Distribution of mathematical software via electronic mail
01 May 1987
A large collection of public-domain mathematical software is now available via electronic mail. Messages sent to "netlib(a)anl-mcs" (on the Arpanet/CSNET) or to "research!netlib" (on the UNIX(TM) network wake up a server that distributes items form the collection. For example the one-line message, "send index", gets a library catalog by return mail.