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╨ATH: SENATOR-BEDFELLOW.MIT.EDU!FAQSERV ╞ROM: ┬OB ╥ANKIN <┬OB╥ANKIN@═╚╓.NET> ╬EWSGROUPS: ALT.INTERNET.SERVICES,ALT.ONLINE-SERVICE,ALT.BBS.INTERNET, ALT.ANSWERS,COMP.MAIL.MISC,COMP.ANSWERS,NEWS.NEWUSERS.QUESTIONS, NEWS.ANSWERS ╙UBJECT: ┴CCESSING THE ╔NTERNET BY ┼-═AIL ╞┴╤ ╙UPERSEDES: <INTERNET-SERVICES/ACCESS-VIA-EMAIL_827807396@RTFM.MIT.EDU> ╞OLLOWUP-╘O: POSTER ─ATE: 1 ┴PR 1996 18:12:21 ╟═╘ ╧RGANIZATION: NONE ╠INES: 1513 ┴PPROVED: NEWS-ANSWERS-REQUEST@═╔╘.┼─╒ ┼XPIRES: 21 ┴PR 1996 18:10:17 ╟═╘ ═ESSAGE-╔─: <INTERNET-SERVICES/ACCESS-VIA-EMAIL_828382217@RTFM.MIT.EDU> ╬╬╘╨-╨OSTING-╚OST: BLOOM-PICAYUNE.MIT.EDU ╙UMMARY: ╘HIS GUIDE WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO RETRIEVE FILES FROM ╞╘╨ SITES, EXPLORE THE ╔NTERNET VIA ╟OPHER, SEARCH FOR INFORMATION WITH ┴RCHIE, ╓ERONICA, ╬ETFIND, OR ╫┴╔╙, TAP INTO THE ╫ORLD-╫IDE ╫EB, AND EVEN ACCESS ╒SENET NEWSGROUPS USING ┼-═┴╔╠ ┴╙ ┘╧╒╥ ╧╬╠┘ ╘╧╧╠. ╪-╠AST-╒PDATED: 1996/03/12 ╧RIGINATOR: FAQSERV@BLOOM-PICAYUNE.═╔╘.┼─╒ ╪REF: SENATOR-BEDFELLOW.MIT.EDU ALT.INTERNET.SERVICES:73943 ALT.ONLINE-SERVICE:18427 ALT.BBS.INTERNET:45645 ALT.ANSWERS:16758 COMP.MAIL.MISC:31013 COMP.ANSWERS:17898 NEWS.NEWUSERS.QUESTIONS:202772 NEWS.ANSWERS:68325 ┴RCHIVE-NAME: INTERNET-SERVICES/ACCESS-VIA-EMAIL ╨OSTING-╞REQUENCY: WEEKLY ╠AST-MODIFIED: 1996/03/06 ╓ERSION: 5.34 +--------------------------------------------------+ | ┴CCESSING ╘HE ╔NTERNET ┬Y ┼-═AIL | | ─OCTOR ┬OB'S ╟UIDE TO ╧FFLINE ╔NTERNET ┴CCESS | | 5TH ┼DITION - ═ARCH 1996 | +--------------------------------------------------+ ├OPYRIGHT (C) 1994-96, "─OCTOR ┬OB" ╥ANKIN ┴LL RIGHTS RESERVED. ╨ERMISSION IS GRANTED TO MAKE AND DISTRIBUTE VERBATIM COPIES OF THIS DOCUMENT PROVIDED THE COPYRIGHT NOTICE AND THIS PERMISSION NOTICE ARE PRESERVED ON ALL COPIES. ╞EEL FREE TO UPLOAD TO YOUR FAVORITE ┬┬╙ OR ╔NTERNET SERVER! ╚OW TO ┴CCESS ╔NTERNET ╙ERVICES BY ┼-MAIL ----------------------------------------- ╔F YOU DON'T HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO THE ╔NTERNET THROUGH YOUR ┬┬╙ OR ONLINE SERVICE, YOU'RE NOT ALONE. ┴BOUT HALF OF THE 150 COUNTRIES WITH ╔NTERNET CONNECTIONS HAVE ONLY E-MAIL ACCESS TO THIS WORLD-WIDE NETWORK OF NETWORKS. ┬UT IF YOU THINK THAT SOUNDS LIMITING, READ ON. ┘OU CAN ACCESS ALMOST ANY ╔NTERNET RESOURCE USING E-MAIL. ═AYBE YOU'VE HEARD OF ╞╘╨, ╟OPHER, ┴RCHIE, ╓ERONICA, ╞INGER, ╒SENET, ╫HOIS, ╬ETFIND, ╫┴╔╙, AND THE ╫ORLD-╫IDE ╫EB BUT THOUGHT THEY WERE OUT OF YOUR REACH BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A DIRECT CONNECTION. ╬OT SO! ┘OU CAN USE SIMPLE E-MAIL COMMANDS TO DO ALL OF THIS AND MUCH MORE ON THE ╔NTERNET. ┴ND EVEN IF YOU DO HAVE FULL ╔NTERNET ACCESS, USING E-MAIL SERVICES CAN SAVE YOU TIME AND MONEY. ╔F YOU CAN SEND A NOTE TO AN ╔NTERNET ADDRESS, YOU'RE IN THE GAME. ╔ ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ THIS ENTIRE DOCUMENT FIRST AND THEN GO BACK AND TRY OUT THE TECHNIQUES THAT ARE COVERED. ╘HIS WAY, YOU WILL GAIN A BROADER PERSPECTIVE OF THE INFORMATION RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE, AN INTRODUCTION TO THE TOOLS YOU CAN WORK WITH, AND THE BEST METHODS FOR FINDING THE INFORMATION YOU WANT. ╥ECENT ├HANGES ╘O ╘HIS ─OCUMENT ------------------------------- 5.3 ╬EW ADDRESS FOR WWW-MAIL SERVERS; ╨IZZA ╙ERVER; NEW USENET SERVER SITES ╬EW GOPHERMAIL IN ├┌; ═ORE MAIL->USENET ADDRESSES; ╞┴╤@WHITEHOUSE.GOV 5.2 ╬EW WEBMAIL SERVER IN ╟ERMANY; ┴DDED/REMOVED SOME ╞╘╨MAIL SERVERS ╙OME DEFUNCT GOPHERMAILS NOTED; ╙EVERAL NEW TRANSLATIONS 5.1 CORRECTED ADDRESS OF WEB-MAIL@EBAY.COM; NEW ┴GORA IN ╩APAN! "AGORA@WWW.UNDP.ORG" IS RESTRICTED TO "DEVELOPING" COUNTRIES ╬EW ╟╧╨╚┼╥MAIL IN ┴RGENTINA: GOPHERMAIL@CCC.UBA.AR ╬EW ╞╘╨MAIL IN ┴RGENTINA: FTPMAIL@CCC.UBA.AR 5.0 ╠OTS OF NEW TRANSLATIONS, ANNOUNCE ┴├├═┴╔╠ DISCUSSION LIST ╒PDATED ╞╘╨MAIL, ╟OPHERMAIL, ╫╫╫MAIL, MAIL<->USENET SERVERS ╬EW ╫EBSTER LOOKUP, ╫ORDSERVER, ├URRENCY ├ONVERTER, ╔╙╨ ╙EARCH ╠YCOS, ╫EBCRAWLER ADDRESSES CHANGED ┼XECUTABLE ┴╙├╔╔ VERSION OF ╒╒─┼├╧─┼.├╧═ FOR ─╧╙ USERS 4.9 ╒PDATED LIST OF MAIL->USENET SERVERS ╒PDATED LIST OF USENET-VIA-GOPHERMAIL SERVERS ═ARTIN ╫ONG'S STOCK REPORT IS DEFUNCT ╬EW TRANSLATIONS AVAILABLE 4.8 ╒PDATED LIST OF USENET GOPHER HOSTS 4.7 ╬EW ╫╫╫MAIL SERVER "AGORA@WWW.UNDP.ORG" 4.6 ╒SENET RETRIEVAL VIA "AGORA@MAIL.W3.ORG" IS DEFUNCT. ╞INDING THE ╠ATEST ╓ERSION -------------------------- ╘HIS DOCUMENT IS NOW AVAILABLE FROM SEVERAL AUTOMATED MAIL SERVERS. ╘O GET THE LATEST EDITION, SEND E-MAIL TO ONE OF THE ADDRESSES BELOW. ╘O: MAIL-SERVER@RTFM.MIT.EDU (FOR ╒╙, ├ANADA & ╙OUTH ┴MERICA) ┼NTER ONLY THIS LINE IN THE ┬╧─┘ OF THE NOTE: SEND USENET/NEWS.ANSWERS/INTERNET-SERVICES/ACCESS-VIA-EMAIL ╘O: MAILBASE@MAILBASE.AC.UK (FOR ┼UROPE, ┴SIA, ETC.) ┼NTER ONLY THIS LINE IN THE ┬╧─┘ OF THE NOTE: SEND LIS-IIS E-ACCESS-INET.TXT ┘OU CAN ALSO GET THE FILE BY ANONYMOUS ╞╘╨ AT ONE OF THESE SITES: ╙ITE: RTFM.MIT.EDU GET PUB/USENET/NEWS.ANSWERS/INTERNET-SERVICES/ACCESS-VIA-EMAIL ╙ITE: MAILBASE.AC.UK GET PUB/LISTS/LIS-IIS/FILES/E-ACCESS-INET.TXT ┬EFORE ┘OU ╫RITE... ------------------- ╨LEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE LATEST VERSION OF THIS GUIDE BEFORE WRITING TO THE AUTHOR WITH QUESTIONS AND UPDATES. ─ON'T GIVE UP TOO QUICKLY ON THE BUSY E-MAIL SERVERS, AND IF YOU GET AN ERROR MESSAGE, TRY YOUR OPERATION AGAIN ON A DIFFERENT DAY OR TIME. ╔F YOU'D LIKE TO KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST UPDATES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS OF NEW VERSIONS, SEND THE COMMAND: ╙╒┬╙├╥╔┬┼ ┴├├═┴╔╠ ╞IRSTNAME ╠ASTNAME IN THE ┬╧─┘ OF A MESSAGE TO THE ADDRESS "╠╔╙╘╙┼╥╓@╠╔╙╘╙┼╥╓.┴╧╠.├╧═". ╔N FACT, THE ┴├├═┴╔╠ LIST IS A GREAT PLACE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT THIS GUIDE. ┘OU'RE LIKELY TO GET A QUICKER RESPONSE FROM ONE OF THE LIST SUBSCRIBERS, BECAUSE THE AUTHOR GETS SEVERAL HUNDRED MESSAGES PER WEEK! ╧THER ╘RANSLATIONS OF ╘HIS ─OCUMENT ----------------------------------- ╙EVERAL READERS HAVE GRACIOUSLY VOLUNTEERED TO TRANSLATE THIS TEXT INTO LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ┼NGLISH. ╘HE LIST BELOW SHOWS THE STATUS OF THE TRANSLATION WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE OR IS IN PROGRESS. ┘OU CAN OBTAIN ANY OF THE COMPLETED TEXTS BY SENDING E-MAIL WITH ╙UBJECT: SEND ACCMAIL.XX (WHERE "XX" IS AS SHOWN BELOW) ╘O: ┬OB╥ANKIN@MHV.NET - ├ATALANIAN (├OMPLETE 5TH ┼DITION) ╞ILENAME: ACCMAIL.CA - ├HINESE (├OMPLETE 5TH ┼DITION) ╞ILENAME: ACCMAIL.TW - ├ROATIAN (├OMPLETE 4TH ┼DITION) ╞ILENAME: ACCMAIL.HR - ├ZECH (├OMPLETE 4TH ┼DITION) ╞ILENAME: ACCMAIL.CZ - ─ANISH (├OMPLETE 5TH ┼DITION) ╞ILENAME: ACCMAIL.DK - ─UTCH (├OMPLETE 3RD ┼DITION) ╞ILENAME: ACCMAIL.NL - ┼SPERANTO (├OMPLETE 4TH ┼DITION) ╞ILENAME: ACCMAIL.EO - ╞ARSI/╨ERSIAN (├OMPLETE 5TH ┼DITION) ╞ILENAME: ACCMAIL.IR - ╞INNISH (├OMPLETE 5TH ┼DITION) ╞ILENAME: ACCMAIL.FI - ╞RENCH (├OMPLETE 4TH ┼DITION) ╞ILENAME: ACCMAIL.FR - ╟ERMAN (├OMPLETE 5TH ┼DITION) ╞ILENAME: ACCMAIL.DE - ╟REEK (╔N PROGRESS) ╞ILENAME: ACCMAIL.GR - ╚EBREW (├OMPLETE 5TH ┼DITION) ╞ILENAME: ACCMAIL.HE - ╚UNGARIAN (├OMPLETE 4TH ┼DITION) ╞ILENAME: ACCMAIL.HU - ╔RISH (╔N PROGRESS) ╞ILENAME: ACCMAIL.IE - ╔NDONESIAN (├OMPLETE 4TH ┼DITION) ╞ILENAME: ACCMAIL.ID - ╔TALIAN (├OMPLETE 5TH ┼DITION) ╞ILENAME: ACCMAIL.IT - ╩APANESE (├OMPLETE 4TH ┼DITION) ╞ILENAME: ACCMAIL.JP - ╬ORWEGIAN (├OMPLETE 4TH EDITION) ╞ILENAME: ACCMAIL.NO - ╨OLISH (├OMPLETE 4TH ┼DITION) ╞ILENAME: ACCMAIL.PL - ╨ORTUGUESE (├OMPLETE 4TH ┼DITION) ╞ILENAME: ACCMAIL.PT - ╥OMANIAN (├OMPLETE 5TH ┼DITION) ╞ILENAME: ACCMAIL.RO - ╥USSIAN (├OMPLETE 5TH ┼DITION) ╞ILENAME: ACCMAIL.SU - ╙LOVAK (├OMPLETE 5TH ┼DITION) ╞ILENAME: ACCMAIL.SK - ╙PANISH (├OMPLETE 5TH ┼DITION) ╞ILENAME: ACCMAIL.SP - ╙WEDISH (╔N PROGRESS) ╞ILENAME: ACCMAIL.SE - ╘AGALOG/╞ILIPINO (╔N PROGRESS) ╞ILENAME: ACCMAIL.PH - ╘HAI (├OMPLETE 5TH ┼DITION) ╞ILENAME: ACCMAIL.TH - ╘URKISH (╔N PROGRESS) ╞ILENAME: ACCMAIL.TR ╨LEASE CONTACT THE AUTHOR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASSIST IN THE TRANSLATION OF THIS DOCUMENT INTO ANOTHER LANGUAGE. ┴CKNOWLEDGEMENTS ---------------- ╘HIS DOCUMENT IS CONTINUALLY EXPANDING AND IMPROVING AS A RESULT OF THE DAILY FLOOD OF COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS RECEIVED BY THE AUTHOR. ╘HE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE HEREBY RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR WORK IN TRANSLATING "┴CCESSING" TO VARIOUS LANGUAGES. (╔F ╔ FORGOT ANYONE, LET ME KNOW AND ╔'LL GLADLY ADD YOU TO THE LIST.) ╞LESCH ┬ALINT - ╚UNGARIAN TRANSLATION ╥ON ┬ARAK - ╚EBREW TRANSLATION ╬IKOLA ┬OROJEVIC - ├ROATIAN TRANSLATION ╦RZYSZTOF ┬UNIEWICZ - ╨OLISH TRANSLATION ├LAUDE ┬AY - ╞RENCH TRANSLATION ╨IERRE ├OUILLARD - ╞RENCH TRANSLATION ╙HAHRIAR ┼IVAZZADEH - ╞ARSI TRANSLATION ╓ADIM ╞EDOROV - ╥USSIAN TRANSLATION ╥ICARD ╞ORNER - ├ATALANIAN TRANSLATION ╩ULIO ╟IL - ╙PANISH TRANSLATION ╙TEFAN ╟REUNDEL - ╟ERMAN TRANSLATION ═IHAI ╩ALOBEANU - ╥OMANIAN TRANSLATION ╨AAVO ╩UNTUNEN - ╞INNISH TRANSLATION ┴ITOR ╩EREZ - ╙PANISH TRANSLATION ╔SAMAR ═AIA - ╨ORTUGUESE TRANSLATION ╩═ ╬EVES - ╨ORTUGUESE TRANSLATION ┼WA ╨OSKROBKO - ╨OLISH TRANSLATION ╙TANISLAV ╨ONCA - ╙LOVAKIAN TRANSLATION ╧E ╫ELY ┼KO ╥AHARJO - ╔NDONESIAN TRANSLATION ┬OONYAKIAT ╙AENGWAN - ╘HAI TRANSLATION ╓IDAR ╙ARVIK - ╬ORWEGIAN TRANSLATION ├HRISTIAN ╙CHOU - ─ANISH TRANSLATION ═ARTIN ╙LUNECKO - ├ZECH TRANSLATION ┌VONKO ╙PRINGER - ├ROATIAN TRANSLATION ┴NDRAS ╙OGOR - ╚UNGARIAN TRANSLATION ╦OMATSU ╘OSHIKI - ╩APANESE TRANSLATION ╩EENE VAN DER ╚OEF - ─UTCH TRANSLATION ─ARIO ╓ERCELLI - ╔TALIAN TRANSLATION ═ARTIN ╫EICHERT - ┼SPERANTO TRANSLATION ╘HE ─┼╠╥╔╬┴ ├╧╥╨╧╥┴╘╔╧╬, MAKERS OF ╫IN├OMM ╨RO, ╔NTERNET ═ESSENGER AND OTHER FINE SOFTWARE PRODUCTS IS ALSO PROUD TO BE A CORPORATE SPONSOR OF THIS EFFORT. ┴ ╙HORT ┴SIDE... "╫HAT IS THE ╔NTERNET?" ---------------------------------------- ═ANY INTRODUCTORY TEXTS ON THE ╔NTERNET GO INTO EXCRUCIATING DETAIL ON THE HISTORY, COMPOSITION AND PROTOCOL OF THE ╔NTERNET. ╔F YOU WERE LOOKING FOR THAT YOU WON'T FIND IT HERE, BECAUSE THIS IS A "HOW TO" LESSON, NOT A HISTORY BOOK. ╫HEN YOU BUY A NEW CAR, THEY DON'T MAKE YOU READ "╘HE ╠IFE AND ╘IMES OF ╚ENRY ╞ORD" BEFORE YOU CAN TURN THE TOP DOWN AND SQUEAL OFF THE LOT. ┴ND WHEN YOU GET A NEW COMPUTER, NOBODY FORCES YOU TO READ A TEXT ON LOGIC DESIGN BEFORE YOU FIRE UP ╠EISURE ╙UIT ╠ARRY OR ╫ORD╨ERFECT. ╙O IF YOU'RE THE TYPE THAT WANTS TO SHORT-CIRCUIT THE PRELIMINARIES AND JUST DIG IN, YOU'VE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE. ╔'M NOT GOING TO BORE YOU WITH THE GORY DETAILS. ╔NSTEAD, ╔'LL JUST OFFER UP MY ╥EADER'S ─IGEST CONDENSED DEFINITION OF THE ╔NTERNET, AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ MORE ABOUT THE ╔NTERNET IN ONE OF THE MANY FINE ╔NTERNET BOOKS AND GUIDES LISTED IN THE "╙UGGESTED ╥EADING" SECTION. ╙OME OF THEM ARE EVEN FREE AND ACCESSIBLE DIRECTLY FROM THE ╔NTERNET! ╔NTERNET (NOUN) - ┴ SPRAWLING COLLECTION OF COMPUTER NETWORKS THAT SPANS THE GLOBE, CONNECTING GOVERNMENT, MILITARY, EDUCATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL INSTITUTIONS, AS WELL AS PRIVATE CITIZENS TO A WIDE RANGE OF COMPUTER SERVICES, RESOURCES, AND INFORMATION. ┴ SET OF NETWORK CONVENTIONS AND COMMON TOOLS ARE EMPLOYED TO GIVE THE APPEARANCE OF A SINGLE LARGE NETWORK, EVEN THOUGH THE COMPUTERS THAT ARE LINKED TOGETHER USE MANY DIFFERENT HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE PLATFORMS. ╟ET ╧N ╘HE ┬US! --------------- ╔F YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE A VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE ╔NTERNET FROM THE COMFORT OF YOUR OWN CHAIR, SIGN UP TO RECEIVE ╘╚┼ ╔╬╘┼╥╬┼╘ ╘╧╒╥┬╒╙ MAILINGS. ╔T'S ABSOLUTELY FREE, AND YOU CAN CLIMB ABOARD AT ANY TIME BY SENDING THE LINE ╙╒┬╙├╥╔┬┼ ╘╧╒╥┬╒╙ ╞IRSTNAME ╠ASTNAME IN THE ┬╧─┘ OF A MESSAGE TO THE ADDRESS "╠╔╙╘╙┼╥╓@╠╔╙╘╙┼╥╓.┴╧╠.├╧═". ┘OU'LL RECEIVE A SHORT MAILING TWICE A WEEK HIGHLIGHTING FUN AND INTERESTING ACTIVITIES ON THE ╔NTERNET. ╘HE ╥ULES OF ╘HE ╟AME --------------------- ╘HIS DOCUMENT IS MEANT TO BE BOTH TUTORIAL AND PRACTICAL, SO THERE ARE LOTS OF ACTUAL COMMANDS AND INTERNET ADDRESSES LISTED HEREIN. ┘OU'LL NOTICE THAT WHEN THESE ARE INCLUDED IN THE TEXT THEY ARE INDENTED BY SEVERAL SPACES FOR CLARITY. ─ON'T INCLUDE THE LEADING SPACES WHEN YOU TRY THESE COMMANDS ON YOUR OWN! ┘OU'LL ALSO SEE THINGS LIKE "<FILE>" OR "<NAME>" APPEARING IN THIS DOCUMENT. ╘HINK OF THESE AS PLACE HOLDERS OR VARIABLES WHICH MUST BE REPLACED WITH AN APPROPRIATE VALUE. ─O ╬╧╘ INCLUDE THE QUOTES OR BRACKETS IN YOUR VALUE UNLESS SPECIFICALLY DIRECTED TO DO SO. ═OST E-MAIL SERVERS UNDERSTAND ONLY A SMALL SET OF COMMANDS AND ARE NOT VERY FORGIVING IF YOU DEVIATE FROM WHAT THEY EXPECT. ╙O INCLUDE ╧╬╠┘ THE SPECIFIED COMMANDS IN THE ╙UBJECT OR BODY OF YOUR NOTE, LEAVING OFF ANY EXTRANEOUS LINES SUCH AS YOUR SIGNATURE, ETC. ╒NLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED, YOU CAN LEAVE THE ╙UBJECT AND/OR BODY OF THE NOTE EMPTY. ╔F YOUR MAIL SOFTWARE INSISTS ON A ╙UBJECT OR BODY, JUST TYPE "╪┘┌┌┘" OR SOMETHING EQUALLY NON-SENSICAL. ┘OU SHOULD ALSO ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE ONE BLANK LINE BETWEEN THE NOTE HEADERS AND THE BODY OF YOUR NOTE. ┴ND DO PAY ATTENTION TO UPPER/LOWER CASE IN DIRECTORY AND FILE NAMES WHEN USING E-MAIL SERVERS. ╔T'S ALMOST ALWAYS IMPORTANT. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ╙╨┼├╔┴╠ ╬╧╘┼: ╘HE E-MAIL SERVERS LISTED IN THIS GUIDE ARE FOR THE MOST PART OPERATED BY KIND-HEARTED VOLUNTEERS AT COMPANIES OR UNIVERSITIES. ╔F YOU ABUSE (OR OVER-USE) THE SERVERS, THERE'S A VERY GOOD CHANCE THEY WILL BE SHUT DOWN PERMANENTLY. ╘HIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO SEVERAL OF THE MOST USEFUL E-MAIL SERVERS IN 1995. ╔F YOU HAVE MORE DIRECT ╔NTERNET ACCESS, LET OTHERS WHO ARE LESS FORTUNATE USE THE E-MAIL SERVERS. ╘RY TO LIMIT YOUR DATA TRANSFERS TO ONE MEGABYTE PER DAY. ─ON'T SWAMP THE SERVERS WITH MANY REQUESTS AT A TIME. