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This is the basics which are in 4 parts:
I. GENERAL
II. VISUALLY IMPAIRED USERS
III. PALM TOP USERS (HP95,HP100,HP200, and OG700)
IV. XT/286 Users (And other PDA's)
You should read the first section and any other section which might
pertain to you.
I. GENERAL -
Q: What do I have to do first?
A: Before you run Net-Tamer for the first time you should have signed
up for a PPP account with a local internet provider, or have access to
a PPP/TCP-IP connection on your comm port.
You should get the following information from your internet provider.
Don't worry, if you don't know what all of it means. If the person you
speak to on the telephone doesn't know the information, then ask to speak
to "the techie".
1) The address of the services DNS server and an alternate, if one is
available. This comes in the form of numbers, such as: 206.102.200.1
2) The URL's for POP3, SMTP, and NNTP. Or:
pop3 such as: mail.peganet.com
SMPT, such as: mail.peganet.com
News Server, such as: news.peganet.com
3) Your Email address, such as: sg@peganet.com
4) Your login username, such as: sg (or the first part of your E-Mail
address.
5) Your login password. This is most times case sensative, so be
careful how you copy it down.
6) Your email password, if this is different from the login password.
(They are usually the same.)
7) The telephone number of the service, if you are not on a direct
comm port connection. If you want call waiting to be interrupted while
you're on line put a *70, before the telephone number. You will be
asked for it during setup.
In addition, you also need to know the following:
1) The comm port of the modem. You do not worry about the IRQ, unless
you know that you are not on a "standard port". If you cannot find this
information, then start by choosing COMM 1 and change to COMM 2, if this
does not work. If all else fails, check the settings in some other
terminal program.
2) You need to know the init string for your modem. If you do not know
and have a Hayes compatible, then use AT&F^MAT&C1&D2&S1^M. If you have
a Sporterster or U.S. Robotics, then try ATZ^M.
Q: Okay, I did all of that. What next?
A: You need to decide on a login script. There are four furnished with
the *.ZIP file. You can try them each in turn (SERVICE1.LOG) will
work for most users. If none of them work, then you can use dumb
terminal mode. Hit alt + =, and type atdt plus the phone number. Then
when you have logged in, hit alt + p to start PPP negotiations.
You may also write your own script. See the nettamer.doc file.
There are also scripts in the DOC for some providers, such as
COMPUSERV. Your's may be among those.
Q: How do I setup the program?
A: For the first time only, you MUST run reader.exe. This program
has all the file viewing stuff and does the initial setup. Most often
after that, you will want to start nettamer first. You will want
to start reader, if you only want to read mail, redo your defaults,
or use some of the utility features in that program. Answer all
questions in setup, EVEN if you think they do not apply to you.
Q: If I do login using the alt + = routine, how do I get email,
etc.?
A: You need to real the terminal.key file. This will tell you the
hot keys to start any service online.
I am including them here, but you can read any of them from within
the program, by pressing the F1 key and selecting the file that
you want to read.
Terminal keys:
F1 - HELP
F4 - HANG UP phone/log off
F10 - TERMINATE the program
alt + a - ALTERNATE number to call for long on. This is a temporary
change and is discarded, after connecting and logging off.
alt + c - CLEAR terminal screen
alt + d - DATE and time for your server with the correction for UST (GMT)
alt + e - EDIT a text file.
alt + f - FTP mode
alt + h - HELP
alt + i - FINGER utility
alt + m - MAIL, while on line gets and sends (if any) mail messages
alt + p - PING a url
alt + q - QUIT and log off
alt + r - READ a text/html file, show graphics file, or play sound file
- or shell to and RUN another program.
alt + s - SHELL out to dos.
alt + t - TELNET mode
alt + u - get USENET messages (usenet.get file must be ready)
alt + w - WWW mode
alt + x - eXit the program (same as F10, but does not work in all section
of the program. F10 does. This is included by "custom"<G>.)
alt + y - toggle sound/music on and off (temporary change, 386 only)
alt + = - dumb terminal mode, alt + P to start packet mode after login.
(Alt + P online starts the PING module.)
<Esc> - ESCAPE/Stop File Transfer or Socket Open, or leave site.
alt + esc - EMERGENCY ESCAPE. Shut down all sockets, files, and
return to terminal screen, but remain online.
Cancels Log off and/or autorun. You should log off, if you use
this option!
WWW.KEY:
F1 - help
F10 - quit the program
Cursor and enter on the option you want, or press the letter of
the choice.
alt + s - shell to DOS
ctrl + f- Add To Page To BOOKMARK.FAV (favorite sites)
ctrl + s- SAVE an HTML file you are viewing.
<Esc> - Stop File Transfer or Socket Open, exit www site. If last
Site then exit WWW mode.
Cursor Left to Go Back One Page
Page Up or Page Down to View more
VIEW.KEY
You may also mouse the bottom screen line or a letter key, if listed.
Mousing a space is the same as enter. Mousing a letter is the same as typing
the letter. You may also mouse the up and down arrows.
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A = Add to address list. G = Get older msg. E = Edit/Review address file.
R = Reply/Review Reply current msg. W = Write a new message.
Q = Quit Viewing. V or L = View/list of Msgs. (with extra commands).
K = Kill Reply or Msg.(next pass)
N = Next Subject. F = Search for text. S= Save Msg. to printer or disk.
Y = Yours (messages written to you). U = Unreplied Email. J = Jump to Msg. #
D = Delete this message when you are through viewing.
SPACE or ENTER = Next Message. PgUp - Scroll Up. PgDn Scroll Down.
HOME = First message in the file. END = Last message in the file.
Cursor Up = Scroll Up one line. Cursor Down = Scroll Down one line.
Alt + A = Get File From Work Space
Alt + F = Forward EMAIL or Msg.
Alt + G = Grab or steal a message line from this message, to tag file or
address.lst
Alt + Q = Delete all msgs. with this subject.
Alt + R = Read/Edit NON MESSAGE FILE.
Alt + S = Shell out to DOS. Type exit to return to program.
Alt + U = Run UUDECODE/BASE64 DECODE for all file with the .UUE/.64 extentio
Ctrl + R = Short Cut Reply. Quick direct reply to the currently viewed
message, with no options for change. It also allows you to
write a second reply to the same message. If you hit CTRL + R,
you do not view and existing reply, instead you start a new one.
FTP.KEY:
F1 - help
F10 - quit the program
Cursor to and enter on the option you want. If it is a file, it will
be downloaded, if it is a directory, you will be taken to it.
alt + q - quit FTP mode
alt + s - shell to DOS
<Esc> - Stop File Transfer or Socket Open, exit ftp mode.
TELNET.KEY:
F1 - help
F10 - quit the program
pgdn - start xmodem download. Must be connect to a BBS.
alt + q - quit telnet mode
alt + c - start a capture file
alt + s - shell to DOS
insert - Transmit what you have typed. This is not needed, if
you have hit enter or a control character. It is needed
if you have to type a single "hard character", such as a
space or q to get something done by a server, such as Lynx.
Cursor Keys do not need this.
<Esc> - Stop File Transfer or Socket Open, exit telnet.
II. VISUALLY IMPAIRED USERS.
Q. Most modern screen readers don't need BIOS screen writes,
so why should I take that option?
A. That allows me to control what gets spoken to you. You would not
want to hear