There are 13 messages totalling 753 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. ADMIN: Monthly Reminder 2. Don't know where to get help (2) 3. ICQ Off topic? (2) 4. Search For Amplifier Plan But ... 5. FTPMail, Agora, etc. statistics 6. The new WWW4 options.... 7. Gopher (2) 8. How to open downloaded pdf & eps files 9. handshake (handclasp, to seal an agreement) 10. How to read email --- The code is utf-8 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ACCMAIL Info (automatically generated) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To UNSUBscribe: Send UNSUBSCRIBE ACCMAIL to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To get the ACCMAIL FAQ: Send e-mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" and enter only this line in the BODY of the note: send usenet/news.answers/internet-services/access-via-email ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 10:45:01 -0800 From: "Gerald E. Boyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: ADMIN: Monthly Reminder ===================== ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ======================= Last Updated: 02Nov98 This message is intended to inform you what to do before posting to [EMAIL PROTECTED], the mailing list discussing "Accessing the Internet via E-mail". ============= P U R P O S E ============= This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and questions about the FAQ with the same name, written by "Doctor Bob" Rankin. This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions, etc. Note: ACCMAIL is a MODERATED list, which means that all postings will be sent to a human for review before being posted to the list. Read the FAQs that are available. ============================ D R. B O B ' S G U I D E ============================ "Accessing the internet via email" from Bob Rankin. To get the latest edition, send e-mail to one of the addresses below. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (for US, Canada & South America) Enter only this line in the BODY of the note: send usenet/news.answers/internet-services/access-via-email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (for Europe, Asia, etc.) Enter only this line in the BODY of the note: send lis-iis e-access-inet.txt By autoresponder - Enter only this line in the TO field. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can also get the file by anonymous FTP at one of these sites: Site: rtfm.mit.edu get pub/usenet/news.answers/internet-services/access-via-email Site: ftp.mailbase.ac.uk get pub/lists/lis-iis/files/e-access-inet.txt This document is the standard document about accessing the internet via email. You shouldn't ask questions already covered in this document. ================= 4 U S E R I E S ================= "The 4u-series" from Bob Appleton These files show in specific detail how to use email to retrieve files, programs and documents from FTP and WWW sites, etc. In other words, how to get just about anything by email. The files are FREE and everything mentioned in them is also FREE. You can now get these files individually or together in zipped format as well as in text format. Substitute the file that you want in place of the XXX in the URL below and add a line for each additional file requested. Files available are: email4u.txt getit4u.txt fun4u.txt pix4u.txt email4u.zip getit4u.zip fun4u.zip pix4u.zip 4useries.zip Send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and in the body of the message: send ftp://ftp.crl.com/users/iv/iverham/XXX Only the .txt files are available here: send http://members.aol.com/bombagirl/freeware/XXX They are also available via an autoresponder. Send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This will tell you how to get each of the documents. They are the full text, not zipped, so Juno users won't be able to get the email4u file. =========== U S E N E T =========== To learn about Usenet, Usenet access and newsgroups, Uzi Paz provides a file that is invaluable. If you are unfamiliar with these topics, get this file before sending for other files mentioned in Bob Appleton's document. Send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and in the body of the message use ONE of the following: send ftp://ftp.crl.com/users/iv/iverham/ua.txt send ftp://ftp.crl.com/users/iv/iverham/ua.zip send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.txt send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.zip send http://members.aol.com/bombagirl/freeware/ua.txt =================================== W W W S E A R C H E N G I N E S =================================== If your question has something to do with www-search engines like Altavista, Hotbot, etc, or in general fill-out-forms on WWW sites, be sure to read "Accessing the Internet via email - User guide to WWW search engines" by Gerald E. Boyd. This faq covers the access to all major search-engines, there is a document with all available help-files (wshelp.faq) and also a document that how to "crack" such a form yourself (wscrack.faq). Send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and in the body of the message use the following: send ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/gb/gboyd/wsintro.faq send ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/gb/gboyd/wshelp.faq send ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/gb/gboyd/wscrack.faq ======================= J U N O A C C M A I L ======================= If you are a Juno mail user, then subscribe to the Juno_accmail mailing lists: For the digest version: TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED] BODY: subscribe juno_accmail-digest <your [EMAIL PROTECTED]> For