Final endgame

2011-11-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
Greetings again ACCMAILers ...

It looks like we got one more day, so perhaps we should
take this opportunity to thank AOL for hosting our
mailing list, for free, since 1994.


ABOUT THE NEW WWW2EMAIL LIST

DESCRIPTION
"Here you can ask questions and/or find answers about
surfing the internet (WWW) by email"

WEB ADDRESS
http://groups.google.com/group/www2email/

HOW TO JOIN
Send an email to www2email+subscribe`AT`googlegroups.com


ACCMAIL archives will remain at
http://news.gmane.org/gmane.mail.emailonly
and
http://www.mail-archive.com/accmail%40listserv.aol.com/

Goodbye again ACCMAILers :-)

::: SZS :::

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NEWS: Monthly Reminder (November 2011)

2011-11-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 Nov 2011
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 8. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
 9. ACCMAIL topics
10. ACCMAIL archives and search

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

==
2. CONVENTIONS

In this file, we have replaced the normal email @ character with the
string `AT`. To use any email address, simply replace `AT` with @ to
form a proper email address.

==
3. THE ACCMAIL FAQ: A GUIDE TO OFFLINE INTERNET ACCESS

In August 2003, after many years dedicated service to the ACCMAIL
community, Mr Gerald Boyd retired as maintainer of the ACCMAIL FAQ,
and unfortunately died in May the following year.

The most recent version (10.2) of the FAQ was published in April 2002,
and is now *very* out of date.

==
4. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: LANGUAGE

The language of the list is international English. Don't worry if
you think your English is not very good -- and don't apologise --
MOST subscribers use English as a foreign or second language.

==
5. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: SUBJECT LINES

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.

==
6. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: OFF-TOPIC

Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing
list does NOT deal with topics like:
 - General use of your computer.
 - 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 problems -- instead ask where do I find information
   regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web page, etc.)

==
7. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* 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 text.

* 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 email program so that it sends only
  plain text to the list.

* Remember that people with whom you communicate are located across
  the world. 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 unsolicited mail asking for information to people whose
  names you might have seen on mailing lists.

* ACCMail messages may be archived on websites that are vulnerable
  to spambots and other email harvesters. The AOL listserv archive
  is protected, but we do not know where else the messages might
  appear. When posting or replying to the list, we strongly advise
  you to munge all email addresses you mention in the text of your
  message, especially if they are not yours. For example, instead of
  typing an email address as 'u...@domain.com', type it like one of
  the following:
user#domain.com
user()domain.com
user AT domain DOT com
  Spambots will not see an email address, but human readers will
  know what you mean. Don't munge email addresses 

endgame

2011-10-31 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
Greetings ACCMAILers ...

This is surely the last ever ACCMAIL message. After 17
years, the list will close in a few hours from now,
possibly before you have read this.

So far we have had news of just one replacement list -
but one is all we need, so I encourage you all to join
the new www2email list
( http://groups.google.com/group/www2email/ )

DESCRIPTION OF THE WWW2EMAIL LIST:
"Here you can ask questions and/or find answers about
surfing the internet (WWW) by email."

HOW TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE WWW2EMAIL LIST:
Send an email to www2email+subscribe`AT`googlegroups.com

I'm looking forward to being an ordinary, anonymous
member of this new group.

ACCMAIL archives will remain at
http://news.gmane.org/gmane.mail.emailonly
and
http://www.mail-archive.com/accmail%40listserv.aol.com/

Goodbye ACCMAILers :-)

::: SZS :::

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Reminder - this list is closing

2011-10-27 Thread sun zoom spark
Hello accmailers ...

Here is a reminder of what is happening.

ACCMAIL CLOSING


AOL will close this list at midnight on Monday 31
October 2011.


ACCMAIL ARCHIVES
-

The ACCMAIL archives since January 2002 are in two
locations

1) http://news.gmane.org/gmane.mail.emailonly
2) http://www.mail-archive.com/accmail%40listserv.aol.com/

There are no archives for the period 1994 to 2001.


REPLACEMENT LIST
-

I am the moderator and 'owner' of this ACCMAIL list, but
I shall retire when the list closes. If anyone has plans
for a replacement, I suggest they inform this list
before it closes.


CONTACT FROM 1 NOVEMBER UNTIL 31 JANUARY
-

I have created an email address for contact after
ACCMAIL closes: accmail-legacy`AT`szs.net

Send an email to that address if you would like to be
contacted about similar lists that might be created
after this list closes.

Send an email to that address if you start a new list.

I will keep your contact details for three months, until
the end of January 2012. After that, I will delete your
contact details and the legacy address itself.

:-)

::: SZS :::

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ACCMAIL archives

2011-10-21 Thread sun zoom spark
Hello accmailers ...

Here's a reminder of the location of the ACCMAIL
archives ...

1) http://news.gmane.org/gmane.mail.emailonly
2) http://www.mail-archive.com/accmail%40listserv.aol.com/

I think those two are safe.

AOL's own Listserv archive 
  http://listserv.aol.com/archives/accmail.html
will almost certainly disappear (it's part of
Listserv installation).

I will also update and maintain the information
page at http://emailonly.szs.net/

::: SZS :::

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A legacy contact address for a replacement ACCMAIL list

2011-10-21 Thread sun zoom spark
Hello accmailers ...

