Plaintext (whole): 
 http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/~pvhp/ptk/ptkFAQ.txt
Plaintext (multi-part): 
 http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/~pvhp/ptk/ptkFAQ0.txt
 http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/~pvhp/ptk/ptkFAQ1.txt
 http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/~pvhp/ptk/ptkFAQ2.txt
 http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/~pvhp/ptk/ptkFAQ3.txt
 http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/~pvhp/ptk/ptkFAQ4.txt
 http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/~pvhp/ptk/ptkFAQ5.txt
or gzipped PostScript(c) (about 60 US 8.5"x11" pages):
 http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/~pvhp/ptk/ptkFAQ.ps.gz
or gzipped PostScript(c) (about 60 A4 pages):
 http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/~pvhp/ptk/ptkFAQ.A4.ps.gz
    ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/
    ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/perl-faq/ptk-faq/
    ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/comp.lang.perl.tk
    ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/comp/lang/perl/tk
    ftp://ftp.uu.net/usenet/news.answers/perl-faq/ptk-faq
    etc.
For information on usenet please see
    news.software.nntp
    http://www.academ.com/academ/nntp.html
    ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/news/answers/usenet/site-setup
    ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/news/answers/usenet/software/part1
    http://info.internet.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc/files/rfc977.txt
    ftp://ftp.academ.com/pub/nntpclnt
    http://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW/LineMode/Defaults/AboutNewsServers.html
Note that perl/Tk now comes with a script called ptknews that may help 
you. Don't forget Larry Wall's rn program either (or derivatives of the 
*rn form). 
USA                                                  IP
    ftp://ftp.ccd.bnl.gov/pub/ptk/                   130.199.54.188
    ftp://ftp.ccd.bnl.gov/pub/ptk/ptkFAQ.txt         130.199.54.188
    ftp://ftp.wpi.edu/perl5/pTk-FAQ                  130.215.24.209
    ftp://perl.com/pub/perl/doc/ptkFAQ.gz            199.45.129.30
    ftp://perl.com/pub/perl/doc/ptkFAQ.ps.gz         199.45.129.30
This FAQ is now being carried by the CPAN 
(Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) ftp sites (thanks Tom ;-). At any of the
CPAN locations go into the doc/ directory to 
retrieve either the ptkFAQ.gz file (gzipped plaintext), the
ptkFAQ.html.gz file (gzipped html [with some links relative to 
"http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/~pvhp/ptk/"]), or 
the ptkFAQ.ps.gz file (gzipped PostScript(c)).
See a previous question in this document for a more extensive list of CPAN locations.
Those without FTP access can get the plaintext version via e-mail from the rtfm archive. For help send e-mail to <mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu> with a message of:
    send usenet/news.answers/finding-sources
The mail server at rtfm may be able to e-mail a plaintext version of this faq.
Send e-mail to <mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu>
containing:
    send /pub/usenet/news.answers/perl-faq/ptk-faq/part0
Then send several more (separate) requests, such as:
    send /pub/usenet/news.answers/perl-faq/ptk-faq/part1
    send /pub/usenet/news.answers/perl-faq/ptk-faq/part2
    send /pub/usenet/news.answers/perl-faq/ptk-faq/part3
    send /pub/usenet/news.answers/perl-faq/ptk-faq/part4
    send /pub/usenet/news.answers/perl-faq/ptk-faq/part5
The ptk@lists.stanford.edu mailing list is devoted more to porting and development issues. The URL's to this FAQ will occasionally be posted there, but not the full text (it is simply too big - sorry).
When last tested the service at
<webmail@www.ucc.ie>
reported that the single ptkFAQ.txt 
file was too large to send. Hence, you must send several separate e-mail 
requests to 
<webmail@www.ucc.ie>
A Subject: line is not required but do include the following
one line message body in your first e-mail:
    GO http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/~pvhp/ptk/ptkFAQ0.txt
Then send several more (separate) requests as follows:
    GO http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/~pvhp/ptk/ptkFAQ1.txt
    GO http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/~pvhp/ptk/ptkFAQ2.txt
    GO http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/~pvhp/ptk/ptkFAQ3.txt
    GO http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/~pvhp/ptk/ptkFAQ4.txt
    GO http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/~pvhp/ptk/ptkFAQ5.txt
please note: In days gone by 
this service would take several hours to send back both a plaintext and a 
uuencoded version of the stated file - both within a single mail message.  
The service did mention receiving more than 17,000 requests in October 1995 
alone and it is not known whether they will continue.
Send e-mail to <agora@mail.w3.org>
with a one line message body (Subject: line not required) such as:
    SEND http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/~pvhp/ptk/ptkFAQ.txt
please note: this last method bounced backed a "permanently out of
service" message when last attempted. The home page at
http://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW/Agora/ mentions "temporarily out of
service", caveat netsurfer; the page at
http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/MailRobot/send.html does not mention being out of
service.
System administrator and webmasters are encouraged to visit any of the 
following pages:
    http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/MailRobot/Overview.html
    http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/MailRobot/send.html
    http://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW/Mailing/Form.html
    http://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW/Agora/
and decide if they wish to set up a webmail gateway of their own. The 
agora.pl script is written in perl and makes use of the 
www line mode browser. It could presumably be re-written to use
url-get.pl or any other fine code such as the latest, greatest
perl5 module for URL fetching :-)
    gopher-client 128.84.219.153
or in URL form:
    gopher://128.84.219.153/1
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