1. WHAT CAN I DO ?

If you have an E-Mail only account or do not want to spend your time online, then Bob Rankin's Guide to the Internet by E-Mail might be your choice. It shows how various services can be used via e-mail. However, this guide requires that you are familiar with how to use e-mail. If you aren't so far, then please have a look at how to use e-mail.

NOTE: This guide is written and copyright by Bob Rankin, we are only providing a mirror as a service to our visitors. Please direct all questions regarding this guide to Bob Rankin, whose e-mail address can be found within the document.

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If you are from U.S, Canada or south America, then please send mail to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu and use send usenet/news.answers/internet-services/access-via-email as the only text in the body of your mail.

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