This ACCMAIL list will close in a few days - before
many of our members have an opportunity to read the
bad news.

So I have created an email address for maintaining
contact: accmail-leg...@szs.net

If you wish to subscribe to a future list, or create
a replacement list, or just wish to be kept informed
- please send a message to accmail-leg...@szs.net

Although I do not want to be the owner or moderator
of a replacement list, I would like to ensure that
such a list is possible. I think that will be my
final duty.

::: SZS :::

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AOL Listserv to be Discontinued

2011-10-20 Thread sun zoom spark
Hello accmailers ...

I have just received the following message from the AOL
Listserv Service ...



Dear AOL Listserv Administrator,

You are receiving this email because you have been
listed as the administration for one or more lists
hosted by AOL's listserv service. We would like to
inform you that AOL will be discontinuing the listserv
service on November 1st, 2011. If your list is still
actively used, please make arrangements to find another
service prior to the shutdown date and notify your list
members of the transition details. If you are no longer
actively using this service then no other action is
required.



So this mailing list will finally close five days from
now. I don't think we should complain. AOL have provided
this list since 1994, and have never been paid a penny
for it. Even so, they are not ending the list because it
is free - but because they ending the entire service.

As everyone is aware, the list has been very quiet
recently. I think there have been only 20 posts this
year. It is obvious that there is now very little demand
for ACCMAIL services.

What should happen next? Should ACCMAIL just stop? Would
somebody start a new list to replace it?

Please give us your opinions and suggestions.

On 1 November I intend to retire as current ACCMAIL
'owner' and moderator. My involvement will terminate
with the list itself. I have been doing it for more than
9 years, which is probably too long anyway.

Now it's your turn!
Cheers :-)

::: SZS :::

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NEWS: Monthly Reminder (October 2011)

2011-10-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 Oct 2011
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 8. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
 9. ACCMAIL topics
10. ACCMAIL archives and search

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

==
2. CONVENTIONS

In this file, we have replaced the normal email @ character with the
string `AT`. To use any email address, simply replace `AT` with @ to
form a proper email address.

==
3. THE ACCMAIL FAQ: A GUIDE TO OFFLINE INTERNET ACCESS

In August 2003, after many years dedicated service to the ACCMAIL
community, Mr Gerald Boyd retired as maintainer of the ACCMAIL FAQ,
and unfortunately died in May the following year.

The most recent version (10.2) of the FAQ was published in April 2002,
and is now *very* out of date.

==
4. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: LANGUAGE

The language of the list is international English. Don't worry if
you think your English is not very good -- and don't apologise --
MOST subscribers use English as a foreign or second language.

==
5. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: SUBJECT LINES

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.

==
6. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: OFF-TOPIC

Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing
list does NOT deal with topics like:
 - General use of your computer.
 - 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 problems -- instead ask where do I find information
   regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web page, etc.)

==
7. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* 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 text.

* 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 email program so that it sends only
  plain text to the list.

* Remember that people with whom you communicate are located across
  the world. 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 unsolicited mail asking for information to people whose
  names you might have seen on mailing lists.

* ACCMail messages may be archived on websites that are vulnerable
  to spambots and other email harvesters. The AOL listserv archive
  is protected, but we do not know where else the messages might
  appear. When posting or replying to the list, we strongly advise
  you to munge all email addresses you mention in the text of your
  message, especially if they are not yours. For example, instead of
  typing an email address as 'u...@domain.com', type it like one of
  the following:
user#domain.com
user()domain.com
user AT domain DOT com
  Spambots will not see an email address, but human readers will
  know what you mean. Don't munge email addresses 

NEWS: Monthly Reminder (September 2011)

2011-09-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 Sep 2011
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 8. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
 9. ACCMAIL topics
10. ACCMAIL archives and search

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

==
2. CONVENTIONS

In this file, we have replaced the normal email @ character with the
string `AT`. To use any email address, simply replace `AT` with @ to
form a proper email address.

==
3. THE ACCMAIL FAQ: A GUIDE TO OFFLINE INTERNET ACCESS

In August 2003, after many years dedicated service to the ACCMAIL
community, Mr Gerald Boyd retired as maintainer of the ACCMAIL FAQ,
and unfortunately died in May the following year.

The most recent version (10.2) of the FAQ was published in April 2002,
and is now *very* out of date.

==
4. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: LANGUAGE

The language of the list is international English. Don't worry if
you think your English is not very good -- and don't apologise --
MOST subscribers use English as a foreign or second language.

==
5. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: SUBJECT LINES

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.

==
6. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: OFF-TOPIC

Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing
list does NOT deal with topics like:
 - General use of your computer.
 - 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 problems -- instead ask where do I find information
   regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web page, etc.)

==
7. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* 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 text.

* 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 email program so that it sends only
  plain text to the list.

* Remember that people with whom you communicate are located across
  the world. 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 unsolicited mail asking for information to people whose
  names you might have seen on mailing lists.

