Internet Cafe Guide - news dec-97
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One year on the net
After a year on the net (since the first few cafés was listed) we have collected information about more than 1.200 cybercafes. And are close to 100.000 total hits at the site since the humble start.

NEW: Mail service
One of the trickier things to do at cybercafes, and other places where you are a guest-user of a computer, is checking you POP-email account.

There is always different problems in connection with this - some cafés are not very happy to let you tamper with their email clients, some charge extra for setting up a mail-client with your account information.

It's not easy to remember all settings and getting them correct, and you might forget to leave a copy of the messages at you mail server, to download them again when you receive your home or job computer.

And if you forget to delete all information at the computer you use - someone else can read all your mail after you left.

The Solution
In collabration with MailStart we are proud to present web-based mail services beyond the functionality of other web-based mail services like Hotmail and Rocketmail.

The key to this is that you doesn't need to get another email account, you simply check your present email account directly from the web-page. All you need is you account name (accountname@mailserver.com) and your password, and voila, all incoming mail can be read, replied to and printed out.

And your original mail stays at the server, to be downloaded when you returned to your home computer.

The best part of it? - Its FREE - and very easy to use - your mail is only two clicks away. Try it out -and remember to visit http://www.netcafeguide.com, the next time you are a visitor at a computer, either in a cybercafe, at a friend or in an office. Go!

How is it done?
This guide is made in good old fashioned HTML, no CGI-scripts, JAVA or other magic. And it's maintained with the help of tools like HomeSite 3.0 and HotDog 4.0 (for the more advanced stuff).

We daily check out listings of cafés around the world to get clues about new cafés, but most of the cafés listed, are submitted either by users or staff of the cafés.

From time to time the links are checked with the help of the link checker in HomeSite, to ensure cafés that have disappeared can be deleted from the list.

The site has two locations, one in LA, California, USA, and one in Norway, Europe. This is because we want to offer surfers a quick download from everywhere.

Please help us!
Since new cybercafes are established every day, we need the help of the staff of these cafés, and the guests, to keep the list updated. We are very happy that many of you submit cafés, but I know there are more cafés to be listed. If you ever come across an Internet Café that's not listed, please let us know.