The following two Jughead servers only search in their respective
sites. The Marvel site contains the most information.
  Split=0            Split=0
  Menu=0            Menu=0
  #               #
  Name=Marvel Jughead Search  Name=Oswego Jughead Search
  Type=7            Type=7
  Port=2069           Port=3000
  Path=             Path=
  Host=marvel.loc.gov      Host=gopher.oswego.edu