the individual postings version: TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED] BODY: subscribe juno_accmail <your [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Replace <your [EMAIL PROTECTED]> with your real name and e-mail address There is also an autoresponder. Send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This will provide you with a list of documents that are available. ======================================== M O N T H L Y P O S T I N G S E T C. ======================================== Gary Wines has made available THE "EM_AI MANUAL" which is a FREEWARE collection of manuals for accessing the internet by email, presented in an executable file with search, print, save, edit to file features. Included in this DOS program are: Perry Rovers Anonymous FTP (FAQ) Gerald E. Boyd Guide to Search Engines Doctor Bob's Guide to Offline Internet Access Mailing List Etiquette by Brian Edmonds Pix4u, Email4u, Getit4u, Fun4U by Bob Appleton Also included are all kinds of other useful files... Current MS-DOS version ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/mailnews/em_ai40.zip Current Windows 3.x version ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/win3/info/emaiw18.zip ========================= S U B J E C T L I N E S ========================= Mail should have a meaningful subject heading which reflects the content of the message -- it helps others to find messages of interest (and is necessary if you receive a lot of messages per day), and it helps to follow a thread on a particular topic. Non-meaningful subjects are: 1. empty or blank subjects 2. Subject: I need help 3. Subject: A question 4. Subject: Re: ACCMAIL Digest .... ================= O F F - T O P I C ================= Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing list doesn't deal with topics like: - Do you want to make $$$. - I want to chat with someone. - Hi, I'm new to the list and I want to make friends. - General use of your computer -- instead ask a specific question like is there a FAQ available on modems? - Where do I get this or that software -- instead ask how to retrieve it via email. - Where do I find information on ??? -- instead ask how do I find information concerning ??? via email. - Windows 95 problems -- instead ask where do I find information regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web page. etc.) =================== N E T I Q U E T T E =================== DON'T include the entire contents of a previous posting in your reply. DO cut mercilessly. Leave just enough to indicate what you're responding to. NEVER include mail headers except maybe the "From:" line. If you can't figure out how to delete lines in your mailer software, paraphrase or type the quoted material in. DON'T SEND A MESSAGE IN ALL CAPS. CAPITALIZED MESSAGES ARE HARDER TO READ THAN LOWER CASE OR MIXED CASE. DO use normal capitalization. Separate your paragraphs with blank lines. Make your message inviting to your potential readers. DON'T send messages with HTML coding or MIME extensions. DO learn how to change your E-mail program so that it sends only plain text ASCII to the list. Make things easy for the recipient. Many mailers strip header information which includes your return address. In order to ensure that people know who you are, be sure to include a line or two at the end of your message with contact information. You can create this file ahead of time and add it to the end of your messages. (Some mailers do this automatically.) In Internet parlance, this is known as a ".sig" or "signature" file. Your .sig file takes the place of your business card. (And you can have more than one to apply in different circumstances.) If you include a signature keep it short. Rule of thumb is no longer than 4 lines. Remember that many people pay for connectivity by the minute, and the longer your message is, the more they pay. Remember that people with whom you communicate are located across the globe. If you send a message to which you want an immediate response, the person receiving it might be at home asleep when it arrives. Give them a chance to wake up, come to work, and login before assuming the mail didn't arrive or that they don't care. In general, most people who use the Internet don't have time to answer general questions about the Internet and its workings. Don't send unsoli cited mail asking for information to people whose names you might have seen on mailing lists (especially *MINE*) =================================================== D I G E S T A N D S I N G L E P O S T I N G S =================================================== If you wish to recieve the digest version of ACCMAIL (that is, all postings combined together and sent out at the end of each day): To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [leave blank] body of the message SET ACCMAIL DIGEST If you wish to recieve the individual postings to ACCMAIL (that is, each posting as it is approved in a separate message): To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [leave blank] body of the message SET ACCMAIL NODIGESTS or SET ACCMAIL MAIL ========= O T H E R ========= If you have had good luck with a piece of email software or email software that works well, please inform the list. Likewise, for support and help lines. ACCMAIL uses LISTSERV "topics", which allows people to subscribe to a subset of postings. If you have any postings that are important announcements about new servers, new tecniques, etc. please prefix the subject line with NEWS: If you considered all these files and my comments, your post will likely be very welcome on ACCMAIL and everybody will try to help you with your problems. If