* ACCMail messages may be archived on websites that are vulnerable
  to spambots and other email harvesters. The AOL listserv archive
  is protected, but we do not know where else the messages might
  appear. When posting or replying to the list, we strongly advise
  you to munge all email addresses you mention in the text of your
  message, especially if they are not yours. For example, instead of
  typing an email address as 'u...@domain.com', type it like one of
  the following:
user#domain.com
user()domain.com
user AT domain DOT com
  Spambots will not see an email address, but human readers will
  know what you mean. Don't munge email addresses 

NEWS: Monthly Reminder (August 2011)

2011-08-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 Aug 2011
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 8. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
 9. ACCMAIL topics
10. ACCMAIL archives and search

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

==
2. CONVENTIONS

In this file, we have replaced the normal email @ character with the
string `AT`. To use any email address, simply replace `AT` with @ to
form a proper email address.

==
3. THE ACCMAIL FAQ: A GUIDE TO OFFLINE INTERNET ACCESS

In August 2003, after many years dedicated service to the ACCMAIL
community, Mr Gerald Boyd retired as maintainer of the ACCMAIL FAQ,
and unfortunately died in May the following year.

The most recent version (10.2) of the FAQ was published in April 2002,
and is now *very* out of date.

==
4. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: LANGUAGE

The language of the list is international English. Don't worry if
you think your English is not very good -- and don't apologise --
MOST subscribers use English as a foreign or second language.

==
5. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: SUBJECT LINES

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.

==
6. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: OFF-TOPIC

Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing
list does NOT deal with topics like:
 - General use of your computer.
 - 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 problems -- instead ask where do I find information
   regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web page, etc.)

==
7. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* 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 text.

* 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 email program so that it sends only
  plain text to the list.

* Remember that people with whom you communicate are located across
  the world. 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 unsolicited mail asking for information to people whose
  names you might have seen on mailing lists.

* ACCMail messages may be archived on websites that are vulnerable
  to spambots and other email harvesters. The AOL listserv archive
  is protected, but we do not know where else the messages might
  appear. When posting or replying to the list, we strongly advise
  you to munge all email addresses you mention in the text of your
  message, especially if they are not yours. For example, instead of
  typing an email address as 'u...@domain.com', type it like one of
  the following:
user#domain.com
user()domain.com
user AT domain DOT com
  Spambots will not see an email address, but human readers will
  know what you mean. Don't munge email addresses 

NEWS: Monthly Reminder (July 2011)

2011-07-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 Jul 2011
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 8. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
 9. ACCMAIL topics
10. ACCMAIL archives and search

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

==
2. CONVENTIONS

In this file, we have replaced the normal email @ character with the
string `AT`. To use any email address, simply replace `AT` with @ to
form a proper email address.

==
3. THE ACCMAIL FAQ: A GUIDE TO OFFLINE INTERNET ACCESS

In August 2003, after many years dedicated service to the ACCMAIL
community, Mr Gerald Boyd retired as maintainer of the ACCMAIL FAQ,
and unfortunately died in May the following year.

The most recent version (10.2) of the FAQ was published in April 2002,
and is now *very* out of date.

==
4. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: LANGUAGE

The language of the list is international English. Don't worry if
you think your English is not very good -- and don't apologise --
MOST subscribers use English as a foreign or second language.

==
5. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: SUBJECT LINES

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.

==
6. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: OFF-TOPIC

Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing
list does NOT deal with topics like:
 - General use of your computer.
 - 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 problems -- instead ask where do I find information
   regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web page, etc.)

==
7. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* 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 text.

* 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 email program so that it sends only
  plain text to the list.

* Remember that people with whom you communicate are located across
  the world. 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 unsolicited mail asking for information to people whose
  names you might have seen on mailing lists.

* ACCMail messages may be archived on websites that are vulnerable
  to spambots and other email harvesters. The AOL listserv archive
  is protected, but we do not know where else the messages might
  appear. When posting or replying to the list, we strongly advise
  you to munge all email addresses you mention in the text of your
  message, especially if they are not yours. For example, instead of
  typing an email address as 'u...@domain.com', type it like one of
  the following:
user#domain.com
user()domain.com
user AT domain DOT com
  Spambots will not see an email address, but human readers will
  know what you mean. Don't munge email addresses 

NEWS: Monthly Reminder (June 2011)

2011-06-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 Jun 2011
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 8. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
 9. ACCMAIL topics
10. ACCMAIL archives and search

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

==
2. CONVENTIONS

In this file, we have replaced the normal email @ character with the
string `AT`. To use any email address, simply replace `AT` with @ to
form a proper email address.

==
3. THE ACCMAIL FAQ: A GUIDE TO OFFLINE INTERNET ACCESS

In August 2003, after many years dedicated service to the ACCMAIL
community, Mr Gerald Boyd retired as maintainer of the ACCMAIL FAQ,
and unfortunately died in May the following year.

The most recent version (10.2) of the FAQ was published in April 2002,
and is now *very* out of date.

==
4. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: LANGUAGE

The language of the list is international English. Don't worry if
you think your English is not very good -- and don't apologise --
MOST subscribers use English as a foreign or second language.

==
5. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: SUBJECT LINES

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.

==
6. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: OFF-TOPIC

Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing
list does NOT deal with topics like:
 - General use of your computer.
 - 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 problems -- instead ask where do I find information
   regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web page, etc.)

==
7. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* 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 text.

* 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 email program so that it sends only
  plain text to the list.

* Remember that people with whom you communicate are located across
  the world. 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 unsolicited mail asking for information to people whose
  names you might have seen on mailing lists.