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ╞╘╨ ┬┘ ┼-═┴╔╠ ------------- ╞╘╨ STANDS FOR "FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL", AND IS A MEANS OF ACCESSING FILES THAT ARE STORED ON REMOTE COMPUTER SYSTEMS. ╔N ╔NTERNET LINGO, THESE REMOTE COMPUTERS ARE CALLED "SITES". ╞ILES AT ╞╘╨ SITES ARE TYPICALLY STORED IN A TREE-LIKE SET OF DIRECTORIES (OR NESTED FOLDERS FOR ═AC FANS), EACH OF WHICH PERTAINS TO A DIFFERENT SUBJECT. ╫HEN VISITING AN ╞╘╨ SITE USING A "LIVE" INTERNET CONNECTION, ONE WOULD SPECIFY THE NAME OF THE SITE, LOGIN WITH A USERID & PASSWORD, NAVIGATE TO THE DESIRED DIRECTORY AND SELECT ONE OR MORE FILES TO BE TRANSFERRED BACK TO THEIR LOCAL SYSTEM. ╒SING ╞╘╨ BY E-MAIL IS VERY SIMILAR, EXCEPT THAT THE DESIRED SITE IS REACHED THROUGH A SPECIAL "FTPMAIL SERVER" WHICH LOGS IN TO THE REMOTE SITE AND RETURNS THE REQUESTED FILES TO YOU IN RESPONSE TO A SET OF COMMANDS IN AN E-MAIL MESSAGE. ╒SING ╞╘╨ BY E-MAIL CAN BE NICE EVEN FOR THOSE WITH FULL ╔NTERNET ACCESS, BECAUSE SOME POPULAR ╞╘╨ SITES ARE HEAVILY LOADED AND INTERACTIVE RESPONSE CAN BE VERY SLUGGISH. ╙O IT MAKES SENSE NOT TO WASTE TIME AND CONNECT CHARGES IN THESE CASES. ╘O USE ╞╘╨ BY E-MAIL, YOU FIRST NEED A LIST OF ╞╘╨ "SITES" WHICH ARE THE ADDRESSES OF THE REMOTE COMPUTER SYSTEMS THAT ALLOW YOU TO RETRIEVE FILES ANONYMOUSLY (WITHOUT HAVING A USERID AND PASSWORD ON THAT SYSTEM). ╘HERE ARE SOME POPULAR SITES LISTED LATER IN THIS GUIDE, BUT YOU CAN GET A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF HUNDREDS OF ANONYMOUS ╞╘╨ SITES BY SENDING AN E-MAIL MESSAGE TO THE INTERNET ADDRESS: MAIL-SERVER@RTFM.MIT.EDU AND INCLUDE THESE LINES IN THE ┬╧─┘ OF THE NOTE. SEND USENET/NEWS.ANSWERS/FTP-LIST/SITELIST/PART1 SEND USENET/NEWS.ANSWERS/FTP-LIST/SITELIST/PART2 ... (LINES OMITTED FOR BREVITY) ... SEND USENET/NEWS.ANSWERS/FTP-LIST/SITELIST/PART21 ┘OU WILL THEN RECEIVE (BY E-MAIL) 21 FILES WHICH COMPRISE THE "╞╘╨ ╙ITE ╠IST". ╬OTE THAT THESE FILES ARE EACH ABOUT 60╦, SO THE WHOLE LOT WILL TOTAL OVER A MEGABYTE! ╘HIS COULD PLACE A STRAIN ON YOUR SYSTEM, SO FIRST CHECK AROUND TO SEE IF THE LIST IS ALREADY AVAILABLE LOCALLY, OR CONSIDER REQUESTING JUST THE FIRST FEW AS A SAMPLER BEFORE GETTING THE REST. ┴NOTHER FILE YOU MIGHT WANT TO GET IS "╞╘╨ ╞REQUENTLY ┴SKED ╤UESTIONS" WHICH CONTAINS LOTS MORE INFO ON USING ╞╘╨ SERVICES, SO ADD THIS LINE TO YOUR NOTE AS WELL: SEND USENET/NEWS.ANSWERS/FTP-LIST/FAQ ┴FTER YOU RECEIVE THE SITE LIST YOU'LL SEE DOZENS OF ENTRIES LIKE THIS, WHICH TELL YOU THE SITE NAME, LOCATION AND THE KIND OF FILES THAT ARE STORED THERE. ╙ITE : OAK.OAKLAND.EDU ├OUNTRY: ╒╙┴ ╧RGAN : ╧AKLAND ╒NIVERSITY, ╥OCHESTER, ═ICHIGAN ╙YSTEM : ╒NIX ├OMMENT: ╨RIMARY ╙IMTEL ╙OFTWARE ╥EPOSITORY MIRROR ╞ILES : ┬┬╙ LISTS; HAM RADIO; ╘├╨/╔╨; ═AC; MODEM PROTOCOL INFO; ═╙-─╧╙; ═╙-╫INDOWS; ╨├ ┬LUE; ╨OST╙CRIPT; ╙IMTEL-20; ╒NIX ╔F YOU FIND AN INTERESTING ╞╘╨ SITE IN THE LIST, SEND E-MAIL TO ONE OF THESE FTPMAIL SERVERS: FTPMAIL@CCC.UBA.AR (┴RGENTINA ONLY) FTPMAIL@CS.UOW.EDU.AU (┴USTRALIA ONLY) BITFTP@VM.GMD.DE (╟ERMANY) FTPMAIL@FTP.UNI-STUTTGART.DE (╟ERMANY - ╧╒╘ ╧╞ ╙┼╥╓╔├┼?) FTPMAIL@IEUNET.IE (╔RELAND) BITFTP@PLEARN.EDU.PL (╨OLAND FTPMAIL@ARCHIE.INESC.PT (╨ORTUGAL ONLY) FTPMAIL@FTP.SUN.AC.ZA (╙OUTH ┴FRICA) FTPMAIL@FTP.SUNET.SE (╙WEDEN) FTPMAIL@FTP.LUTH.SE (╙WEDEN) FTPMAIL@╬├╘╒├├├┴.EDU.TW (╘AIWAN) FTPMAIL@OAK.OAKLAND.EDU (╒NITED ╙TATES) FTPMAIL@SUNSITE.UNC.EDU (╒NITED ╙TATES) FTPMAIL@DECWRL.DEC.COM (╒NITED ╙TATES) * BITFTP@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU (╒NITED ╙TATES) FTPMAIL@FTP.─ARTMOUTH.┼─╒ (╒NITED ╙TATES) FTPMAIL@CENSUS.GOV (╒NITED ╙TATES) FTP-REQUEST@NETCOM.COM (╒NITED ╙TATES) FTPMAIL@SRC.DOC.IC.AC.UK (╒NITED ╦INGDOM) ╔T DOESN'T REALLY MATTER WHICH ONE YOU CHOOSE, BUT A SERVER THAT IS GEOGRAPHICALLY CLOSE MAY RESPOND QUICKER. (╨LEASE ─╧╬'╘ USE THE FIRST ONE IN THE LIST JUST BECAUSE IT'S THERE!) ╔N THE BODY OF THE NOTE, INCLUDE THESE LINES: OPEN <SITE> * USE "CONNECT <SITE>" FOR DEC.COM SITES DIR QUIT ╘HIS WILL RETURN TO YOU A LIST OF THE FILES STORED IN THE ROOT DIRECTORY AT THAT SITE. ╙EE THE FIGURE BELOW FOR AN EXAMPLE OF THE OUTPUT WHEN USING "OAK.OAKLAND.EDU" FOR THE SITE NAME. +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | -R--R--R-- 1 W8SDZ ╧┴╦ 1255 ╬OV 9 16:32 ╥┼┴─═┼ | | DRWXR-XR-X 3 W8SDZ ╧┴╦ 8192 ╞EB 25 05:17 ╙IM╘EL | | D--X--X--X 3 ROOT SYSTEM 8192 ╩AN 19 20:26 BIN | | D--X--X--X 5 ROOT SYSTEM 8192 ─EC 30 05:15 ETC | | DRWXRWX--- 2 INCOMING ╧┴╦ 8192 ╞EB 25 11:05 INCOMING | | DRWXR-XR-X 3 W8SDZ ╧┴╦ 8192 ╩AN 30 17:37 PUB | | DRWXR-XR-X 2 JEFF ╧┴╦ 8192 ┴PR 17 1994 SITEINFO | | | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ ╔N YOUR NEXT E-MAIL MESSAGE YOU CAN NAVIGATE TO OTHER DIRECTORIES BY INSERTING (FOR EXAMPLE) CHDIR PUB BEFORE THE "DIR" COMMAND. (╘HE "CHDIR" MEANS "CHANGE DIRECTORY" AND "PUB" IS A COMMON DIRECTORY NAME, USUALLY A GOOD PLACE TO START.) ╧NCE YOU DETERMINE THE NAME OF A FILE YOU WANT TO RETRIEVE, USE: GET <NAME OF FILE> IN THE FOLLOWING NOTE INSTEAD OF THE "DIR" COMMAND. ╔F THE FILE YOU WANT TO RETRIEVE IS PLAIN TEXT, THIS WILL SUFFICE. ╔F IT'S A BINARY FILE (AN EXECUTABLE PROGRAM, COMPRESSED FILE, ETC.) YOU'LL NEED TO INSERT THE COMMAND: BINARY IN YOUR NOTE BEFORE THE "GET" COMMAND. ╘IP: ═ANY DIRECTORIES AT ╞╘╨ SITES CONTAIN A FILE CALLED 00-INDEX.TXT, ╥┼┴─═┼, OR SOMETHING SIMILARLY NAMED WHICH GIVES A DESCRIPTION OF THE FILES FOUND THERE. ╔F YOU'RE JUST EXPLORING AND YOUR "DIR" REVEALS ONE OF THESE FILENAMES, DO A "GET" ON THE FILE AND SAVE YOURSELF SOME TIME. ╧╦, LET'S GRAB THE TEXT OF ╘HE ═AGNA ├ARTA. ╚ERE'S THE MESSAGE YOU SEND TO FTPMAIL@SUNSITE.UNC.EDU (OR ANOTHER FTPMAIL SERVER): OPEN FTP.SPIES.COM (╘HE NAME OF THE ╞╘╨ SITE) CHDIR ╟OV/╫ORLD (╘HE DIRECTORY WHERE THE FILE LIVES) GET MAGNA.TXT (╙IGN HERE PLEASE, ╩OHN) QUIT (┬RING IT ON HOME) ╚ERE ARE THE COMMANDS YOU WOULD SEND TO TO GET A FILE FROM THE ╙IMTEL ╙OFTWARE ╥EPOSITORY THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER. OPEN OAK.OAKLAND.EDU (╘HE NAME OF THE ╞╘╨ SITE) CHDIR ╙IM╘EL/MSDOS/DISASM (╘HE DIRECTORY WHERE THE FILE LIVES) BINARY (┬ECAUSE WE'RE GETTING A ┌╔╨ FILE) GET BUBBLE.ZIP (╙OUNDS INTERESTING, ANYWAY...) QUIT (╫E'RE OUTTA HERE!) ╥ULES OF ╘HE ╟AME --------------------- ╘HIS DOCUMENT IS MEANT TO BE BOTH TUTORIAL AND PRACTICAL, SO THERE ARE LOTS OF ACTUAL COMMANDS AND INTERNET ADDRESSES LISTED HEREIN. ┘OU'LL NOTICE THAT WHEN THESE ARE INCLUDED IN THE TEXT THEY ARE INDENTED BY SEVERAL SPACES FOR CLARITY. ─ON'T INCLUDE THE LEADING SPACES WHEN YOU TRY THESE COMMANDS ON YOUR OWN! ╙OME OTHER INTERESTING ╞╘╨ SITES YOU MAY WANT TO "VISIT" ARE LISTED BELOW. (╒SE THESE SITE NAMES ON THE "OPEN" COMMAND AND THE SUGGESTED DIRECTORY NAME ON YOUR "CHDIR" COMMAND, AS IN THE PREVIOUS EXAMPLES.) OCF.BERKELEY.EDU ╘RY: PUB/╠IBRARY FOR DOCUMENTS, ┬IBLE, LYRICS, ETC. RTFM.MIT.EDU ╘RY: PUB/USENET/NEWS.ANSWERS FOR ╒╙┼╬┼╘ INFO OAK.OAKLAND.EDU ╘RY: ╙IM╘EL/MSDOS FOR A HUGE ─╧╙ SOFTWARE LIBRARY QUARTZ.RUTGERS.EDU ╘RY: PUB/HUMOR FOR LOTS OF HUMOR FILES GATEKEEPER.DEC.COM ╘RY: PUB/RECIPES FOR A COOKING & RECIPE ARCHIVE ╥EMEMBER THAT YOU CAN'T JUST SEND E-MAIL TO FTPMAIL@<ANYSITE>, RATHER YOU SEND THE "OPEN <SITE>" COMMAND TO ONE OF THE KNOWN FTPMAIL SERVERS. ┘OU SHOULD NOTE THAT FTPMAIL SERVERS TEND TO BE QUITE BUSY SO YOUR REPLY MAY NOT ARRIVE FOR SEVERAL MINUTES, HOURS, OR DAYS, DEPENDING ON WHEN AND WHERE YOU SEND YOUR REQUEST. ╙OME LARGE FILES MAY BE SPLIT INTO SMALLER PIECES AND RETURNED TO YOU AS MULTIPLE MESSAGES. ┘OU CAN CONTROL THIS (AND ALSO OVERRIDE THE RETURN E-MAIL ADDRESS) USING SPECIAL FTPMAIL COMMANDS, BUT IT'S NOT THE SAME ON EVERY SERVER - SO SEND THE "HELP" COMMAND TO FIND OUT HOW IT WORKS ON THE SERVER YOU ARE USING. ╔F THE FILE THAT IS RETURNED TO YOU ENDS UP LOOKING SOMETHING LIKE WHAT YOU SEE BELOW, (THE WORD "BEGIN" WITH A NUMBER AND THE FILENAME ON ONE LINE, FOLLOWED BY A BUNCH OF 61-CHARACTER LINES) IT MOST LIKELY IS A BINARY FILE THAT HAS BEEN "UUENCODED" BY THE SENDER. (╘HIS IS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO RELIABLY TRANSMIT BINARY FILES BY E-MAIL.) BEGIN 666 ANSWER2.ZIP ═4$╠#!