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Collaboration across the Internet is one of the most exciting topics today. The new Internet Explorer Suite contains several components for communication and collaboration:
· Outlook Express for messaging
· NetMeeting for conferencing and application sharing
· NetShow for broadcasting
· FrontPad for Web authoring
· Personal Web Server and Web Publishing wizard for Web publishing
1/5- Messaging - Outlook Express
Launch Outlook Express by following this way: Start ä Programs ä Microsoft Outlook Express
LDAP Support
Internet Explorer 4.0 has full support for lightweight directory access protocol
(LDAP) directory services, which provide access to virtual Internet white pages. This
makes it easy to find anyone on corporate LDAP servers, or use the built-in support for
Four11, InfoSpace, Bigfoot, or WhoWhere to locate anyone on the Internet. Due to strong
customer requests, Internet Explorer also includes support for vCard, for exchanging
business card information.
IMAP4 Compliant
With support for IMAP4, you can get e-mail from any computer connected to the
network that is running Outlook Express. For example you can access your e-mail from work
and from home.
HTML View and Edit
Outlook Express now supports full HTML, so you can send e-mail messages with the
richness of Web pages.
S/MIME Support
Support for Secure MIME enables users to encrypt their messages, digitally sign
messages, as well as certify senders with digital certificates.
Outlook bar
The Outlook Bar allows you easy access to different folders and modules.
InBox Assistant
You can develop email rules for each ISP account that identifies and files their
mail to help them save time and stay organised. Filters can also be created to forward,
move or copy messages automatically.
Newsgroup Filters
You can create filters on a per newsgroup basis. Filters can be created to ignore
messages based on sender, subject, date posted, or length of message.
Migration tools
Outlook Express automatically detects and offers the opportunity to import
Netscape, Eudora, and Internet Mail and News email and address books on first boot.
Subscription and Channel Delivery
via Mail
Internet Explorer allows you to "subscribe" to web sites in order to be
notified of updated information. You have the option of receiving notification of updated
web site subscriptions via email.
Smart Reply
Outlook Express will automatically reply to messages in the same format in which
they were sent.
Multiple Email and News Server
Accounts
You can access and manage multiple email and news accounts from a single client.
They can also send and receive mail from numerous email accounts.
Integration
Outlook Express is tightly integrated with the rest of the Internet Explorer suite,
making it easy to use together and switch between applications seamlessly.
2/5- Conferencing - Microsoft NetMeeting
Launch NetMeeting by following this way: Start Ø Programs Ø Microsoft NetMeeting
Microsoft NetMeeting conferencing software delivers a complete Internet conferencing solution. Users of NetMeeting can experience the benefits of a real-time, multipoint communication and collaboration client. NetMeeting provides the following powerful conferencing functions in a complete, integrated package for the Internet or corporate Intranet:
Multipoint Data Conferencing
With a comprehensive set of data conferencing tools, NetMeeting lets you
collaborate and share information with two or more conference participants in real-time.
You can share information from one or more applications on your computer, exchange
graphics with the electronic whiteboard, send messages with the text-based chat program,
and send files to other conference participants using the NetMeeting binary file transfer
capability.
Internet Telephony/Audio
Conferencing
NetMeeting lets you talk to friends, family, and business associates over the
Internet in real-time. During a conversation, you can utilise NetMeeting's data or video
conferencing capabilities to enhance your communication.
Video Conferencing
With a video capture card and camera, you can send and receive video images over
the Internet for face-to-face communication during a conference. Recipients can receive
video even without a camera connected to their computer.
The NetShow software will be launched when you look at an application using NetShow through Internet.
NetShow brings the power of broadcasting to the desktop. The Web comes alive with interactive content including audio, illustrated audio and video. NetShow harnesses Internet technologies to transform Web communications into a richer and more effective medium: the network show.
· Client component designed for Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0
· Streamed, synchronised illustrated audio and video
· Live multicast audio and video
· Live multicast files
· Integrated tools
· Standards-based
Inside the Internet Explorer Suite, you find FrontPad, a HTML editor with a graphical user interface.
· Personal Home Page wizard
· Table creation and editing
· Forms
· Page templates and wizards
· Java, JScript, plug-in, and ActiveX support
5/5- Publishing - Personal Web Server
As millions of users flock to the Internet for information and entertainment, many decide that they want to share information with the world also. The Microsoft Personal Web Server offers a way for you to publish Web pages on your own server (if you have one), while the Web Publishing wizard offers the opportunity to publish Web pages on a third-party server.
Key Features of Publishing
As your Web server needs grow, Microsoft offers a full range of
Internet/intranet Web server products that run on Windows NT Workstation as well as the
powerful enterprise-based solution, Windows NT Server.
Personal Web Server
Microsoft Personal Web Server turns any computer running Windows 95 into a
Web server, enabling easy publication of personal Web pages. Easy to administer, Personal
Web Server simplifies sharing information on the Internet. It is designed for small-scale,
peer-to-peer or small Web server usage.
Web Publishing Wizard
Web Publishing wizard makes it easy to post Web pages on the Internet by
automating the process of copying files from your computer to a Web server. The Web
Publishing wizard can automatically post to a variety of Web servers and offers support
for:
· Standard protocols: FTP, UNC, HTTP Post
· Third- party services: AOL, GNN, Sprynet, Primehost
· System-independent protocols: CRS, FrontPage, Extended Web
The Web Publishing wizard also supports these Internet service providers (ISPs):
· CompuServe
· America Online (AOL)
· Sprynet
· Microsoft FrontPage
And it supports these languages: French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, English.
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