* ACCMail messages may be archived on websites that are vulnerable
  to spambots and other email harvesters. The AOL listserv archive
  is protected, but we do not know where else the messages might
  appear. When posting or replying to the list, we strongly advise
  you to munge all email addresses you mention in the text of your
  message, especially if they are not yours. For example, instead of
  typing an email address as 'u...@domain.com', type it like one of
  the following:
user#domain.com
user()domain.com
user AT domain DOT com
  Spambots will not see an email address, but human readers will
  know what you mean. Don't munge email addresses 

NEWS: Monthly Reminder (May 2011)

2011-05-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 May 2011
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 8. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
 9. ACCMAIL topics
10. ACCMAIL archives and search

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

==
2. CONVENTIONS

In this file, we have replaced the normal email @ character with the
string `AT`. To use any email address, simply replace `AT` with @ to
form a proper email address.

==
3. THE ACCMAIL FAQ: A GUIDE TO OFFLINE INTERNET ACCESS

In August 2003, after many years dedicated service to the ACCMAIL
community, Mr Gerald Boyd retired as maintainer of the ACCMAIL FAQ,
and unfortunately died in May the following year.

The most recent version (10.2) of the FAQ was published in April 2002,
and is now *very* out of date.

==
4. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: LANGUAGE

The language of the list is international English. Don't worry if
you think your English is not very good -- and don't apologise --
MOST subscribers use English as a foreign or second language.

==
5. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: SUBJECT LINES

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.

==
6. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: OFF-TOPIC

Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing
list does NOT deal with topics like:
 - General use of your computer.
 - 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 problems -- instead ask where do I find information
   regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web page, etc.)

==
7. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* 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 text.

* 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 email program so that it sends only
  plain text to the list.

* Remember that people with whom you communicate are located across
  the world. 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 unsolicited mail asking for information to people whose
  names you might have seen on mailing lists.

* ACCMail messages may be archived on websites that are vulnerable
  to spambots and other email harvesters. The AOL listserv archive
  is protected, but we do not know where else the messages might
  appear. When posting or replying to the list, we strongly advise
  you to munge all email addresses you mention in the text of your
  message, especially if they are not yours. For example, instead of
  typing an email address as 'u...@domain.com', type it like one of
  the following:
user#domain.com
user()domain.com
user AT domain DOT com
  Spambots will not see an email address, but human readers will
  know what you mean. Don't munge email addresses 

NEWS: Monthly Reminder (April 2011)

2011-04-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 Apr 2011
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 8. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
 9. ACCMAIL topics
10. ACCMAIL archives and search

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

==
2. CONVENTIONS

In this file, we have replaced the normal email @ character with the
string `AT`. To use any email address, simply replace `AT` with @ to
form a proper email address.

==
3. THE ACCMAIL FAQ: A GUIDE TO OFFLINE INTERNET ACCESS

In August 2003, after many years dedicated service to the ACCMAIL
community, Mr Gerald Boyd retired as maintainer of the ACCMAIL FAQ,
and unfortunately died in May the following year.

The most recent version (10.2) of the FAQ was published in April 2002,
and is now *very* out of date.

==
4. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: LANGUAGE

The language of the list is international English. Don't worry if
you think your English is not very good -- and don't apologise --
MOST subscribers use English as a foreign or second language.

==
5. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: SUBJECT LINES

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.

==
6. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: OFF-TOPIC

Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing
list does NOT deal with topics like:
 - General use of your computer.
 - 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 problems -- instead ask where do I find information
   regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web page, etc.)

==
7. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* 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 text.

* 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 email program so that it sends only
  plain text to the list.

* Remember that people with whom you communicate are located across
  the world. 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 unsolicited mail asking for information to people whose
  names you might have seen on mailing lists.

* ACCMail messages may be archived on websites that are vulnerable
  to spambots and other email harvesters. The AOL listserv archive
  is protected, but we do not know where else the messages might
  appear. When posting or replying to the list, we strongly advise
  you to munge all email addresses you mention in the text of your
  message, especially if they are not yours. For example, instead of
  typing an email address as 'u...@domain.com', type it like one of
  the following:
user#domain.com
user()domain.com
user AT domain DOT com
  Spambots will not see an email address, but human readers will
  know what you mean. Don't munge email addresses 

NEWS: Monthly Reminder (March 2011)

2011-03-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 Mar 2011
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Usenet
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 8. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 9. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
10. ACCMAIL topics
11. ACCMAIL archives and search

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

==
2. CONVENTIONS

In this file, we have replaced the normal email @ character with the
string `AT`. To use any email address, simply replace `AT` with @ to
form a proper email address.

==
3. THE ACCMAIL FAQ: A GUIDE TO OFFLINE INTERNET ACCESS

In August 2003, after many years dedicated service to the ACCMAIL
community, Mr Gerald Boyd retired as maintainer of the ACCMAIL FAQ,
and unfortunately died in May the following year.

The most recent version (10.2) of the FAQ was published in April 2002,
and is now *very* out of date.

==
4. USENET

To learn about Usenet, Usenet access and newsgroups, Uzi Paz
provides a valuable file.
Send a message to: agora`AT`dna.affrc.go.jp and in the body of the
message enter ONE of the following:
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.txt
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.zip

==
5. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: LANGUAGE

The language of the list is international English. Don't worry if
you think your English is not very good -- and don't apologise --
MOST subscribers use English as a foreign or second language.

