Internet Pizza Server Pizza Help

Sound like fun? Of course it does. To access any of the following subcommands, set the subject of your message to "pizza subcommand", i.e. "pizza help" and mail it to "pizza@ecst.csuchico.edu".

Some of the subcommands that pizza will accept are:

• help - this file
• info - more general pizza information and news
• menu - this will give you a list of currently available toppings
• uuencode - forces the pizza program to generate uuencoded pies instead of the usual MIME encoded versions. Note that if the mail filter doesn't detect the presence of MIME support on your system, it'll default to this mode.
• mime - forces the pizza program to generate MIME encoded pies. This is the default if MIME is detected on your system.
• jpeg - causes the pizza program to generate a JPEG image instead of the default GIF image.
• gif - causes the pizza program to generate a GIF image. This is the default option.
• bugs, beej - either of these will forward your message body to beej@ecst.csuchico.edu (and others). Use this for feedback or bug reports.
• verify - this will verify a previously made pizza order

If you only have "pizza" in the subject, it assumes that you're placing an order. The parsing method is simplistic, and I'll just give a lot of examples. If you want an extra amount of a particular topping, precede the topping name with "extra" or "double". Halves are delimited by the keyword "half". A size of "small", "medium", "large", or "family" is also permitted on the order line. The default is "large" in order to maximize our profits while saving CPU cycles.

Each line of your message body will represent a separate pizza. Here are some samples:

half cheese, half pepperoni
small pepperoni and olives, half salami and mushroom.
medium pepperoni beetles with half extra eyeballs and half double olives.

Note: all punctuation, "and" and "with" are unnecessary, the orders are case insensitive, "Olives" is the same as "olive", blah blah blah.

There is currently a maximum of two pizzas per order.

If all goes well, the Pizza Server should mail back a verification message. Probably all you have to do to confirm the order is reply to that message but you should make sure that the first two words of the subject of your reply read either "Re: pizza" or "pizza verify".

Finally, you should receive your pizza order along with a bill. Pay the bill only if you want to...all proceeds from the Pizza Server will go directly to my pocket, for me to spend on whatever I choose.

If the order is uuencoded, you'll have to use the Unix or dos version of the uudecode utility. Save the mail file somewhere like "foo.uue", exit to the shell, and type "uudecode foo.uue". It'll extract the pizzas into the current directory and name them pizza0.gif, pizza1.gif, and so on.

Otherwise, the order will be in MIME encoded format. If your mailer doesn't support MIME, whine to your sysadmin until a new mailer gets installed. (Note: the "mime" service will tell you what version of MIME your mailer uses.)

If you can't enjoy the MIME pizza outright (since you're not on a graphical terminal) there should be an option to save the pizza in your account. The pizzas are mailed in GIF format. Name it something descriptive like "pizza.gif".

Future enhancements:

• drinks!
• more toppings--feel free to send me additional toppings in GIF, PCX, IFF, JPEG, or whatever format for use in the server. I'll be sure to add your name to the list of contributors to this project, whatever that's worth...Any bitmaps you mail to me become mine to do with what I choose. The toppings know no bounds! half goblins, half toast and baseballs. For a size reference, pepperoni is 30x30.

December 9, 1994