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Here are several DEDICATED Gopher servers that you can use to create 
Gopherspace.  These servers are the most recent versions, and they 
represent the majority of Gopher servers available to the public.  
There are servers here for several different computer platforms, as 
well as several alternative servers for the same computer platforms.  

I have personally tested the "GopherS" Windows NT server, but due 
to a lack of access to platforms running other operating systems, I 
have been unable to personally test any of the other servers.  I 
believe these other servers to be wholly intact and functional, but I 
cannot make any guarantees.  I therefore request that others assist me 
in verifying the integrity of these other servers, and sending me 
feedback at:  

If possible, I would also like to receive functionality reviews from 
others who have attempted to use these Gopher servers, especially users 
of the MVS and CMS Gopher servers.  Gopher documentation has always 
been spartan, and this is especially true with Gopher client and server 
software.  Therefore, your comments on any quirks in the way the 
software functions would be most valuable, and your observations may be 
included with future documentation I bundle along with the Servers.  

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Servers are categorized according to Operating System, then sub-
categorized by individual server.  Almost all Gopher servers are 
conventional (Gopher0) servers.  Gopher+ servers are extremely rare, 
(the "UMN Gopherd" and the multi-protocol "Pygopherd" are exceptions), 
as Gopher+ has traditionally had little Internet community acceptance.

If you know of any other Gopher Servers not listed here, we would be 
interested in obtaining a copy to offer as a free download.  This 
includes any Gopher server software you may have developed yourself. 


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Note: There are some non-dedicated servers out there that serve up 
both HTTP and Gopher0 (and/or Gopher+).  Examples are GN, PyGopherd,
and the Gopher extension to Apache.  Unfortunately, there is NO way to
-only- serve Gopher through these servers, which can easily lead to 
errors in the types of files made visible through the Gopher protocol
(i.e., offering up files that can be viewed with a modern Web browser,
but not with an old Gopher client).  Supporting both protocols with 
the same server software also causes extra difficulty to system 
administrators (the steps required to make a file visible from the 
server are more complex than in dedicated HTTP and Gopher only servers).

I feel therefore that these multi-protocol servers are beyond the scope
of the "Begin_Here" selector (i.e., a selector focussing just on Gopher
and not at all on HTTP), and so I am NOT offering them for download in 
this selector.  They are available in the "Treasure" selector however.

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Warning: Whenever you install a Server, it is VERY IMPORTANT that you 
configure -ALL- the "Type" extension mappings.  For example, if you fail 
to configure the extension "WAV" as "Type s", many Clients (such as 
PC Gopher III for example) will try to open this Binary file as a Text 
file; making it impossible for the user to lisen to it -or- save it!