In this directory are subdirectories containing the current versions of internet Gopher clients and servers. Unfortunately, there is minimal documentation for the software; but have faith, we are working on it. The internet Gopher uses a simple client/server protocol that can be used to publish and search for information held on a distributed network of hosts. Gopher clients have a seamless view of the information in the gopher world even though the information is distributed over many different hosts. Clients can either navigate through a heirarchy of directories and documents -or- ask an index server to return a list of all documents that contain one or more words. Since the index server does full-text searches every word in every document is a keyword. If you want to test a gopher client without setting up your own gopher server you should configure the client to talk to "gopher.micro.umn.edu" at port 70. This will allow you to explore the distributed network of gopher servers at the University of Minnesota. You can try the Unix client by telneting to consultant.micro.umn.edu and logging in as "gopher". If you decide to run a gopher server and would like it to appear in the list of "other gophers" at gopher.micro.umn.edu send an e-mail to gopher@boombox.micro.umn.edu and we will add your gopher to the list of gophers. Bug reports, comments, suggestions, etc. should be e-mailed to the Gopher development team at: gopher@boombox.micro.umn.edu