`╚`!@`.`/6╚?18.$-┌$╞@╨```@?```,````5$5,25@╙,34╬5%┴480╔[ ═!╨8;!╦╠,2╨,)!╨╠).╨─'%@.(!@4.!╨8%-@.6%╨╠*!@@*.╨4.%00.%╨4*.`4. ┘OU'LL NEED TO SCROUNGE UP A VERSION OF THE "UUDECODE" PROGRAM FOR YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM (─╧╙, ╧╙/2, ╒NIX, ═AC, ETC.) IN ORDER TO RECONSTRUCT THE FILE. ═OST LIKELY YOU'LL FIND A COPY ALREADY AT YOUR SITE OR IN YOUR SERVICE PROVIDER'S DOWNLOAD LIBRARY, BUT IF NOT YOU CAN USE THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE NEXT SECTION TO FIND OUT HOW TO SEARCH ╞╘╨ SITES FOR A COPY. ╧NE FINAL POINT TO CONSIDER... ╔F YOUR ONLINE SERVICE CHARGES YOU TO STORE E-MAIL FILES THAT ARE SENT TO YOU AND YOU PLAN TO RECEIVE SOME LARGE FILES VIA ╞╘╨, IT WOULD BE WISE TO HANDLE YOUR "INBASKET" EXPEDITIOUSLY TO AVOID STORAGE COSTS. ┴╥├╚╔┼ ┬┘ ┼-═┴╔╠ ---------------- ╠ET'S SAY YOU KNOW THE NAME OF A FILE, BUT YOU HAVE NO IDEA AT WHICH ╞╘╨ SITE IT MIGHT BE LURKING. ╧R MAYBE YOU'RE CURIOUS TO KNOW IF FILES MATCHING A CERTAIN NAMING CRITERIA ARE AVAILABLE VIA ╞╘╨. ┴RCHIE IS THE TOOL YOU CAN USE TO FIND OUT. ┴RCHIE SERVERS CAN BE THOUGHT OF AS A DATABASE OF ALL THE ANONYMOUS ╞╘╨ SITES IN THE WORLD, ALLOWING YOU TO FIND THE SITE AND/OR NAME OF A FILE TO BE RETRIEVED. ┴ND USING ┴RCHIE BY E-MAIL CAN BE CONVENIENT BECAUSE SOME ┴RCHIE SEARCHES TAKE A ╠╧╬╟ TIME TO COMPLETE, LEAVING YOU TO TAP YOUR TOES IN THE MEANTIME. ╘O USE ┴RCHIE BY E-MAIL, SIMPLY SEND AN E-MAIL MESSAGE TO ONE OF THE FOLLOWING ADDRESSES: ARCHIE@ARCHIE.RUTGERS.EDU (╒NITED ╙TATES) ARCHIE@ARCHIE.SURA.NET (╒NITED ╙TATES) ARCHIE@ARCHIE.UNL.EDU (╒NITED ╙TATES) ARCHIE@ARCHIE.DOC.IC.AC.UK (╒NITED ╦INGDOM) ARCHIE@ARCHIE.AU (┴USTRALIA) ARCHIE@ARCHIE.FUNET.FI ARCHIE@ARCHIE.LUTH.SE (╙WEDEN) ARCHIE@ARCHIE.KUIS.KYOTO-U.AC.JP (╩APAN) ╘O OBTAIN DETAILED HELP FOR USING ┴RCHIE BY MAIL, PUT THE WORD HELP IN THE SUBJECT OF THE NOTE AND JUST SEND IT OFF. ┘OU'LL RECEIVE E-MAIL EXPLAINING HOW TO USE ARCHIE SERVICES. ╔F YOU'RE THE "JUST DO IT" TYPE, THEN ENTER THE COMMAND: FIND <FILE> WHERE "<FILE>" IS THE NAME OF THE FILE TO SEARCH FOR, IN THE ┬╧─┘ (NOT THE SUBJECT) OF THE NOTE. ╘HIS WILL SEARCH FOR FILES THAT MATCH YOUR CRITERIA EXACTLY. ╔F YOU WANT TO FIND FILES THAT CONTAIN YOUR SEARCH CRITERIA ANYWHERE IN THEIR NAME, INSERT THE LINE SET SEARCH SUB BEFORE THE "FIND" COMMAND. ╙OME OTHER USEFUL ARCHIE COMMANDS YOU MIGHT WANT TO USE ARE: SET MAXHITS 20 (LIMIT OUTPUT, DEFAULT IS 100 FILES) SET MATCH_DOMAIN USA (RESTRICT OUTPUT TO ╞╘╨ SITES IN ╒╙┴) SET OUTPUT_FORMAT TERSE (RETURN OUTPUT IN CONDENSED FORM) ╫HEN YOU GET THE RESULTS FROM YOUR ┴RCHIE QUERY, IT WILL CONTAIN THE NAMES OF VARIOUS SITES AT WHICH THE DESIRED FILE IS LOCATED. ╒SE ONE OF THESE SITE NAMES AND THE DIRECTORY/FILENAME LISTED FOR YOUR NEXT ╞╘╨ FILE RETRIEVAL REQUEST. ╬OW YOU'VE LEARNED ENOUGH TO LOCATE THAT ╒╒─┼├╧─┼ UTILITY MENTIONED IN THE LAST SECTION. ╠ET'S SEND E-MAIL TO ARCHIE@ARCHIE.RUTGERS.EDU (OR ONE OF THE OTHER ARCHIE SERVERS), AND INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING LINES IN THE MESSAGE: SET MATCH_DOMAIN USA (RESTRICT OUTPUT TO ╞╘╨ SITES IN ╒╙┴) SET SEARCH SUB (LOOKING FOR A SUBSTRING MATCH...) FIND UUDECODE (MUST CONTAIN THIS STRING...) ╬OTE: ┘OU'LL BE LOOKING FOR THE UUDECODE SOURCE CODE, NOT THE EXECUTABLE VERSION, WHICH WOULD OF COURSE BE A BINARY FILE AND WOULD ARRIVE UUENCODED - A ├ATCH 22! ╘HE OUTPUT OF YOUR ARCHIE QUERY WILL CONTAIN LOTS OF INFORMATION LIKE THIS: ╚OST FTP.CLARKSON.EDU (128.153.4.2) ╠AST UPDATED 06:31 9 ╧CT 1994 ╠OCATION: /PUB/SIMTEL20-CDROM/MSDOS/STARTER ╞╔╠┼ -R-XR-XR-X 5572 BYTES 21:00 11 ═AR 1991 UUDECODE.BAS ╠OCATION: /PUB/SIMTEL20-CDROM/MSDOS/STARTER ╞╔╠┼ -R-XR-XR-X 5349 BYTES 20:00 17 ┴PR 1991 UUDECODE.C ╬OW YOU CAN USE AN FTPMAIL SERVER TO REQUEST "UUDECODE.BAS" (IF YOU HAVE ┬┴╙╔├ AVAILABLE) OR "UUDECODE.C" (IF YOU HAVE A ├ COMPILER) FROM THE FTP.CLARKSON.EDU SITE. ╔T SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE LATEST VERSION OF UUDECODE CAN BE FOUND AT THE ╙IM╘EL REPOSITORY. ╙END E-MAIL TO LISTSERV@╙IM╘EL.COAST.NET, INCLUDING ANY OR ALL OF THESE COMMANDS IN THE ┬╧─┘ OF THE NOTE, AND THE REQUESTED FILES WILL BE RETURNED TO YOU BY E-MAIL. GET UUDECODE.BAS GET UUDECODE.C GET UUDECODE.DOC ╙╨┼├╔┴╠ ╬╧╘┼: ╞OR ─╧╙ USERS, THERE IS AN ┼╪┼├╒╘┴┬╠┼ ┴╙├╔╔ VERSION OF THE ╒╒─┼├╧─┼.├╧═ PROGRAM AVAILABLE. ╘HIS IS A RARE EXCEPTION TO THE RULE THAT EXECUTABLE FILES MUST BE ENCODED TO SURVIVE E-MAIL TRANSMISSION. ┘OU CAN RECEIVE IT VIA E-MAIL AND EXECUTE IT "AS IS". ╘O GET A COPY, SEND E-MAIL TO BOBRANKIN@═╚╓.NET WITH ╙UBJECT: SEND UUDECODE.COM (MUST BE LOWERCASE). ╟╧╨╚┼╥ ┬┘ ┼-═┴╔╠ ---------------- ╟OPHER IS AN EXCELLENT TOOL FOR EXPLORING THE ╔NTERNET AND IS THE BEST WAY TO FIND A RESOURCE IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WANT, BUT NOT WHERE TO FIND IT. ╟OPHER SYSTEMS ARE MENU-BASED, AND PROVIDE A USER-FRIENDLY FRONT END TO ╔NTERNET RESOURCES, SEARCHES AND INFORMATION RETRIEVAL. ╟OPHER KNOWS WHERE THINGS ARE, THANKS TO THE MANY VOLUNTEERS WHO SPEND TIME CREATING POINTERS TO USEFUL COLLECTIONS OF '╬ET RESOURCES. ┴ND ╟OPHER TAKES THE ROUGH EDGES OFF OF THE ╔NTERNET BY AUTOMATING REMOTE LOGINS, HIDING THE SOMETIMES-CRYPTIC COMMAND SEQUENCES, AND OFFERS POWERFUL SEARCH CAPABILITIES AS WELL. ╫HEN VISITING A ╟OPHER SITE USING A "LIVE" ╔NTERNET CONNECTION, ONE WOULD SPECIFY THE NAME OF THE SITE, NAVIGATE THROUGH A SERIES OF HIERARCHICAL MENUS TO A DESIRED RESOURCE, AND THEN EITHER READ OR TRANSFER THE INFORMATION BACK TO THEIR HOME SYSTEM. ╒SING ╟OPHER BY E-MAIL IS VERY SIMILAR, EXCEPT THAT THE DESIRED SITE IS REACHED THROUGH A SPECIAL "GOPHERMAIL SERVER" WHICH GOPHERS TO THE REMOTE SITE ON YOUR BEHALF AND AND RETURNS THE REQUESTED MENU, SUBMENU OR FILE TO YOU IN RESPONSE TO A SET OF COMMANDS IN AN E-MAIL MESSAGE. ┴LTHOUGH NOT EVERY ITEM ON EVERY MENU WILL BE ACCESSIBLE BY "GOPHERMAIL", YOU'LL STILL FIND PLENTY OF INTERESTING THINGS USING THIS TECHNIQUE. ─OWN TO BRASS TACKS... LET'S SEND E-MAIL TO ONE OF THESE ADDRESSES: GOPHER@INFO.LANIC.UTEXAS.EDU ╒NITED ╙TATES GOPHERMAIL@CCC.UBA.AR ┴RGENTINA GOPHERMAIL@CR-DF.RNP.BR ┬RAZIL GOPHERMAIL@EUNET.CZ ├ZECH ╥EPUBLIC GOPHER@LFMOTOL.CUNI.CZ ├ZECH ╥EPUBLIC GOPHER@NCC.GO.JP ╩APAN GOPHER@NIG.AC.JP ╩APAN GOPHER@FTP.TECHNION.AC.IL *╧╒╘ ╧╞ ╙┼╥╓╔├┼* GOPHER@EARN.NET *╧╒╘ ╧╞ ╙┼╥╓╔├┼* GOPHERMAIL@CALVIN.EDU *╧╒╘ ╧╞ ╙┼╥╓╔├┼* ┘OU CAN OPTIONALLY SPECIFY THE ADDRESS OF A KNOWN GOPHER SITE ON THE ╙UBJECT LINE TO GET THE MAIN MENU FOR THAT SITE