==
6. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: SUBJECT LINES

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.

==
7. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: OFF-TOPIC

Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing
list does NOT deal with topics like:
 - General use of your computer.
 - 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 problems -- instead ask where do I find information
   regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web page, etc.)

==
8. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* 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 text.

* 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 email program so that it sends only
  plain text to the list.

* Remember that people with whom you communicate are located across
  the world. 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 unsolicited mail asking for information to people whose
  names you might have seen on mailing lists.

* ACCMail messages may be archived on websites that are vulnerable
  to spambots and other email harvesters. The AOL listserv archive
  is protected, but we do not know where else the messages might
  appear. When posting or replying to the list, we strong

NEWS: Monthly Reminder (February 2011)

2011-02-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 Feb 2011
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Usenet
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 8. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 9. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
10. ACCMAIL topics
11. ACCMAIL archives and search

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

==
2. CONVENTIONS

In this file, we have replaced the normal email @ character with the
string `AT`. To use any email address, simply replace `AT` with @ to
form a proper email address.

==
3. THE ACCMAIL FAQ: A GUIDE TO OFFLINE INTERNET ACCESS

In August 2003, after many years dedicated service to the ACCMAIL
community, Mr Gerald Boyd retired as maintainer of the ACCMAIL FAQ,
and unfortunately died in May the following year.

The most recent version (10.2) of the FAQ was published in April 2002,
and is now *very* out of date.

==
4. USENET

To learn about Usenet, Usenet access and newsgroups, Uzi Paz
provides a valuable file.
Send a message to: agora`AT`dna.affrc.go.jp and in the body of the
message enter ONE of the following:
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.txt
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.zip

==
5. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: LANGUAGE

The language of the list is international English. Don't worry if
you think your English is not very good -- and don't apologise --
MOST subscribers use English as a foreign or second language.

==
6. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: SUBJECT LINES

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.

==
7. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: OFF-TOPIC

Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing
list does NOT deal with topics like:
 - General use of your computer.
 - 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 problems -- instead ask where do I find information
   regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web page, etc.)

==
8. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* 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 text.

* 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 email program so that it sends only
  plain text to the list.

* Remember that people with whom you communicate are located across
  the world. 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 unsolicited mail asking for information to people whose
  names you might have seen on mailing lists.

* ACCMail messages may be archived on websites that are vulnerable
  to spambots and other email harvesters. The AOL listserv archive
  is protected, but we do not know where else the messages might
  appear. When posting or replying to the list, we strong

who will be the next list moderator?

2011-01-23 Thread sun zoom spark
Hello accmailers ...

I think it is time for me to retire as moderator of this
ACCMAIL list. My professional and personal lives are
both very busy -- and it doesn't help that I'm getting
older and have less energy, as well as less time. A
younger person should take over.

ACCMAIL was most busy in its early years, but that fact
that it still exists shows that there is still a demand
for email-only services.

There have been only three list moderators:
Bob Rankin (USA) 1994 - Oct 1997.
Gerry Boyd (USA) Oct 1997 - June 2002.
Sun Zoom Spark (UK) June 2002 - now.

Who will be next? Perhaps one of our many Cuban
enthusiasts?

Anyone who is interested in becoming the next ACCMAIL
moderator, please email me personally off-list.

::: SZS :::

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www4mail at szs.net will not return

2011-01-23 Thread sun zoom spark
Hello acmailers ...

Reluctantly, I have concluded that I cannot restore
www4mail at szs.net.

I had originally hoped to get www4mail back up last
August
( http://www.mail-archive.com/accmail%40listserv.aol.com/msg02531.html ).

Since then, my plans have been obstructed by poor
health, pressure of work and the economic recession. I
have no spare time now, and I need the www4mail server
machine for other, more urgent projects.

I started www4mail at szs.net in January 2007, and kept
it going until July 2010. In the end I was overwhelmed
by persistent abuse, but I think it was worth the
effort, and I don't regret doing it.

If anyone else would like to set up www4mail, the
original source code is still online at
http://users.ictp.it/~onime/www4mail/www4mail-3.33.tar.gz .

You will need a server running under Linux (or one of
the other Unix-family operating systems). Root access
and some experience of server admin is essential. You
will also need an advanced understanding of Perl (the
original source code is large, dense, and has no
documentation at all). My version of the www4mail code
was modified slightly to run under Debian Linux on a
virtual private server. I had very few technical
difficulties - just a few small problems at startup, but
after that, www4mail functioned autonomously for most of
the 42 months of its existence.

Special thanks to everybody who helped with advice,
feedback and programming tips.

::: SZS :::

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NEWS: Monthly Reminder (January 2011)

2011-01-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 Jan 2011
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Usenet
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 8. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 9. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
10. ACCMAIL topics
11. ACCMAIL archives and search

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

==
2. CONVENTIONS

In this file, we have replaced the normal email @ character with the
string `AT`. To use any email address, simply replace `AT` with @ to
form a proper email address.

==
3. THE ACCMAIL FAQ: A GUIDE TO OFFLINE INTERNET ACCESS

In August 2003, after many years dedicated service to the ACCMAIL
community, Mr Gerald Boyd retired as maintainer of the ACCMAIL FAQ,
and unfortunately died in May the following year.

The most recent version (10.2) of the FAQ was published in April 2002,
and is now *very* out of date.

