GUIDELINES FOR UPLOADING FILES ============================== (Last update: October 23, 1994) (Author: Ceci, ceci@lysator.liu.se) 0. Please read these guidelines before you upload any files to the lysator site of religious and occult files. 1. Policy 1.1 I will take anything that is of interest to the Neopagan Sufist Discordian Satanist and/or Occult community in English or Swedish. If you are unsure whether the document you want to upload fits into these categories, mail me and ask my opinion. 1.2 Exceptions a. Files that take large amounts of disk space without being particularly attractive. b. Shareware. 1.3 Other religions a. For uploading Christian files contact ceder@lysator.liu.se. b. For uploading Zen Bhuddist files contact cardell@lysator.liu.se. c. For still other religions contact me at ceci@lysator.liu.se and we will see what I can arrange. 2. What to do BEFORE uploading: 2.1 For ALL files: Check out where in the directory structure your file should go _and_ make sure I do not already have a copy. There is a listing of the directory structure in the file current_files under both the /pub/religion/neopagan and the /pub/magick directories. The other directories have less files and are easy to get an over-view of. If you feel insecure please mail me a description of the file so that I can check. 2.2 For TEXT files some specific rules apply: a. They should not contain any characters beside the standard ASCII ones. Make sure you edit out any  etc. If you cannot do that, notify me beforehand. b. They should fit within the standard 80 columns width. 2.3 Mail me: If you mail me before you upload your files we can sort out any problems in advance. I particularly encourage you to mail me if the files you want to upload are: a. big b. controversial c. non-text files (pictures!) d. or if you want me to create a new directory for them. 3. Uploading: 3.1.1 Connect to FTP.LYSATOR.LIU.SE. 2 Set the connection to binary. 3 Move to /pub/religion/neopagan/Incoming. Please note that you cannot read that directory. 4 Upload the files. Most ftp-clients use the 'put' command. 5 If the uploading has been successful you will get a receipt that says: "XXX bytes transferred." or something like that. 3.2 If you do not succeed 3.2.1 You cannot get a connection a. Your user name has more than 7 characters. -> Log on with foo@your.site.edu instead. This is quite common and has to do with the ftp-client you are using. b. Connection refused. -> Try again later or on another day. This is probably the most common problem. Do not worry, just try again later. 3.2.2 Our site refuses the files If you get an error message there is usually no point in trying again at once. Instead wait a few hours or a day and then try again. If it does not work on the second attempt, mail either me or our ftp administrator at ftp@lysator.liu.se. Often this occurs when we are out of disk space. If you mail us, we can do something about it. 4. After uploading Mail me telling me the name of your files and where they should go. If some of the uploads failed, tell me the names of those too so I can remove the botched files.