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- W i n N E T (TM) M a i l a n d N e w s
- w i t h T C P / I P
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- Copyright (c) 1992 - 1995 by WinNET Communications, Inc.
- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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- WinNET Communications, Inc.
- Post Office Box 4189
- Louisville, KY 40204
-
- 1-800 Tech Support: (800) WIN-NET-C
- Direct Dial: (502) 589-6800
- Fax: (502) 589-7300
- Internet Mail: winnet@win.net
- CompuServe Mail: 76130,1463
-
- Note: This file assumes that you are planning to use
- WinNET Communications, Inc., as your Internet/Usenet service
- provider. If that is not the case, please read the file
- ALT.TXT instead of this file for introductory
- information.
-
-
- (READ_1ST.TXT)
-
- Please read this file *carefully* before installing or
- attempting to use WinNET Mail. Getting WinNET set up on
- your system is quite straight-forward, but if you don't
- read this file before getting started, you will overlook
- important information necessary for proper operation of
- the software.
-
- C o n t e n t s
-
- What is WinNET?
- What you need to Run WinNET
- Costs of Using WinNET Mail
- Setting up WinNET Mail on Your System
- Upgrading From an Earlier Version of WinNET
- Problems with WinNET Setup
- Distribution of WinNET Mail
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-
- W h a t i s W i n N E T ?
-
- WinNET Mail (TM) is a Windows 3.1/Windows 95 application for sending
- and receiving Electronic Mail and News articles with the
- world-wide Internet and Usenet networks using just your
- Windows system and a modem. The connection with the
- Internet and Usenet is provided through WinNET
- Communications' computer system providing WinNET (SM)
- service.
-
- W h a t i s TCP/IP?
-
- TCP/IP is software that allows you to establish a direct
- connection to the Internet network so that you can use client
- software that requires interactive access to network resources.
- Examples of such client software would include World Wide Web
- (WWW) browsing software such as Mosaic or NETSCAPE, on-line FTP
- programs, Internet Relay Chat, Internet Talk Radio, Gopher,
- Telnet, and so forth. These programs are not included in the
- electronic distribution of WinNET, but public domain versions
- of various Internet applications are available (free of
- charge) through WinNET Communications once you set up an
- account. In fact, you can start downloading these programs
- as soon as you get connected -- we provide installation support
- to make setting up TCP/IP and various applications completely
- automatic.
-
- WinNET's TCP/IP software is a special, high-performance version
- of Core System's highly regarded Internet Connect product. When
- you set up WinNET, the TCP/IP software is transparently installed and
- set up to operate using PPP (Point-to-Point) protocol for serial
- (modem) communications.
-
- W h a t y o u n e e d t o R u n
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- 1. Intel 80386/486/Pentium system
- with a minimum of 2 Mbytes RAM.
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- 2. Microsoft Windows 3.1, Windows 95
- OR Microsoft NT OR OS/2.
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- 3. A Hayes compatible modem.
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- C o s t s o f u s i n g W i n N E T M a i l
-
- The WinNET Mail & News (TM) software, Core TCP/IP
- protocol stack, and WWW browser installation software is
- distributed freely for the purpose of connecting with
- the WinNET service. There is no charge for the software
- as long as it is used for this purpose.
-
- The WinNET service is billed on a monthly flat rate
- basis of
-
- $19.95 per month.
-
- When you use the U.S. 800 access number you get
-
- four (4) connect hours per month.
-
- Usage beyond the first four hours is billed at the rate
- of
-
- $5.40 per hour.
-
- When you use the direct dial number (502)589-4131 you get
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- twenty (20) connect hours per month.
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- Usage beyond the first twenty hours is billed at the rate
- of $1.00 per hour.
-
- Canadian toll free 800 number service access is also
- available. The WinNET Service charge of $19.95 gives
- 1.5(one and one half) hours of access and a charge of
- $15.40 per hour thereafter.
- .
- See TERMS.TXT for full details.
-
- S e t t i n g u p W i n N E T o n y o u r S y s t e m
-
-
- From the Windows program manager File menu, or
- directly from the Window's File Manage program, Run the
- SETUP.EXE program supplied with the WinNET distribution.
- Use the More Information button to get more information on
- each screen. This program will also set up an Internet
- Account for you with WinNET Communications Inc.'s Internet
- Service.
-
- This will ask you for billing and credit card information.
- The program will call the WinNET Communications WinNET server
- and submit your account request. After a one minute
- pause, the program will call back to verify that the
- account was accepted.