INSTEAD. ╚ERE ARE SOME INTERESTING GOPHER SITES YOU MAY LIKE TO EXPLORE AT YOUR LEISURE. CWIS.USC.EDU GOPHER.MICRO.UMN.EDU ENGLISH-SERVER.HSS.CMU.EDU ╠ET'S BE BOLD AND SKIP THE ╚┼╠╨ STUFF FOR NOW. ╞IRE OFF A NOTE TO ONE OF THE GOPHERMAIL SERVERS AND SPECIFY ╙UBJECT: CWIS.USC.EDU ┘OU'LL GET A MESSAGE BACK FROM THE SERVER THAT LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE THE TEXT IN THE FIGURE BELOW. +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | ═AIL THIS FILE BACK TO GOPHER WITH AN ╪ BEFORE THE ITEMS YOU WANT. | | | | 1. ┴BOUT ╒╙├GOPHER/ | | 2. ╚OW ╘O ╞IND ╘HINGS ON ╟OPHER/ | | 3. ╒NIVERSITY ╔NFORMATION/ | | 4. ├AMPUS ╠IFE/ | | 5. ├OMPUTING ╔NFORMATION/ | | 6. ╠IBRARY AND ╥ESEARCH ╔NFORMATION/ | | 7. ╚EALTH ╙CIENCES/ | | 8. ╥ESEARCH AND ╘ECHNOLOGY ├ENTERS/ | | 9. ╧THER ╟OPHERS & ╔NFO ╥ESOURCES/ | | | | ┘OU MAY EDIT THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS TO SET THE MAXIMUM SIZES AFTER | | WHICH ╟OPHER═AIL SHOULD SEND OUTPUT AS MULTIPLE EMAIL MESSAGES: | | | | ╙PLIT=27╦ BYTES/MESSAGE <- ╞OR TEXT, BIN, ╚╤╪ MESSAGES | | ═ENU=100 ITEMS/MESSAGE <- ╞OR MENUS AND QUERY RESPONSES | | # | | ╬AME=┴BOUT ╒╙├GOPHER | | ╬UMB=1 | | ╘YPE=1 | | ╨ORT=70 | | ╨ATH=1/┴BOUT_╒╙├GOPHER | | ╚OST=CWIS.USC.EDU | | # ... (SOME LINES DELETED) ... | | ╬AME=╧THER ╟OPHERS AND ╔NFORMATION ╥ESOURCES | | ╬UMB=9 | | ╘YPE=1 | | ╨ORT=70 | | ╨ATH=1/╧THER_╟OPHERS_AND_╔NFORMATION_╥ESOURCES | | ╚OST=CWIS.USC.EDU | | | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ ╘O PROCEED TO A SELECTION ON THE RETURNED MENU JUST E-MAIL THE WHOLE TEXT OF THE NOTE (FROM THE MENU DOWNWARDS) BACK TO THE GOPHER SERVER, PLACING AN "X" NEXT TO THE ITEMS(S) YOU WANT TO EXPLORE. ┘OU'LL THEN RECEIVE THE NEXT LEVEL OF THE GOPHER MENU BY E-MAIL. ╙OME MENU CHOICES LEAD TO OTHER MENUS, SOME LEAD TO TEXT FILES, AND SOME LEAD TO SEARCHES. ╔N THE EXAMPLE ABOVE, LET'S SELECT X 9. ╧THER ╟OPHERS & ╔NFO ╥ESOURCES AND MAIL THE WHOLE SHEBANG RIGHT BACK AT THE GOPHERMAIL SERVER. ┘OU SHOULD THEN GET A MENU WITH A NUMBER OF INTERESTING SELECTIONS INCLUDING "╟OPHER ╩EWELS". ┘OU'LL FIND A ╠╧╘ OF GOOD STUFF ALONG THAT PATH. ╘HE ╟OPHER ╩EWELS PROJECT IS PROBABLY THE BEST ORGANIZED COLLECTION OF ╔NTERNET RESOURCES AROUND. ╔F A MENU ITEM IS LABELLED "╙EARCH" YOU CAN SELECT THAT ITEM WITH AN "X" AND SUPPLY YOUR SEARCH WORDS IN THE ╙UBJECT: OF YOUR REPLY. ╬OTE THAT YOUR SEARCH CRITERIA CAN BE A SINGLE WORD OR A BOOLEAN EXPRESSION SUCH AS: DOCUMENT AND (HISTORIC OR GOVERNMENT) ┼ACH OF THE RESULTS (THE "HITS") OF YOUR SEARCH WILL BE DISPLAYED AS AN ENTRY ON YET ANOTHER GOPHER MENU! ╬OTE: ┘OU NEEDN'T ACTUALLY RETURN THE ENTIRE GOPHER MENU AND ALL THE ROUTING INFO THAT FOLLOWS IT EACH TIME YOU REPLY TO THE GOPHERMAIL SERVER. ╔F YOU WANT TO MINIMIZE THE SIZE OF YOUR QUERY, YOU CAN STRIP OUT THE "MENU" PORTION AT THE TOP AND INCLUDE ONLY THE PORTION BELOW THAT PERTAINS TO THE MENU SELECTION YOU WANT. ╩UST REMEMBER THAT IF YOU USE THIS APPROACH, YOU MUST SPECIFY "GET ALL" ON THE ╙UBJECT LINE. (┼XCEPTION: FOR SEARCHING, SPECIFY ONLY THE SEARCH TERMS ON THE ╙UBJECT LINE.) ╘HE EXAMPLE BELOW IS EQUIVALENT TO SELECTING "OPTION 9" AS WE DID EARLIER. ╙PLIT=0╦ BYTES/MESSAGE ═ENU=0 ITEMS/MESSAGE # ╬AME=╧THER ╟OPHERS ╬UMB=9 ╘YPE=1 ╨ORT=70 ╨ATH=1/╧THER_╟OPHERS_AND_╔NFORMATION_╥ESOURCES ╚OST=CWIS.USC.EDU ╔F THIS LOOKS LIKE NONSENSE TO YOU, HERE'S A HUMAN TRANSLATION: ├ONNECT TO ╨╧╥╘ 70 OF THE ╚╧╙╘ (COMPUTER) AT "CWIS.USC.EDU", RETRIEVE THE SUB-MENU "╧THER ╟OPHERS", AND SEND IT TO ME IN ╧╬┼ ╨╔┼├┼, REGARDLESS OF ITS SIZE. ╬OTE: ╙OMETIMES GOPHERMAIL REQUESTS RETURN A BLANK MENU OR MESSAGE. ╘HIS IS MOST LIKELY BECAUSE THE SERVER FAILED TO CONNECT TO THE HOST FROM WHICH YOU WERE TRYING TO GET YOUR INFORMATION. ╙END YOUR REQUEST AGAIN LATER AND IT'LL PROBABLY WORK. ╓┼╥╧╬╔├┴ ┬┘ ┼-═┴╔╠ ------------------ ╙PEAKING OF SEARCHES, THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO MENTION ╓ERONICA. ╩UST AS ┴RCHIE PROVIDES A SEARCHABLE INDEX OF ╞╘╨ SITES, ╓ERONICA PROVIDES THIS FUNCTION FOR "GOPHERSPACE". ╓ERONICA WILL ASK YOU WHAT YOU WANT TO LOOK FOR (YOUR SEARCH WORDS) AND THEN DISPLAY ANOTHER MENU LISTING ALL THE GOPHER MENU ITEMS THAT MATCH YOUR SEARCH. ╔N TYPICAL GOPHER FASHION, YOU CAN THEN SELECT ONE OF THESE ITEMS AND "GO-PHER IT"! ╘O TRY ╓ERONICA BY E-MAIL, RETRIEVE THE MAIN MENU FROM A GOPHERMAIL SERVER USING THE METHOD JUST DESCRIBED. ╘HEN TRY THE CHOICE LABELLED "╧THER ╟OPHER AND ╔NFORMATION ╙ERVERS". ╘HIS MENU WILL HAVE AN ENTRY FOR ╓ERONICA. ┘OU'LL HAVE TO SELECT ONE (OR MORE) ╓ERONICA SERVERS TO HANDLE YOUR QUERY, SPECIFYING THE SEARCH WORDS IN THE ╙UBJECT OF YOUR REPLY. ╚ERE'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WHERE USING E-MAIL SERVERS CAN SAVE TIME AND MONEY. ╧FTEN THE ╓ERONICA SERVERS ARE VERY BUSY AND TELL YOU TO "TRY AGAIN LATER". ╙O SELECT 2 OR 3 SERVERS, AND CHANCES ARE ONE OF THEM WILL BE ABLE TO HANDLE YOUR REQUEST THE FIRST TIME AROUND. ┴ ╟OPHERMAIL ╙HORTCUT: ---------------------- ╘HE PATH TO SOME RESOURCES, FILES OR DATABASES CAN BE A BIT TEDIOUS, REQUIRING SEVERAL E-MAIL MESSAGES TO THE GOPHERMAIL SERVER. ┬UT HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS... ╔F YOU'VE DONE IT ONCE, YOU CAN RE-USE ANY OF THE E-MAIL MESSAGES PREVIOUSLY SENT IN, CHANGING IT TO SUIT YOUR CURRENT NEEDS. ┴S AN EXAMPLE, HERE'S A CLIPPING FROM THE ╓ERONICA MENU YOU WOULD GET BY FOLLOWING THE PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS. ┘OU CAN SEND THESE LINES TO ANY GOPHERMAIL SERVER TO RUN A ╓ERONICA SEARCH. ╙PLIT=64╦ BYTES/MESSAGE <- ╞OR TEXT, BIN, ╚╤╪ MESSAGES (0 = ╬O SPLIT) ═ENU=100 ITEMS/MESSAGE <- ╞OR MENUS AND QUERY RESPONSES (0 = ╬O SPLIT) # ╬AME=╙EARCH ╟OPHER╙PACE BY ╘ITLE WORD(S) (VIA ╬┘╙┼╥╬ET) ╘YPE=7 ╨ORT=2347 ╨ATH= ╚OST=EMPIRE.NYSERNET.ORG ╙PECIFY THE SEARCH WORDS IN THE ╙UBJECT LINE AND SEE WHAT TURNS UP! ┘OU CAN USE BOOLEAN EXPRESSIONS IN ╓ERONICA SEARCHES. ╞OR A GUIDE TO COMPOSING ╓ERONICA SEARCHES, SEND THESE LINES TO A GOPHERMAIL SERVER: ╬AME=╚OW TO ├OMPOSE ╓ERONICA ╤UERIES ╨ATH=0/VERONICA/HOW-TO-QUERY-VERONICA ╚OST=VERONICA.SCS.UNR.EDU ╒╙┼╬┼╘ ┬┘ ┼-═┴╔╠ ---------------- ╒SENET IS A COLLECTION OF OVER 5000 DISCUSSION GROUPS ON EVERY TOPIC IMAGINABLE. ╔N ORDER TO GET A PROPER START AND AVOID EMBARRASING YOURSELF NEEDLESSLY, YOU MUST READ THE ╒SENET NEW USERS INTRO DOCUMENT, WHICH CAN BE OBTAINED BY SENDING E-MAIL TO: MAIL-SERVER@RTFM.MIT.EDU AND INCLUDE THIS LINE IN THE ┬╧─┘ OF THE NOTE: SEND USENET/NEWS.ANSWERS/NEWS-NEWUSERS-INTRO ╘O GET A LISTING OF ╒SENET NEWSGROUPS, ADD THESE COMMANDS TO YOUR NOTE: SEND USENET/NEWS.ANSWERS/ACTIVE-NEWSGROUPS/PART1 SEND USENET/NEWS.ANSWERS/ACTIVE-NEWSGROUPS/PART2 SEND USENET/NEWS.ANSWERS/ALT-HIERARCHIES/PART1 SEND USENET/NEWS.ANSWERS/ALT-HIERARCHIES/PART2 SEND USENET/NEWS.ANSWERS/ALT-HIERARCHIES/PART3 ╘O GET THE ╞┴╤ (╞REQUENTLY ┴SKED ╤UESTIONS) FILE(S) FOR A GIVEN NEWSGROUP, TRY A COMMAND LIKE THIS: INDEX USENET/<NEWSGROUPNAME> (╙UBSTITUTE DOTS FOR DASHES IF THEY APPEAR IN THE NEWSGROUP NAME.) ╔F ANY ╞┴╤ FILES ARE AVAILABLE, THEY WILL BE LISTED IN THE RETURNED INFO, AND YOU CAN REQUEST THEM WITH A COMMAND LIKE: SEND