==
4. USENET

To learn about Usenet, Usenet access and newsgroups, Uzi Paz
provides a valuable file.
Send a message to: agora`AT`dna.affrc.go.jp and in the body of the
message enter ONE of the following:
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.txt
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.zip

==
5. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: LANGUAGE

The language of the list is international English. Don't worry if
you think your English is not very good -- and don't apologise --
MOST subscribers use English as a foreign or second language.

==
6. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: SUBJECT LINES

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.

==
7. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: OFF-TOPIC

Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing
list does NOT deal with topics like:
 - General use of your computer.
 - 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 problems -- instead ask where do I find information
   regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web page, etc.)

==
8. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* 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 text.

* 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 email program so that it sends only
  plain text to the list.

* Remember that people with whom you communicate are located across
  the world. 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 unsolicited mail asking for information to people whose
  names you might have seen on mailing lists.

* ACCMail messages may be archived on websites that are vulnerable
  to spambots and other email harvesters. The AOL listserv archive
  is protected, but we do not know where else the messages might
  appear. When posting or replying to the list, we strong

NEWS: Monthly Reminder (December 2010)

2010-12-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 Dec 2010
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Usenet
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 8. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 9. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
10. ACCMAIL topics
11. ACCMAIL archives and search

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

==
2. CONVENTIONS

In this file, we have replaced the normal email @ character with the
string `AT`. To use any email address, simply replace `AT` with @ to
form a proper email address.

==
3. THE ACCMAIL FAQ: A GUIDE TO OFFLINE INTERNET ACCESS

In August 2003, after many years dedicated service to the ACCMAIL
community, Mr Gerald Boyd retired as maintainer of the ACCMAIL FAQ,
and unfortunately died in May the following year.

The most recent version (10.2) of the FAQ was published in April 2002,
and is now *very* out of date.

==
4. USENET

To learn about Usenet, Usenet access and newsgroups, Uzi Paz
provides a valuable file.
Send a message to: agora`AT`dna.affrc.go.jp and in the body of the
message enter ONE of the following:
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.txt
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.zip

==
5. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: LANGUAGE

The language of the list is international English. Don't worry if
you think your English is not very good -- and don't apologise --
MOST subscribers use English as a foreign or second language.

==
6. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: SUBJECT LINES

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.

==
7. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: OFF-TOPIC

Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing
list does NOT deal with topics like:
 - General use of your computer.
 - 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 problems -- instead ask where do I find information
   regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web page, etc.)

==
8. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* 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 text.

* 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 email program so that it sends only
  plain text to the list.

* Remember that people with whom you communicate are located across
  the world. 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 unsolicited mail asking for information to people whose
  names you might have seen on mailing lists.

* ACCMail messages may be archived on websites that are vulnerable
  to spambots and other email harvesters. The AOL listserv archive
  is protected, but we do not know where else the messages might
  appear. When posting or replying to the list, we strong

NEWS: Monthly Reminder (November 2010)

2010-11-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 Nov 2010
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Usenet
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 8. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 9. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
10. ACCMAIL topics
11. ACCMAIL archives and search

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

==
2. CONVENTIONS

In this file, we have replaced the normal email @ character with the
string `AT`. To use any email address, simply replace `AT` with @ to
form a proper email address.

==
3. THE ACCMAIL FAQ: A GUIDE TO OFFLINE INTERNET ACCESS

In August 2003, after many years dedicated service to the ACCMAIL
community, Mr Gerald Boyd retired as maintainer of the ACCMAIL FAQ,
and unfortunately died in May the following year.

The most recent version (10.2) of the FAQ was published in April 2002,
and is now *very* out of date.

==
4. USENET

To learn about Usenet, Usenet access and newsgroups, Uzi Paz
provides a valuable file.
Send a message to: agora`AT`dna.affrc.go.jp and in the body of the
message enter ONE of the following:
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.txt
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.zip

==
5. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: LANGUAGE

The language of the list is international English. Don't worry if
you think your English is not very good -- and don't apologise --
MOST subscribers use English as a foreign or second language.

==
6. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: SUBJECT LINES

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.

==
7. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: OFF-TOPIC

Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing
list does NOT deal with topics like:
 - General use of your computer.
 - 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 problems -- instead ask where do I find information
   regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web page, etc.)

==
8. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* 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 text.

* 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 email program so that it sends only
  plain text to the list.

* Remember that people with whom you communicate are located across
  the world. 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 unsolicited mail asking for information to people whose
  names you might have seen on mailing lists.

* ACCMail messages may be archived on websites that are vulnerable
  to spambots and other email harvesters. The AOL listserv archive
  is protected, but we do not know where else the messages might
  appear. When posting or replying to the list, we strong

NEWS: Monthly Reminder (October 2010)

2010-10-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 Oct 2010
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Usenet
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 8. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 9. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
10. ACCMAIL topics
11. ACCMAIL archives and search

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

==
2. CONVENTIONS

In this file, we have replaced the normal email @ character with the
string `AT`. To use any email address, simply replace `AT` with @ to
form a proper email address.

==
3. THE ACCMAIL FAQ: A GUIDE TO OFFLINE INTERNET ACCESS

In August 2003, after many years dedicated service to the ACCMAIL
community, Mr Gerald Boyd retired as maintainer of the ACCMAIL FAQ,
and unfortunately died in May the following year.

