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BackWeb README
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Let Information Find You For a Change
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Install BackWeb today and you'll be on your way to getting personalized
information, entertainment, and software from the Internet delivered
automatically to your desktop. BackWeb makes this possible by sending
data to you in the background, taking advantage of your Internet
connection's idle time while you're connected to the net.
This means you no longer have to wait for long downloads or go out and
search for information. You subscribe to the Channels you're interested
in once and from then on information is automatically delivered to you.
The labor intensive Web surfing of the past is being replaced by the
information intensive approach of BackWeb. Let your computer and the
Internet do the work for you for a change.
An important feature offered by a beta version of our client software
(included in this CD under \CLIENT\CORP) is the ability to have your BackWeb
software communicate over the Internet using the HTTP communication protocol.
This is most important to users connected to the Internet over a corporate
network (LAN) or through some online networks. It does not affect most users
of BackWeb over dialup connections with Internet Service Providers (ISPs).
For more detail, see below. If you have any questions, contact us via email
at user_support@backweb.com
Thanks and enjoy.
This README file includes the following topics:
A. Technical Requirements and Installation Instruction
B. Subscribing to BackWeb Channels
C. Important note for users connected to corporate Local Area Networks (LAN)
D. Technical Support
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A. Technical Requirements and Installation Instruction
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BackWeb can be installed under the following operating systems: Windows 95,
Windows NT 4.0, and Windows 3.11 (a Mac version is coming soon).
For system requirements and installation requirements goto the appropriate
sub-directory and see the product / version specific README.TXT file.
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B. Subscribing to BackWeb Channels
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Go to the BackWeb Web site http://www.backweb.com/ to subscribe to channels
or sources of information that interest you.
This subscription process is done through the Web, but after that you will
receive the information from these channels through BackWeb.
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C. Important note for users connected to corporate Local Area Networks (LAN)
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We have released a beta version of our client software that works around the
problem described below. This beta client currently supports Windows 95 and
Windows NT 4.0, and can be installed from the \CLIENT\CORP\SETUP directory.
Using the release version of the client (version 1.1), you might have
difficulty receiving BackWeb information. Please read this section to
understand why and how you can work around the issue.
If you are a corporate user with a direct connection to the Internet within
a firewall-protected location, you may have difficulties using BackWeb.
If you download BackWeb and do not receive any InfoFlashes from us, or get
the message "server not responding", you are probably experiencing a problem
related to your firewall. Many firewalls are configured not to let through
any UDP packets, thus blocking BackWeb communications when using this
protocol .
By default, BackWeb requires that your corporate firewall allows
UDP packets with destination port 370 to go out from your network to
the Internet, and UDP packets with destination port 371 to come in
from the Internet to your network.
You can select the UDP port through which BackWeb will connect to the
Internet from the Advanced Settings dialog in the Connection tab
of the Setup dialog.
As said at the beginning, the new beta client works around this issue by
being able to communicate with the BackWeb channels using the standard HTTP
protocol. This will allow anyone with an Internet connection to use BackWeb,
regardless of firewalls or online services.
Please contact our tech support department for further information.
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D. Technical Support
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Tech support email: user_support@backweb.com