USENET/<NEWSGROUPNAME>/<FAQFILENAME> ╧NCE YOU'VE HANDLED THE PRELIMINARIES, YOU'LL NEED TO KNOW HOW TO READ AND CONTRIBUTE TO ╒SENET NEWSGROUPS BY E-MAIL. ╘O READ A NEWSGROUP, YOU CAN USE THE GOPHERMAIL SERVICE DISCUSSED EARLIER IN THIS GUIDE. ╘O OBTAIN A LIST OF RECENT POSTINGS TO A PARTICULAR NEWSGROUP, SEND THE FOLLOWING LINES TO ONE OF THE GOPHERMAIL SERVERS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY. ╙PECIFY "╙UBJECT: GET ALL" AND INCLUDE ONLY THESE LINES IN THE MESSAGE BODY. (┘OU MUST REPLACE "<NEWSGROUP>" BELOW WITH THE NAME OF THE ╒SENET NEWSGROUP YOU WISH TO ACCESS. EG: ALT.ANSWERS, BIZ.COMP.SERVICES, NEWS.NEWUSERS.QUESTIONS, ETC.) ------- BEGIN GOPHERMAIL MESSAGE (DO NOT INCLUDE THIS LINE) ╘YPE=1 ╨ORT=4320 ╨ATH=NNTP LS <NEWSGROUP> ╚OST=GOPHER.IC.AC.UK ------- END GOPHERMAIL MESSAGE (DO NOT INCLUDE THIS LINE) ╔F THIS DOESN'T WORK, YOU CAN TRY ANOTHER ╚OST BY SUBSTITUTING ONE OF THE LINES BELOW. ╚OST=SERVICES.CANBERRA.EDU.AU ╚OST=RISC.UPOL.CZ ╚OST=CARI.TELECOM.UQAM.CA ╚OST=INFOPUB.UQAM.CA ╚OST=GOPHER.TC.UMN.EDU (MAYBE, VERY BUSY) ╬OTE THAT SOME OF THESE SITES CARRY ONLY A LIMITED RANGE OF NEWSGROUPS, SO YOU MAY HAVE TO TRY SEVERAL BEFORE FINDING ONE WHICH CARRIES THE NEWSGROUP YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. ╫HEN THE NEWSGROUP DOES NOT EXIST, GOPHERMAIL SENDS SOMETHING LIKE "'NNTP LS <NEWSGROUP>': PATH DOES NOT EXIST". ╫HEN A SITE DOES NOT ACCEPT OUTSIDE REQUESTS, GOPHERMAIL SENDS SOMETHING LIKE "╙ORRY, WE DON'T ACCEPT REQUESTS OUTSIDE CAMPUS". ╔F SUCCESSFUL, THE GOPHERMAIL SERVER WILL SEND YOU A TYPICAL GOPHER MENU ON WHICH YOU MAY SELECT THE INDIVIDUAL POSTINGS YOU WISH TO READ. ╔F YOUR QUERY RETURNS NOTHING, OR YOU GET A "NOT FOUND" MESSAGE, TRY IT AT ANOTHER TIME OF DAY. ╘HE SERVERS ARE VERY BUSY DURING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS. ╬OTE: ╘HE GOPHERMAIL QUERY IN THIS EXAMPLE IS THE GREATLY EDITED RESULT OF MANY PREVIOUS QUERIES. ╔'VE PARED IT DOWN TO THE BARE ESSENTIALS SO IT CAN BE TAILORED AND REUSED. ╔F YOU DECIDE TO MAKE A POST OF YOUR OWN, MAIL THE TEXT OF YOUR POST TO: GROUP.NAME-NEWS@NEWSBASE.CS.YALE.EDU GROUP.NAME@PUBNEWS.DEMON.CO.UK GROUP.NAME@DISPATCH.DEMON.CO.UK GROUP.NAME@PARIS.ICS.UCI.EDU GROUP.NAME@CRS4GW.CRS4.IT GROUP.NAME@BERLIOZ.CRS4.IT GROUP.NAME@MAGUS.DGSYS.COM (UNVERIFIED) GROUP.NAME.USENET@HKUCS92.AIR.ORG (UNVERIFIED) ╙OME SERVERS ONLY SUPPORT A LIMITED RANGE OF NEWSGROUPS. ╞OR AN UPDATED LIST SEND E-MAIL TO MG5N+REMAILERS@ANDREW.CMU.EDU ╞OR EXAMPLE, TO POST TO NEWS.NEWUSERS.QUESTIONS, YOU MIGHT SEND YOUR MESSAGE TO: NEWS.NEWUSERS.QUESTIONS-NEWS@NEWSBASE.CS.YALE.EDU -╧╥- NEWS.NEWUSERS.QUESTIONS@PUBNEWS.DEMON.CO.UK ┬E SURE TO INCLUDE AN APPROPRIATE ╙UBJECT: LINE, AND INCLUDE YOUR REAL NAME AND E-MAIL ADDRESS AT THE CLOSE OF YOUR NOTE. ╘╔╨: ╙┼┴╥├╚╔╬╟ ╞╧╥ ╒╙┼╬┼╘ ╬┼╫╙╟╥╧╒╨╙ - ─ON'T KNOW THE NAME OF THE NEWSGROUP? ╘O SEARCH FOR ╒SENET GROUPS ABOUT "PETS", FOR EXAMPLE, SEND E-MAIL TO AN ┴GORA SERVER (SEE ╫╫╫ SECTION) WITH THIS LINE IN THE MESSAGE ┬╧─┘: SEND HTTP://WWW.NOVA.EDU/╔NTER-╠INKS/CGI-BIN/NEWS.PL?PETS ╒╙┼╬┼╘ ╙┼┴╥├╚┼╙ --------------- ┴ SERVICE AT ╙TANFORD ╒NIVERSITY MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO SEARCH ╒╙┼╬┼╘ NEWSGROUPS FOR POSTINGS THAT CONTAIN KEYWORDS OF INTEREST TO YOU. ┘OU CAN EVEN "SUBSCRIBE" AND RECEIVE A DAILY LIST OF NEWSGROUP POSTINGS THAT MATCH YOUR SEARCH CRITERIA. ╙END MAIL TO NETNEWS@DB.STANFORD.EDU WITH ╚┼╠╨ IN THE BODY OF NOTE FOR FULL DETAILS. ╫┴╔╙ ╙┼┴╥├╚┼╙ ┬┘ ┼-═┴╔╠ ----------------------- ╫┴╔╙ STANDS FOR ╫IDE ┴REA ╔NFORMATION ╙ERVICE, AND IS A MEANS OF SEARCHING A SET OF OVER 500 INDEXED DATABASES. ╘HE RANGE OF TOPICS IS TOO BROAD TO MENTION, AND BESIDES, YOU'LL SOON LEARN HOW TO GET THE TOPIC LIST FOR YOURSELF. ╔ RECOMMEND THAT YOU SEND E-MAIL TO "WAISMAIL@SUNSITE.UNC.EDU" WITH ╚┼╠╨ IN THE BODY OF THE NOTE TO GET THE FULL ╫┴╔╙MAIL USER GUIDE. ┬UT IF YOU CAN'T WAIT, USE THE INFO BELOW AS A QUICKSTART. ┴ LIST OF ╫┴╔╙ DATABASES (OR "RESOURCES" AS THEY LIKE TO BE CALLED) CAN BE OBTAINED BY SENDING E-MAIL TO THE WAISMAIL SERVER WITH THE LINE SEARCH XXX XXX IN THE BODY OF THE NOTE. ╠OOK THROUGH THE RETURNED LIST FOR TOPICS THAT ARE OF INTEREST TO YOU AND USE ONE OF THEM IN THE NEXT EXAMPLE. ╧╦, LET'S DO AN ACTUAL SEARCH. ╙END E-MAIL TO: WAISMAIL@SUNSITE.UNC.EDU WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMANDS IN THE NOTE BODY: MAXRES 10 SEARCH BUSH-SPEECHES LIPS ╘HIS WILL TELL ╫┴╔╙MAIL TO SEARCH THROUGH THE TEXT OF THE "BUSH-SPEECHES" DATABASE AND RETURN A LIST OF AT MOST 10 DOCUMENTS CONTAINING "LIPS". ┴ SUCCESSFUL SEARCH WILL RETURN ONE OR MORE "─╧├ID:" LINES, WHICH IDENTIFY THE LOCATION OF THE MATCHING DOCUMENTS. ╘O RETRIEVE THE FULL TEXT OF A MATCHING DOCUMENT, SEND ONE OF THE RETURNED "─╧├ID:" LINES (EXACTLY AS IS) IN THE BODY OF YOUR NEXT MESSAGE TO ╫┴╔╙MAIL. (╬OTE: ╘HE ╫┴╔╙MAIL SERVER AT "QUAKE.THINK.COM" IS DEFUNCT. ╘HE SERVER LISTED ABOVE STILL HAD A FEW BUGS AS OF THIS WRITING, SO IF IT DOESN'T WORK, TRY THE ╫┴╔╙ VIA GOPHERMAIL METHOD DESCRIBED NEXT.) ┴ LIST OF ╫┴╔╙ DATABASES CAN ALSO BE OBTAINED BY SENDING E-MAIL TO A GOPHERMAIL SERVER WITH "╙UBJECT: GET ALL" AND THESE LINES IN THE MESSAGE BODY: ╘YPE=1 ╬AME=╫┴╔╙ ─ATABASES ╨ATH=1/╫┴╔╙ES/┼VERYTHING ╚OST=GOPHER-GW.MICRO.UMN.EDU ╨ORT=70 ╠OOK THROUGH THE RETURNED LIST FOR TOPICS THAT ARE OF INTEREST TO YOU AND SELECT ONE TO SEARCH. ╙PECIFY YOUR SEARCH TERM(S) ON THE ╙UBJECT LINE, AND CLIP OUT JUST THE SECTION OF THE RETURNED GOPHER MENU THAT CORRESPONDS TO YOUR TARGET DATABASE. ╞OR EXAMPLE: ╘YPE=7+ ╬AME=BUSH-SPEECHES.SRC ╨ATH=WAISSRC:/╫┴╔╙ES/┼VERYTHING/BUSH-SPEECHES ╚OST=GOPHER-GW.MICRO.UMN.EDU ╨ORT=70 ┘OU WILL (HOPEFULLY) RECEIVE A GOPHERMAIL MENU IN RESPONSE LISTING THE MATCHING "DOCUMENTS". ╘O RETRIEVE THE FULL TEXT OF A MATCHING DOCUMENT, JUST MAKE A SELECTION FROM THE RETURNED GOPHER MENU, AND THE REFERENCED FILE WILL BE SENT TO YOU. ╔N MY TESTING, ╫┴╔╙ BY GOPHERMAIL WAS NOT RELIABLE. ╧FTEN A BLANK MENU WAS RETURNED BUT REPEATED ATTEMPTS DID EVENTUALLY MEET WITH SUCCESS. ╫╧╥╠─-╫╔─┼ ╫┼┬ ┬┘ ┼-═┴╔╠ ------------------------ ╘HE ╫ORLD-╫IDE ╫EB IS TOUTED AS THE FUTURE OF ╔NTERNET NAVIGATIONAL TOOLS. ╔T'S A HYPERTEXT AND MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM THAT LETS YOU HOP AROUND THE ╬ET, READ DOCUMENTS, AND ACCESS IMAGES & SOUNDS LINKED TO A SOURCE. ╚AVE YOU EVER HEARD SOMEONE SAY, "╫OW, CHECK OUT THE COOL STUFF AT HTTP://WWW.SOMEWHERE.COM/BLAH.HTML" AND WONDERED WHAT IN THE WORLD THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT? ╬OW YOU CAN RETRIEVE ╫╫╫ DOCUMENTS BY E-MAIL USING AN ┴GORA ╫╫╫-MAIL SERVER. ┴LL YOU NEED TO KNOW IS THE ╒NIFORM ╥ESOURCE ╠OCATOR (OR ╒╥╠, THAT LONG UGLY STRING STARTING WITH "HTTP:", "GOPHER:", OR "FTP:") WHICH DEFINES THE ADDRESS OF THE DOCUMENT, AND YOU CAN RETRIEVE IT BY SENDING E-MAIL TO ONE OF: AGORA@DNA.AFFRC.GO.JP (╩APAN) AGORA@KAMAKURA.MSS.CO.JP (╩APAN) AGORA@INFO.LANIC.UTEXAS.EDU (╒╙┴) AGORA@MX.NSU.NSK.SU (╥USSIA ╧╬╠┘) AGORA@WWW.UNDP.ORG (RESTRICTED TO "DEVELOPING" COUNTRIES) AGORA@MAIL.W3.ORG (OUT OF SERVICE) ╔N THE BODY OF YOUR NOTE INCLUDE ONE OF THESE LINES, REPLACING "<╒╥╠>" WITH THE ACTUAL ╒╥╠ SPECIFICATION. SEND <╒╥╠> RSEND <RETURN-ADDRESS> <╒╥╠> (OVERRIDE YOUR RETURN ADDRESS) ╘HIS WILL SEND YOU BACK THE DOCUMENT YOU REQUESTED, WITH A LIST OF ALL THE DOCUMENTS REFERENCED WITHIN, SO THAT YOU MAY MAKE FURTHER REQUESTS. ╘O TRY ╫╫╫ BY E-MAIL SEND THE FOLLOWING COMMANDS TO AN ┴GORA SERVER : WWW SEND HTTP://WWW.W3.ORG ┘OU'LL RECEIVE IN DUE COURSE THE ┴GORA HELP FILE AND THE "╫╫╫ ╫ELCOME ╨AGE" WHICH WILL INCLUDE REFERENCES TO OTHER ╫EB DOCUMENTS YOU'LL WANT TO EXPLORE. ╘╚┼╥┼ ┴╥┼ ╙╧═┼ ╧╘╚┼╥ ╫╫╫ MAIL SERVERS... ┴DDRESS ╙YNTAX ├OMMENTS ----------------------- ---------- ------------------------- WEBMAIL@WWW.UCC.IE ╟╧ <╒╥╠> ╙AME AS WEBMAIL@CURIA.UCC.IE W3MAIL@.GMD.DE ╟┼╘ <╒╥╠> ╙END ╚┼╠╨ COMMAND FOR MORE INFO WEB-MAIL@EBAY.COM <╒╥╠> ╞EE-BASED, LIMITED FREE SEARCHING ╬OTE: ╘HE ╫╫╫-MAIL SERVERS ARE SOMETIMES UNAVAILABLE FOR DAYS (OR WEEKS) AT A TIME WITHOUT EXPLANATION. ╔F YOU GET AN ERROR OR NO REPLY, PLEASE RETRY IN A DAY OR SO. ╫╫╫ ╙┼┴╥├╚ ┬┘ ┼-═┴╔╠ -------------------- ╘HERE'S A LOT OF GREAT STUFF OUT ON THE ╫EB, BUT HOW DO YOU FIND IT? ╫ELL, JUST LIKE ┴RCHIE AND ╓ERONICA HELP YOU SEARCH ╞╘╨ AND GOPHER SITES, THERE ARE SEVERAL SEARCH ENGINES THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED TO SEARCH FOR INFORMATION ON THE ╫EB. ┬UT UNTIL NOW, YOU HAD TO HAVE DIRECT ╔NTERNET ACCESS TO USE THEM. ┴FTER A BIT OF RESEARCH, ╔ HAVE FOUND THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO USE SEVERAL ╫╫╫ SEARCH MECHANISMS BY E-MAIL. ╚ERE ARE SOME SAMPLE QUERIES THAT YOU CAN USE TO SEARCH VIA ╠YCOS, ╫EB├RAWLER AND THE ├╒╔ ╫3 ├ATALOG. ┴NY OF THESE LINES CAN BE SENT TO AN ┴GORA SERVER (SEE ABOVE) TO PERFORM A SEARCH. ╔F YOU'RE NOT INTERESTED IN SPAM OR FROGS, THEN BY ALL MEANS FEEL FREE TO USE YOUR OWN SEARCH KEYWORDS. ╞OR ╠YCOS, APPEND A DOT TO YOUR KEYWORDS TO FORCE AN EXACT MATCH, OR YOU WILL GET A SUBSTRING SEARCH BY DEFAULT. ╙EPARATE WORDS WITH A "+" SIGN. HTTP://LYCOS11.LYCOS.CS.CMU.EDU/CGI-BIN/FLPURSUIT?SPAM HTTP://LYCOS11.LYCOS.CS.CMU.EDU/CGI-BIN/FLPURSUIT?SPAM. HTTP://LYCOS11.LYCOS.CS.CMU.EDU/CGI-BIN/FLPURSUIT?FROG.+DISSECTION. ╞OR ╫EB├RAWLER SEARCHES YOU MUST SEPARATE WORDS WITH A "+" SIGN. ┴LL SEARCHES ARE EXACT, NO TRAILING DOT REQUIRED. HTTP://WEBCRAWLER.COM/CGI-BIN/╫EB╤UERY?SPAM HTTP://WEBCRAWLER.COM/CGI-BIN/╫EB╤UERY?FROG+DISSECTION ╞OR ├╒╔ ╫3 ├ATALOG SEARCHES YOU MUST SEPARATE WORDS WITH "%20" AS BELOW. ┴LL SEARCHES ARE EXACT, NO TRAILING DOT REQUIRED. HTTP://CUIWWW.UNIGE.CH/CGI-BIN/W3CATALOG?SPAM HTTP://CUIWWW.UNIGE.CH/CGI-BIN/W3CATALOG?FROG%20DISSECTION ═┴╔╠╔╬╟ ╠╔╙╘╙ ------------- ╘HERE ARE LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF DISCUSSION GROUPS THAT STAY IN TOUCH USING E-MAIL BASED SYSTEMS KNOWN AS "MAILING LISTS". ╨EOPLE INTERESTED IN A TOPIC "SUBSCRIBE" TO A "LIST" AND THEN SEND AND RECEIVE POSTINGS BY E-MAIL. ╞OR A GOOD INTRODUCTION TO THIS TOPIC, SEND E-MAIL TO: ╠╔╙╘╙┼╥╓@VM1.NODAK.EDU ╔N THE BODY OF YOUR NOTE INCLUDE ONLY THIS COMMAND: ╟┼╘ ╬┼╫-╠╔╙╘ ╫╧╒╘┼╥╙ ╞INDING A ═AILING ╠IST ---------------------- ╘O FIND OUT ABOUT MAILING LISTS THAT ARE RELEVANT TO YOUR INTERESTS, SEND THE FOLLOWING COMMAND TO THE SAME ADDRESS GIVEN ABOVE. ╠╔╙╘ ╟╠╧┬┴╠ /KEYWORD (╧F COURSE YOU MUST REPLACE "KEYWORD" WITH AN APPROPRIATE SEARCH WORD SUCH AS ═ARKETING, ┼DUCATION, ETC.) ╚ERE'S ANOTHER WAY TO FIND MAILING LISTS: ╙END E-MAIL TO AN ┴GORA SERVER (SEE ╫╫╫ SECTION) WITH THIS LINE IN THE ┬╧─┘: HTTP://WWW.UCSSC.INDIANA.EDU/MLARCHIVE/?KEYWORD ┴NOTHER HELPFUL DOCUMENT WHICH DETAILS THE COMMANDS USED TO SUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE AND SEARCH MAILING LIST ARCHIVES CAN BE HAD BY SENDING TO: ╠╔╙╘╙┼╥╓@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU ╔N THE BODY OF YOUR NOTE INCLUDE ONLY THIS COMMAND: GET MAILSER CMD NETTRAIN F=MAIL ╬EW IN ╘HESE ╨ARTS? ------------------- ╔F YOU'RE NEW TO THE ╔NTERNET, ╔ SUGGEST YOU SUBSCRIBE TO THE ╚┼╠╨-╬┼╘ LIST WHERE YOU'RE LIKELY TO FIND ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS. ╙END THE COMMAND: ╙╒┬╙├╥╔┬┼ ╚┼╠╨-╬┼╘ <╞IRSTNAME ╠ASTNAME> IN THE ┬╧─┘ OF A NOTE TO ╠╔╙╘╙┼╥╓@╓═.╘┼═╨╠┼.┼─╒, THEN E-MAIL YOUR QUESTIONS TO THE LIST ADDRESS: ╚┼╠╨-╬┼╘@╓═.╘┼═╨╠┼.┼─╒ ╞╔╬╟┼╥ ┬┘ ┼-═┴╔╠ ---------------- "╞INGER" IS A UTILITY THAT RETURNS INFORMATION ABOUT ANOTHER USER. ╒SUALLY IT'S JUST BORING STUFF LIKE LAST LOGON, ETC., BUT SOMETIMES PEOPLE PUT FUN OR USEFUL INFORMATION IN THEIR FINGER REPLIES. ╘O TRY OUT FINGER, SEND E-MAIL WITH ╙UBJECT: ╞╔╬╟┼╥ <USER@SITE> ╘O: INFOBOT@INFOMANIA.COM ╒SE ONE OF THE E-MAIL ADDRESSES BELOW INSTEAD OF <USER@SITE> ... NASANEWS@SPACE.MIT.EDU COKE@CS.CMU.EDU QUAKE@GLDFS.CR.USGS.GOV AURORA@XI.ULETH.CA SOLAR@XI.ULETH.CA HIGGINS@DORSAI.DORSAI.ORG COPI@ODDJOB.UCHICAGO.EDU CYNDIW@MAGNUS1.COM ╩UST FOR KICKS, TRY FINGER USING A COMBINATION OF GOPHER AND ╫╫╫. ╙END THE COMMAND: SEND GOPHER://<SITE>:79/0<USER> TO ONE OF THE ╫╫╫MAIL SERVERS MENTIONED EARLIER. "─╔╥┼├╘╧╥┘ ┴╙╙╔╙╘┴╬├┼" ┬┘ ┼-═┴╔╠ -------------------------------- "╫╚╧╔╙" IS A SERVICE THAT QUERIES A DATABASE OF ╔NTERNET NAMES AND ADDRESSES. ╔F YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE OR YOU WANT TO KNOW WHERE A PARTICULAR ╔NTERNET SITE IS LOCATED, SEND E-MAIL WITH ╙UBJECT: WHOIS <NAME> ╘O: MAILSERV@INTERNIC.NET ╘RY SUBSTITUTING "MIT.EDU" OR THE LAST NAME OF SOMEONE YOU KNOW IN PLACE OF "<NAME>" AND SEE WHAT COMES BACK! ╔T SHOULD BE NOTED THAT ╫╚╧╔╙ IS NOT A COMPREHENSIVE LISTING OF ALL ╔NTERNET USERS. ╔T CONTAINS MOSTLY NETWORK ADMINISTRATORS AND SOME "NOTABLE" ╔NTERNET FIGURES. ┴NOTHER ALTERNATIVE NAME LOOKER-UPPER IS A DATABASE AT ═╔╘ WHICH KEEPS TABS ON EVERYONE WHO HAS POSTED A MESSAGE ON ╒SENET. ╙END E-MAIL TO "MAIL-SERVER@RTFM.MIT.EDU" AND INCLUDE THIS COMMAND ╧╬╠┘ IN THE ┬╧─┘: SEND USENET-ADDRESSES/<NAME> ╙PECIFY AS MUCH INFORMATION AS YOU CAN ABOUT THE PERSON (LASTNAME, FIRSTNAME, USERID, SITE, ETC.) TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT IS RETURNED TO YOU. ╚ERE'S A SAMPLE QUERY TO FIND THE ADDRESS OF SOMEONE YOU THINK MAY BE AT ╚ARVARD ╒NIVERSITY: SEND USENET-ADDRESSES/╩ANE ─OE ╚ARVARD ╬┼╘╞╔╬─ IS ANOTHER MORE POWERFUL SEARCH ENGINE THAT USES A PERSON'S NAME AND KEYWORDS DESCRIBING A PHYSICAL LOCATION TO RETURN A BUNCH OF INFO ABOUT THE PERSON (OR PERSONS) WHO FIT THE BILL. ╠ET'S SAY WE WANT TO FIND SOMEONE NAMED ╚ARDY AT THE ╒NIVERSITY OF ├OLORADO IN ┬OULDER. ╧UR ╬ETFIND QUERY WILL BE ADDRESSED TO AN ┴GORA SERVER (SEE LIST IN ╫╫╫ SECTION) AND WILL CONTAIN THE ONLY LINE: GOPHER://DS.INTERNIC.NET:4320/7NETFIND%20DBLOOKUP?HARDY+BOULDER+COLORADO ╬ETFIND WORKS IN TWO PHASES. ╞IRST IT DISPLAYS A LIST OF INTERNET DOMAINS THAT MATCH YOUR KEYWORDS, THEN IT LOOKS FOR THE PERSON IN THE DOMAIN YOU SELECT. ╬ETFIND BY E-MAIL IS VERY SIMILAR, IN THAT YOU'LL RECEIVE A LISTING OF MATCHING DOMAINS FROM WHICH YOU MUST MAKE ONE OR MORE SELECTIONS. ┼ACH SELECTION IS NUMBERED AND THERE ARE CORRESPONDING "GOPHER://" COMMANDS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LISTING. ╠ET'S PICK THE SELECTION FOR CS.COLORADO.EDU COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPT, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, BOULDER WHICH MEANS THAT OUR NEXT COMMAND TO THE ┴GORA SERVER WILL BE: GOPHER://DS.INTERNIC.NET:4320/0NETFIND%20NETFIND%20HARDY%20CS.COLORADO.EDU ╔F ALL GOES WELL, YOU'LL RECEIVE A LIST SOMETHING LIKE THIS: FULL_NAME: ╚┴╥─┘, ╩╧┼ (NOT A REAL PERSON) EMAIL: ├RAZY╩OE@├OLORADO.