-
- All account requests will be accepted unless the System
- Name that you choose under SETUP is already taken by
- another WinNET customer. If the account request is not
- successful, you will need to re-run SETUP, select a different
- System Name, and re-run the account program.
-
-
-
- U p g r a d i n g f r o m a n
-
- e a r l i e r v e r s i o n o f W i n N E T
-
- The instructions for upgrading a previous version of
- WinNET are basically the same as outlined in the above
- steps describing a new installation. When you are asked to
- specify the directory where WinNET should be installed, specify
- the same directory where your old copy of WinNET was
- installed. This will cause the setup program to overwrite
- the old WinNET files with the files from the new version.
- Your old setup parameters will be detected and appear as
- the defaults in the setup process.
-
- NOTE: Do not update WinNET with a earlier version of WinNET.
- Always use the same version as installed or a later version.
-
- SPECIAL EXCEPTION: Versions 2.50 and later of the sharware WinNET
- will recognize WinNET Plus 3.0 (and later versions) and will not
- overwrite the executables and will just install the online software
- and related files.
-
- P r o b l e m s w i t h W i n N E T S e t u p
-
- The most likely source of problems that you may have with
- WinNET Mail is the SETUP Communications Parameters:
-
- 1. Make sure that the COM port is set to the port that
- your modem uses.
-
- 2. Make sure that the interface speed it not set faster
- than your modem can handle. Note:(V.FC-28.8K modem owners.
- In most cases if you are calling our US or Canada Toll Free
- number you will not be able to run your modem at speeds over
- 19200. Please see node.txt).
-
- 3. Verify that the telephone number being dialed will
- work correctly from your facility and area.
-
- The telephone number of the WinNET server is:
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- (800) 800-1482
-
- or our local number:
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- (502) 589-4131
-
- Which is located in Louisville Kentucky,
- U.S.A. If you are local to Louisville, use
- simply 589-4131. You may also need to add digits
- to obtain an outside line or for credit card
- dialing.
-
- You can verify that these settings work for your system by
- using the Windows Terminal program. You can also check that
- the modem strings supplied on the Communications Parameters
- screen work with you modem as well.
-
- Please see TROUBLE.TXT for more possibilities.
-
- WinNET Communications, Inc. offers the following Internet related services:
-
- * Every account has a free WWW home page.
-
- * Every account has a free anonymous FTP site.
-
- * WinNET - Windows software for Mail, News, with full On-Line Winsock
- (TCP/IP). Free or low cost retail version.
-
- * All regular Usenet News groups.
-
- * All Alt groups.
-
- * Special International and Local Usenet groups. e.g. FIDO, Germany,
- Houston, and more.
-
- * Large selection of Clarinet groups at no additional charge.
-
- * 9 cents/minute (total - NO surcharges) 800 number access from
- everywhere in the U.S. - all cities, all towns, everywhere.
-
- * 28.8 KBS V34 access
-
- * ISDN access.
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- * Best tech support in the business, available toll free 12 hours a
- day.
-
- * Listservers - We do setup and you do the administration.
-
- * Custom Domain name registration.
-
- * Virtual WWW Domain names: WWW.yourname.COM
-
-
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- WinNET Direct Access: $19.95/month/ 20 hours free $1.00/hr thereafter
- (Using local number)
-
- WinNET US 800 Access: $19.95/month/ 4 hours free $5.40/hr
- thereafter
-
- WinNET Canada 800 Access: $19.95/month/ 1.5 hours free $15.40/hr
- thereafter
-
- All prices above include:
- ISDN Access
- UUCP account
- SLIP/PPP account
- Personal WEB PAGE
- Annoymous FTP site
-
-
- Additional Charges May Apply
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- Web pages: Free up to 50MB of transfers/month
- (No charge for setup or storage) 10 cents/MB after above
-
- Free up to 1000MB (1GIG) of tranfers/month if
- main page includes a jump to WinNETÆs home page
- 10 cents/MB after above
-
- FTP site (anonymous): Free up to 10MB average storage/month
- (No charge for setup or transfers) 10 cents/MB after above
-
- LISTSERV's (Mailing List): $25/month
-
- Request Robots (daemons): $25/month
-
- Domain Registration: Free if previously registered elsewhere
- (no charge to maintain or move to WinNET) $35 one time charge for new registration.
-
- Web Site address:
-
- Normal WinNET Web Site: Free
- (www.win.net/~system)
-
- WinNET Web Site with Domain name: Free after domain registration
- (www.mydomain.com/~system)
-
- Virtual Web site address & domain: $25/month
- (www.mydomain.com)
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