The most recent version (10.2) of the FAQ was published in April 2002,
and is now *very* out of date.

==
4. USENET

To learn about Usenet, Usenet access and newsgroups, Uzi Paz
provides a valuable file.
Send a message to: agora`AT`dna.affrc.go.jp and in the body of the
message enter ONE of the following:
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.txt
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.zip

==
5. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: LANGUAGE

The language of the list is international English. Don't worry if
you think your English is not very good -- and don't apologise --
MOST subscribers use English as a foreign or second language.

==
6. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: SUBJECT LINES

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.

==
7. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: OFF-TOPIC

Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing
list does NOT deal with topics like:
 - General use of your computer.
 - 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 problems -- instead ask where do I find information
   regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web page, etc.)

==
8. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* 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 text.

* 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 email program so that it sends only
  plain text to the list.

* Remember that people with whom you communicate are located across
  the world. 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 unsolicited mail asking for information to people whose
  names you might have seen on mailing lists.

* ACCMail messages may be archived on websites that are vulnerable
  to spambots and other email harvesters. The AOL listserv archive
  is protected, but we do not know where else the messages might
  appear. When posting or replying to the list, we strong

NEWS: Monthly Reminder (September 2010)

2010-09-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 Sep 2010
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Usenet
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 8. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 9. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
10. ACCMAIL topics
11. ACCMAIL archives and search

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

==
2. CONVENTIONS

In this file, we have replaced the normal email @ character with the
string `AT`. To use any email address, simply replace `AT` with @ to
form a proper email address.

==
3. THE ACCMAIL FAQ: A GUIDE TO OFFLINE INTERNET ACCESS

In August 2003, after many years dedicated service to the ACCMAIL
community, Mr Gerald Boyd retired as maintainer of the ACCMAIL FAQ,
and unfortunately died in May the following year.

The most recent version (10.2) of the FAQ was published in April 2002,
and is now *very* out of date.

==
4. USENET

To learn about Usenet, Usenet access and newsgroups, Uzi Paz
provides a valuable file.
Send a message to: agora`AT`dna.affrc.go.jp and in the body of the
message enter ONE of the following:
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.txt
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.zip

==
5. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: LANGUAGE

The language of the list is international English. Don't worry if
you think your English is not very good -- and don't apologise --
MOST subscribers use English as a foreign or second language.

==
6. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: SUBJECT LINES

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.

==
7. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: OFF-TOPIC

Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing
list does NOT deal with topics like:
 - General use of your computer.
 - 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 problems -- instead ask where do I find information
   regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web page, etc.)

==
8. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* 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 text.

* 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 email program so that it sends only
  plain text to the list.

* Remember that people with whom you communicate are located across
  the world. 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 unsolicited mail asking for information to people whose
  names you might have seen on mailing lists.

* ACCMail messages may be archived on websites that are vulnerable
  to spambots and other email harvesters. The AOL listserv archive
  is protected, but we do not know where else the messages might
  appear. When posting or replying to the list, we strong

This list apparently restored

2010-08-25 Thread sun zoom spark
Hello accmailers ...

Admin access to this list was restored on 23 August.

It had been down for a month, so I was almost convinced
that AOL had closed it.

If you get this message, it is evidence that the list
is working again.

::: SZS :::

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To unsubscribe, email to the *admin* address lists...@listserv.aol.com
with UNSUBSCRIBE ACCMAIL as the message body.
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Archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.mail.emailonly
--


www4mail at szs.net will close at the end of July, and open again in August

2010-07-24 Thread sun zoom spark
Hello accmailers ...

Last month we told you about our interim solution to
the problem of continued abuse of our www4mail server.
We decided we had to deny access to residents of the
Russian Federation and Ukraine. We followed that by
forbidding requests for documents in the .ru and .ua
top level domains.

We acknowledged that this decision was unfair -- but
it has stopped *all* the abuse.

Unfortunately, the deluge of spam and attempts to break
into our server (up to 10,000 per day) has not stopped.
In fact it seems to have increased.

We cannot carry on like this. So this is what is going
to happen ...

* We are going to take down the existing www4mail
  server within the next week.

* We will replace it with a new installation as soon
  as we can, hopefully by mid-August.

* Access to the new www4mail server will be separated
  from the membership of this list. We will be asking
  users to apply personally to be placed on the Access
  Control List.

* Members of this list who have not abused our www4mail
  will all be welcome.

We haven't worked out all the details yet, and we are
willing to consider any suggestions from list members
about how we should handle this.

::: SZS :::

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To unsubscribe, email to the *admin* address lists...@listserv.aol.com
with UNSUBSCRIBE ACCMAIL as the message body.
WWW: http://emailonly.szs.net/
--


Re: accmail list serv website is down

2010-07-24 Thread sun zoom spark
On 15 Jul 2010 at 10:10, sun zoom spark wrote:
> The listserv.aol.com web site stopped working
> ten days ago. This is the longest interruption
> in the 15 year history of this list. Management
> of the list has become rather difficult.

The listserv.aol.com web site has been restored.

For a while, we thought we were facing the end of
this list, but now we feel more confident that it
will continue.

::: SZS :::

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To unsubscribe, email to the *admin* address lists...@listserv.aol.com
with UNSUBSCRIBE ACCMAIL as the message body.
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accmail list serv website is down

2010-07-15 Thread sun zoom spark
Hello accmailers ...