┼─╒ PHONE: (303) 492-1234 ADDRESS: ├AMPUS ┬OX 777 DEPARTMENT: ├╧═╨╒╘┼╥ ╙├╔┼╬├┼ ╬OTE THAT IF YOU KNOW THE PERSON'S DOMAIN NAME ALREADY, YOU CAN JUMP RIGHT IN WITH A QUERY LIKE THE LATTER ONE ABOVE. ┘OU CAN ALSO TRY THE "╞OUR11 ╧NLINE ╒SER ─IRECTORY", A FREE DIRECTORY OF USERS AND THEIR E-MAIL ADDRESSES. ╙END E-MAIL TO INFO@FOUR11.COM FOR DETAILS ON HOW TO SEARCH THE ╞OUR11 DIRECTORY. ┴──╥┼╙╙/╬┴═┼ ╙┼╥╓┼╥ ╔╬╞╧ ┬┘ ┼-═┴╔╠ ---------------------------------- ╘HIS IS A LITTLE ON THE TECHNICAL SIDE, BUT ANYWAY THE ═AIL ╬AME ╙ERVER (DNS@GRASP.INSA-LYON.FR) OFFERS SOME USEFUL SERVICES BY E-MAIL. ╙OME OF THE COMMANDS YOU CAN SEND IN THE ┬╧─┘ OF YOUR NOTE ARE: HELP (FULL DETAILS) IP HOST.FOO.BAR (GET HOST'S ADDRESSES) NAME IP# (GET HOST NAME FROM ADDRESS) NS HOST.FOO.BAR (GET HOST'S NAME SERVERS) ┴LTERNATIVELY, YOU CAN SEND E-MAIL TO SERVICE@NIC.DDN.MIL WITH A ╙UBJECT LINE OF 'HELP' TO GET INFO ON SIMILAR SERVICES. ╘┼╠╬┼╘ ┬┘ ┼-═┴╔╠ ----------------- ╙ORRY, IT CAN'T BE DONE. ┴CTUALLY IT ├┴╬ BE DONE, BUT APPARENTLY NOBODY HAS DONE IT. ╔'D LOVE TO BE PROVEN WRONG ON THIS! ┴ ╞┼╫ ╬┼╘-╟╧╧─╔┼╙ ----------------- ╚ERE ARE SOME OTHER INTERESTING THINGS YOU CAN DO BY E-MAIL. (╙OME OF THEM ARE ACCESSIBLE ONLY BY E-MAIL!) * ╓╔╥╘╒┴╠ ╨╔┌┌┴! ╧RDER AN ELECTRONIC PIZZA BY E-MAIL. ╙END E-MAIL TO "PIZZA@ECST.CSUCHICO.EDU" WITH A SUBJECT OF "PIZZA HELP" FOR DETAILS. * ╫┼┬╙╘┼╥ ─╔├╘╔╧╬┴╥┘ ╠╧╧╦╒╨ ╘O RETRIEVE THE DEFINITION OF A WORD, SEND THIS LINE TO AN ┴GORA SERVER: SEND HTTP://C.GP.CS.CMU.EDU:5103/PROG/WEBSTER?WHATEVER * ═╧╥┼ ╫╧╥─ ╞╒╬! ╘HE WORDSERVER AT WSMITH@WORDSMITH.ORG WILL SERVE UP ┴.╫ORD.┴.─AY, ─ICTIONARY-BY-MAIL, ╘HESAURUS-BY-MAIL, ┴CRONYM-BY-MAIL, ┴NAGRAM-BY-MAIL, AND ╥HYME-N-╥EASON * ┴╠═┴╬┴├, ╫┼┴╘╚┼╥ & ╘╚┼ ╙╫┼─╔╙╚ ├╚┼╞ ╔NFOMANIA OFFERS A BUNCH OF SERVICES BY E-MAIL! ┴LMANAC (DAILY UPDATES), ╫EATHER, ├─ ═USIC ├ATALOG, ETC. ╙END E-MAIL TO INFOBOT@INFOMANIA.COM WITH SUBJECT ╚┼╠╨ FOR FULL DETAILS. * ╘╚┼ ╒╙┼╬┼╘ ╧╥┴├╠┼ ┴ COOPERATIVE, ANONYMOUS AND HUMOROUS EXCHANGE OF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. ╙END E-MAIL TO ORACLE@CS.INDIANA.EDU FOR MORE INFORMATION. * ╙┼╬─╔╬╟ ┴ ╞┴╪ ┬┘ ┼-═┴╔╠ ╞REE FAXING VIA THE ╔NTERNET? ┘OU BET. ╞OR DETAILS, SEND THE LINE BELOW TO MAIL-SERVER@RTFM.MIT.EDU (IN ┬╧─┘ OF NOTE) SEND USENET/NEWS.ANSWERS/INTERNET-SERVICES/FAX-FAQ * ╘╚┼ ┼╠┼├╘╥╧╬╔├ ╬┼╫╙╙╘┴╬─ ╘HE ┼LECTRONIC ╬EWSSTAND COLLECTS ARTICLES, EDITORIALS, AND TABLES OF CONTENTS FROM OVER 165 MAGAZINES AND PROVIDES THEM TO THE ╔NTERNET. ╘O GET INSTRUCTIONS ON E-MAIL ACCESS, SEND A MESSAGE TO GOPHERMAIL@ENEWS.COM * ╒.╙. ├╧╬╟╥┼╙╙ ┴╬─ ╘╚┼ ╫╚╔╘┼ ╚╧╒╙┼ ╞IND OUT IF YOUR CONGRESSPERSON HAS AN ELECTRONIC ADDRESS! ╩UST SEND MAIL TO THE ADDRESS CONGRESS@HR.HOUSE.GOV AND YOU'LL GET A LISTING OF CONGRESSIONAL E-MAIL ADDRESSES. ┘OU CAN ALSO MAIL TO ╞┴╤@WHITEHOUSE.GOV TO LEARN HOW TO GET PRESS RELEASES, SPEECHES, POLICY DOCUMENTS, ETC. ┘OU CAN ALSO CONTACT THE ╨RESIDENT (PRESIDENT@WHITEHOUSE.GOV) OR ╓ICE ╨RESIDENT (VICE.PRESIDENT@WHITEHOUSE.GOV), BUT DON'T EXPECT A REPLY BY E-MAIL. ═ESSAGES SENT TO THESE ADDRESSES GET PRINTED OUT AND HANDLED JUST LIKE REGULAR PAPER CORRESPONDENCE! * ╧╘╚┼╥ ╙╧╒╥├┼╙ ╧╞ ╒╙ ╟╧╓'╘ ╔╬╞╧: ╙END THE LINES BELOW TO MAIL-SERVER@RTFM.MIT.EDU (IN ┬╧─┘ OF NOTE) SEND USENET/NEWS.ANSWERS/US-GOVT-NET-POINTERS/PART1 SEND USENET/NEWS.ANSWERS/US-GOVT-NET-POINTERS/PART2 * ╔╬╘┼╥╬┼╘ ╨┴╘┼╬╘ ╬┼╫╙ ╙┼╥╓╔├┼ ╙END E-MAIL TO PATENTS@WORLD.STD.COM FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS SERVICE. * ╘╚┼ ╔╬╘┼╥╬┼╘ ═┴╠╠ ╘O GET A COPY OF THIS LONG LIST OF NET-CONNECTED BUSINESSES, SEND E-MAIL TO TAYLOR@NETCOM.COM WITH ╙UBJECT: SEND MALL * ╞╔╬─╔╬╟ ┼-═┴╔╠ ┴──╥┼╙╙┼╙ ╞OR A GUIDE TO FINDING SOMEONE'S E-MAIL ADDRESSES, SEND THE LINE BELOW TO MAIL-SERVER@RTFM.MIT.EDU (IN THE ┬╧─┘ OF THE NOTE) SEND USENET/NEWS.ANSWERS/FINDING-ADDRESSES * ╙┼╬─╔╬╟ ═┴╔╠ ╘╧ ╓┴╥╔╧╒╙ ╬┼╘╫╧╥╦╙ ╞OR A GUIDE TO COMMUNICATING WITH PEOPLE ON THE VARIOUS NETWORKS THAT MAKE UP THE ╔NTERNET, SEND THE LINE BELOW TO MAIL-SERVER@RTFM.MIT.EDU (IN THE ┬╧─┘ OF THE NOTE) SEND USENET/NEWS.ANSWERS/MAIL/INTER-NETWORK-GUIDE * ╙┼╬─╔╬╟ ═┴╔╠ ╘╧ ╞┴═╔╠┘ ═┼═┬┼╥╙ ╞AMILY ╔NTERNET ═AIL├ALL IS A FEE-BASED SERVICE THAT HELPS YOU KEEP IN TOUCH VIA A PRIVATE MAILING LIST. ─ETAILS: FAMILY-INFO@MAILCALL.COM * ═╧╓╔┼ ╔╬╞╧ ╘O LEARN HOW TO GET TONS OF INFO ON MOVIES, ACTORS, & DIRECTORS, SEND MAILTO MOVIE@IBMPCUG.CO.UK WITH ╚┼╠╨ IN THE ╙UBJECT OF NOTE FOR DETAILS. * ╙╘╧├╦ ═┴╥╦┼╘ ╤╒╧╘┼╙ ╔F YOU WANT TO GET A CURRENT QUOTE FOR JUST 1 OR 2 STOCKS, YOU CAN USE THE ╤UOTE├OM SERVICE. ╘HEY OFFER THIS FREE SERVICE ALONG WITH OTHER FEE BASED SERVICES. ╞OR DETAILS, SEND E-MAIL TO "SERVICES@QUOTE.COM" WITH A SUBJECT OF ╚┼╠╨. * ├╒╥╥┼╬├┘ ├╧╬╓┼╥╙╔╧╬ ┘OU CAN GET THE DAILY "╓ALUE OF ╞OREIGN ├URRENCIES" CHART FROM THE ╞EDERAL ╥ESERVE ┬ANK IN ╬EW ┘ORK ├ITY BY SENDING THIS LINE TO AN ┴GORA SERVER: SEND GOPHER://UNA.HH.LIB.UMICH.EDU/00/EBB/MONETARY/NOONFX.FRB * ┴╬╧╬┘═╧╒╙ ┼-═┴╔╠ ╘HE "ANON SERVER" PROVIDES A FRONT FOR SENDING MAIL MESSAGES AND POSTING TO ╒SENET NEWSGROUPS ANONYMOUSLY, SHOULD THE NEED EVER ARISE. ╘O GET COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS, SEND E-MAIL TO HELP@ANON.PENET.FI * ╬┼╘ ╩╧╒╥╬┴╠╙ ╠╔╙╘╔╬╟ ╔ HIGHLY RECOMMEND "╘HE ╔NTERNET ╨RESS - ┴ GUIDE TO ELECTRONIC JOURNALS ABOUT THE ╔NTERNET". ╘O GET IT, SEND E-MAIL WITH ╙UBJECT: SUBSCRIBE TO IPRESS-REQUEST@NORTHCOAST.COM * ═╒╙╔-├┴╠ ╙END E-MAIL TO CONCERTS@CALENDAR.COM TO RETRIEVE A HELP MESSAGE THAT TELLS HOW TO USE THE ═USI-├AL ONLINE CONCERT CALENDAR SERVICE. * ┴╙╦ ─╥. ═┴╘╚ ╚AVE A MATH QUESTION? ╬O PROBLEM'S TOO BIG OR TOO SMALL FOR ╘HE ╙WAT ╘EAM. ╫RITE TO DR.MATH@FORUM.SWARTHMORE.EDU * ╓╔╥╒╙ ╨╥╧╘┼├╘╔╧╬ ╙╧╞╘╫┴╥┼ ╞-╨ROT, ONE OF THE TOP ╨├ VIRUS SCANNERS CAN BE REQUESTED BY E-MAIL. ╘O GET THE CURRENT VERSION (UUENCODED) SEND E-MAIL TO F-PROT-UPDATE@COMPLEX.IS WITH THIS MESSAGE BODY: SEND-AS: UUE * ╙├╧╒╘ ╥┼╨╧╥╘ ...IS A WEEKLY FEATURING ANNOUNCEMENTS OF NEW AND INTERESTING RESOURCES ON THE ╔NTERNET. ╘O SUBSCRIBE, SEND E-MAIL TO ╠╔╙╘╙┼╥╓@LISTS.INTERNIC.NET WITH "╙UBSCRIBE SCOUT-REPORT ┘OUR ╬AME" IN THE BODY. * ╔╙╨S ┬┘ ┴╥┼┴ ├╧─┼ ╞OR A LIST OF ╔NTERNET ╙ERVICE ╨ROVIDERS IN YOUR AREA CODE, SEND THIS LINE TO AN ┴GORA SERVER: SEND HTTP://THELIST.COM/???.HTML (???=YOUR AREA CODE) * ┼-═┴╔╠ ╘╧ ╙╬┴╔╠-═┴╔╠ ╬EED TO GET A MESSAGE TO SOMEONE IN ┬RITAIN WHO DOESN'T HAVE E-MAIL? ╙END IT TO ╨APER═AIL! ╞OR FULL DETAILS ON THIS FEE-BASED SERVICE, SEND E-MAIL TO INFO@PAPERMAIL.WIN-UK.NET * ╔╬╘┼╥╬┼╘ ┬┘ ╨╚╧╬┼ ┴╬─ ╓╧╔├┼ ═┴╔╠! ╔NTERNET FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE A COMPUTER OR MODEM! ╞OR MORE INFORMATION WRITE TO ADAMNEL@SAWDUST.CVFN.ORG ╙╒╟╟┼╙╘┼─ ╥┼┴─╔╬╟ ----------------- ╘HERE ARE LOTS OF GOOD BOOKS AND GUIDES TO HELP YOU GET STARTED ON THE ╔NTERNET, AND HERE ARE SOME THAT ╔ RECOMMEND. ╘HE FIRST ONE IS FREE (╞╘╨MAIL COMMANDS LISTED BELOW), AND THE OTHERS CAN BE FOUND IN MOST BOOKSTORES THAT CARRY COMPUTER-RELATED BOOKS. 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