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Instructions for submitting papers

After preparing your paper in an HTML format and all support files (e.g., images, pdb files, etc.), you are ready to submit them to the conference computer. To submit your files, you will need access to a computer with an ftp program. It will be simplest to have all your files in a single directory. The example session shown below assumes a typical command line ftp program common in UNIX and VMS environments. If you are using a windows machine, you may have a ftp program similar to the command line version or you may have a windows driven version. If you are using a Macintosh computer, it is suggested you use the ftp program, Fetch. For the versions of ftp, you will follow a similar procedure to the one below except most commands will be menu/button driven.

The basic procedure is as follows:

• ftp to <ftp.chem.plu.edu>
• login as anonymous
• enter your password as your email address
• set the file type to binary if you will be transferring images
• change directories to the 'incoming' directory. (this is the only directory which allows saving of files)
• use the multiple file put command (mput) or send the files individually. Note the use of the wildcard '*' below.
• exit after all files have been successfully transferred

Please note that after transferring files to the incoming directory they will not be able to be seen after terminating your ftp session. This is normal and is a standard precaution for anonymous ftp servers. Additionally, once you have uploaded a file, you will not be able to upload a file with the same name unless you have not yet terminated your current ftp session. This prevents others from writing over your files. Should you need to submit a corrected file, notifiy the ECCRUS editors via the comment form and they will remove the appropriate file thus allowing you to ftp your corrected file.

Example ftp session using a command line version of ftp

[It is important to maintain the naming scheme discribed in the guide to preparing papers as well as mentioned in the registration information. Note how the naming scheme simplifies the ftping by the use of the mput command, mput a001*.]

%ftp ftp.chem.plu.edu
Connected to rainier.chem.plu.edu.
220- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
220-          You are now logging into "rainier" at the Department of
220-           Chemistry, Pacific Lutheran University.  Use of this
220-                  computer is for authorized users only.
220- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
220 rainier.chem.plu.edu FTP server ready.
Name (ftp.chem.plu.edu:): anonymous
331 Guest login ok, type your name as password.
Password:
230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
Remote system type is UNIX.
ftp> binary
200 Type set to I.
ftp> cd incoming
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> mput a001*
mput a001.html? y
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for 'a001.html'.
226 Transfer complete.
5 bytes sent in 0.00 seconds (6.44 Kbytes/s)
mput a001_1.gif? y
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for 'a001_1.gif'.
226 Transfer complete.
5 bytes sent in 0.00 seconds (12.92 Kbytes/s)
mput a001_1.pdb? y
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for 'a001_1.pdb'.
226 Transfer complete.
5 bytes sent in 0.00 seconds (11.41 Kbytes/s)
ftp> quit
221 Goodbye.

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