not, you're likely to get a short answer referencing one of the files mentioned here, or sometimes no answer at all! For discussion of this file, I can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED] ============================= END ==================================== ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 02:13:38 -0300 From: Jose Albores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Don't know where to get help Thomas Luschmann wrote: > HI Accmailer's > we want to setup a fax server with linux, samba, sendfax and 1 faxmodem in a > Win NT 4.0 Network. > [...] > ... does > anybody know where we can get help on the net. german language prefered. > Bye > Thomas Luschmann > city of hann. muenden/germany Dear Thomas: I suppose that you must know this, being a Linux user. But, if you don't, there are several linux-specific mailing lists. You may try sending e-mail to: TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBJECT: BODY: lists Perhaps "linux-net" may be your list, but there are lots. -- \\\o/// \\ - - // ( @ @ ) -------oOOo-(_)-oOOo---------- José Albores Buenos Aires. Argentina. ----------------Oooo---------- oooO ( ) ( ) ) / \ ( (_/ \_) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 13:51:51 +0530 From: Ashok Bhiman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: ICQ Off topic? HI, What is ICQ? Someone sent me a message saying that the ICQ number is such and such and the nick for ICQ is so and so. TIA for help, Ashok Bhiman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 18:52:16 EDT From: Ali Jahangiri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Search For Amplifier Plan But ... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Dear friends Hapy New Year :) I hope have a good year in 1999 year . Dear friends i search for a plan of Amplifier Upper 2 Gzh, I want this plan is enabel for work and have a good output. Best Wishs A.Jahanagiri 18:38pm 01-01-1998 E- Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 05:01:58 GMT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FTPMail, Agora, etc. statistics FTPMail, Agora, etc. statistics for Thu 31 Dec 1998, posted Fri 1 Jan, 05:00 GMT/BST Less than 1 hour [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1-4 hours None 4-10 hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] More than 10 hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] Response within 4 hours in at least 5 out of 7 recent tests [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] This data is generated automatically around 0600 GMT/BST most days. The performance reported is dependant on many factors and your experience may vary. You can also access this list: On the Web at http://www.netservs.com/mrcool/stats.htm By FTP at ftp://ftp.cix.co.uk/pub/net-services/stats.txt Mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and say "get file stats.txt" (no quotes) Want this list every day? Send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and in the body of your message put "join statistics" (no quotes) No liability is accepted for inaccuracies. Mirroring, links to and copying of this entire file (not extracts) is permitted until further notice. Slow downloads? Try Mr. Cool! See http://www.netservs.com/mrcool/ Copyright Net Services 1998. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 21:47:29 +0800 From: Raymond Tau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Don't know where to get help At 08:29 1998/12/30 -0000, you wrote: >And we need something like the knowledge base from microsoft to get help >with linux, samba and so on. but we didn't find anything on the web. does >anybody know where we can get help on the net. german language prefered. If you need the knowledge base from MS, you may try to send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the article you want to retrive in the Subject. Also, you may send a mail to there with Subject index to get the index. Multiple articles can be separated by comma . Hope this can help you. --- File Supporter of Personal Feeling.... Net (Virtual ISP) URL : http://www.personet.net Dial Up Lines : 26433437/26440540 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 14:58:00 +0000 From: Steve Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: The new WWW4 options.... > >It's been 2 days and I'm still waiting for a reply to my request. Is > >there something wrong with the [EMAIL PROTECTED] ? I'm seeing warnings that the mail has not been delivered. So it's still in the queue somewhere. Do *not* submit your request again until/unless you get a final bounce Steve Harris - Net Services Fast modem but slow downloads? Try Mr. Cool! http://www.netservs.com/mrcool/ or mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and say: get file mrcooli.exe ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 12:32:42 +0200 From: Nabil Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Gopher Hello guys, Happy hew year to all of you This is the first time I use gopher I used [EMAIL PROTECTED] using this form Split=500K # Name=iSpeed1 Type=9 Port=80 Path=get /apps/ispeed.exe Host=http://www.hms.com/ the next day I got a response with a file of only 246 bytes named iSpeed.exe, so please tell me where did I go wrong with my form and please tell me the right way to do it Thank you ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ * Nabil Francis * ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#6621144 ~ * We're all sunk in windows ;-) * ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 18:29:36 +0100 From: Ilir DEMA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: How to open downloaded pdf & eps files Dear listies, I am kindly asking if someone can explain me how I can download and open correctly pdf and eps files ? I downloaded some files (pfd & eps) through [EMAIL PROTECTED] and I merged the parts using DOS copy command. Currently I am using Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.01 and GSview 5.5 for Windows95. With this two programs I got no results - only "not correct PDF or EPS file structure". Remind here that I cutted the header of mail message and left only pdf contents of the files. Thanks in advance for any help. Happy New Year, Ilir DEMA ----------------------------- Ilir DEMA [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 11:16:07 -0800 From: "Gerald E. Boyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: handshake (handclasp, to seal an agreement) At 09:34 AM 1/1/99 +0100, Gad Alexander you wrote the following: Cross-posted to HELP-NET and ACCMAIL. >Where can I read in internet about the term >handshake (handclasp, to seal an agreement) >and its meanings in the history? Search on the term "handshaking" FOLDOC (Free On-Line Dictionary Of Computing - US) http://nightflight.com/foldoc/ TechWeb Technology Encyclopedia http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.cgi NetLingo Vocabulary the Internet and WWW http://www.netlingo.com/ >From Merriam-Webster dictionary: Main Entry: handˇshake Pronunciation: -"shAk Function: noun Date: 1873 : a clasping usually of right hands by two people (as in greeting or farewell) Handshaking from Harry Newton's Telecomm Dictionary: The initial exchange between two data communications systems prior to and during data transmission to ensure proper data transmission. A handshake method is part of the complete transmission protocol. A serial (asynchronous) transmission protocol might include the handshake method (XON/XOFF), baud rate, parity setting, number of data bits and number of stop bits. Just as people shake hands, and go through a perfunctory "Hi, how are ya?", computers must go through a procedure of greeting the opposite party, verifying the identity of the other party, and other functions that can be described by this "humanizing term." As with human contacts, once the Handshaking is complete, the business of communications begins. -- Gerry Boyd -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 12:58:20 -0800 From: "Gerald E. Boyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: ICQ Off topic? At 01:51 PM 1/1/99 +0530, Ashok Bhiman wrote the following: >What is ICQ? Someone sent me a message saying that the ICQ number is such >and such and the nick for ICQ is so and so. ICQ is messaging and chat service. Mirabilis (http://www.mirabilis.com/), the makers of ICQ, have this to say: What is ICQ and why is everyone talking about it? ICQ ("I Seek You") is a program that lets you find your friends and associates online in real time. You can create a Contact List containing only people you want to have there, you can send them messages, chat with them, send files, configure ICQ to work with external applications and more. The download page is at: http://www.icq.com/download/ ICQ for Windows 95/NT4 v98a Beta (DLL 1.30) ICQ for Windows CE v0.97 Preview ICQ for Windows 3.1x v1.111 Beta ICQ for PowerMac v1.5.5 Beta Preview ICQ for 68K Mac v1.5.5 Beta Preview ICQ for JAVA v0.981a Preview ICQ for Windows NT 3.5x v1.113 Beta ICQ Customized Versions ICQ for Bigfoot and ICQ for Netmeeting The ICQ PalmPilot Beta Version 0.98 Beta version -- Gerry Boyd -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 13:07:32 -0800 From: "Gerald E. Boyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Gopher At 12:32 PM 1/1/99 +0200, Nabil Francis wrote the following: >This is the first time I use gopher I used [EMAIL PROTECTED] using this form >Split=500K ># >Name=iSpeed1 >Type=9 >Port=80 >Path=get /apps/ispeed.exe >Host=http://www.hms.com/ > >the next day I got a response with a file of only 246 bytes named iSpeed.exe, so please tell me where did I go wrong >with my form and please tell me the right way to do it If you had read (http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1236/howto1.html) you would see that the format for the body of the message is as follows: # [use as separator if you want more that one file retrieval] Split=0 [use 0 if you want to receive one large file - default is 27Kb] Name= [Subject title that you want returned in your E-mail message] Type=9 [9 for binary, 0 for text file] Port=80 [default port for WWW pages] Path=GET [path and name of binary or large text file] Host= [www site name without the http://] So your request should look like: # Split=500K Name=iSpeed Type=9 Port=80 Path=GET /apps/ispeed.exe Host=www.hms.com -- Gerry Boyd -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 22:21:02 +0100 From: "Johannes M. Posel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: How to read email --- The code is utf-8 Dear Gerald, Dear List, On Thu, 31 Dec 1998 11:29:13 -0800, Gerald E. Boyd wrote: >Netscape Communication v 4.x+ and MS IE v4.0+ both support Unicode. Yes, but only those... No other mail client can do something with this encoding, and that's why, IMHO, people should rely on the "normal" way for encoding... Kind regards and best whishes for '99! Johannes -- With kind regards from Munich, Germany; Johannes M. Posel ([EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Homepage: http://home.munich.netsurf.de/Peter.Posel/ PGP available > mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] / subject "SEND PGP-INFO" ------------------------------ End of ACCMAIL Digest - 31 Dec 1998 to 1 Jan 1999 (#1999-2) ***********************************************************