The listserv.aol.com web site stopped working
ten days ago. This is the longest interruption
in the 15 year history of this list. Management
of the list has become rather difficult.

If your contribution to the list has not been
approved recently, please send it again. We know
that at least two posts have been lost.

Thanks :-)

::: SZS :::

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NEWS: Monthly Reminder (July 2010)

2010-07-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 Jul 2010
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Usenet
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 8. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 9. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
10. ACCMAIL topics
11. ACCMAIL archives and search
12. www4mail at szs.net

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

==
2. CONVENTIONS

In this file, we have replaced the normal email @ character with the
string `AT`. To use any email address, simply replace `AT` with @ to
form a proper email address.

==
3. THE ACCMAIL FAQ: A GUIDE TO OFFLINE INTERNET ACCESS

In August 2003, after many years dedicated service to the ACCMAIL
community, Mr Gerald Boyd retired as maintainer of the ACCMAIL FAQ,
and unfortunately died in May the following year.

The most recent version (10.2) of the FAQ was published in April 2002,
and is now *very* out of date. A new version is being prepared.

==
4. USENET

To learn about Usenet, Usenet access and newsgroups, Uzi Paz
provides a valuable file.
Send a message to: agora`AT`dna.affrc.go.jp and in the body of the
message enter ONE of the following:
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.txt
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.zip

==
5. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: LANGUAGE

The language of the list is international English. Don't worry if
you think your English is not very good -- and don't apologise --
MOST subscribers use English as a foreign or second language.

==
6. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: SUBJECT LINES

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.

==
7. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: OFF-TOPIC

Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing
list does NOT deal with topics like:
 - General use of your computer.
 - 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 95/98/NT/XP problems -- instead ask where do I find
   information regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web
   page, etc.)

==
8. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* 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 text.

* 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 email program so that it sends only
  plain text to the list.

* Remember that people with whom you communicate are located across
  the world. 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 unsolicited mail asking for information to people whose
  names you might have seen on mailing lists.

* ACCMail messages may be archived on websites that are vulnerable
  to spambots and other email harvesters. The AOL listserv archive
  is protected, but we do not know where else the 

Changes to the www4mail at szs.net Access Control List

2010-06-28 Thread sun zoom spark
Hello accmailers ...

Here is some good news and some bad news.

1. Good news for everybody first!

Despite persistent abuse of this service, szs.net wishes
to keep www4mail available to as many genuine users as
possible. We have been tempted to close it, but have
decided not to.


2. Bad news for a few!

www4mail at szs.net is maintained by one person (me) who
has very little time, and a rather uncertain financial
future. I don't have the time or resources to combat
abusers in a sophisticated way -- so the action I have
decided to take is direct.

The number of abusers is relatively small, but their
actions are becoming increasingly unpleasant --
including attempts to subvert our www4mail system, and
even to hack into it. Like the vast amount of spam we
receive, 95% of the abusive behaviour comes from one
geographical area, and our list of banned email
addresses is dominated by the same two countries.

So -- with immediate effect, www4mail at szs.net is no
longer available to residents of the Russian Federation
and Ukraine.


Of course, it is not fair. But the alternative is to
close the service to everybody. We hope that this
drastic action will end our problems, and we will review
the situation after four weeks.

::: SZS :::

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NEWS: Monthly Reminder (May 2010)

2010-05-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 May 2010
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Usenet
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 8. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 9. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
10. ACCMAIL topics
11. ACCMAIL archives and search
12. www4mail at szs.net

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

==
2. CONVENTIONS

In this file, we have replaced the normal email @ character with the
string `AT`. To use any email address, simply replace `AT` with @ to
form a proper email address.

==
3. THE ACCMAIL FAQ: A GUIDE TO OFFLINE INTERNET ACCESS

In August 2003, after many years dedicated service to the ACCMAIL
community, Mr Gerald Boyd retired as maintainer of the ACCMAIL FAQ,
and unfortunately died in May the following year.

The most recent version (10.2) of the FAQ was published in April 2002,
and is now *very* out of date. A new version is being prepared.

==
4. USENET

To learn about Usenet, Usenet access and newsgroups, Uzi Paz
provides a valuable file.
Send a message to: agora`AT`dna.affrc.go.jp and in the body of the
message enter ONE of the following:
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.txt
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.zip

==
5. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: LANGUAGE

The language of the list is international English. Don't worry if
you think your English is not very good -- and don't apologise --
MOST subscribers use English as a foreign or second language.

==
6. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: SUBJECT LINES

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.

==
7. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: OFF-TOPIC

Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing
list does NOT deal with topics like:
 - General use of your computer.
 - 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 95/98/NT/XP problems -- instead ask where do I find
   information regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web
   page, etc.)

==
8. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* 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 text.

* 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 email program so that it sends only
  plain text to the list.

* Remember that people with whom you communicate are located across
  the world. 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 unsolicited mail asking for information to people whose
  names you might have seen on mailing lists.

* ACCMail messages may be archived on websites that are vulnerable
  to spambots and other email harvesters. The AOL listserv archive
  is protected, but we do not know where else the 

NEWS: Monthly Reminder (April 2010)

2010-04-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 Apr 2010
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Usenet
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 8. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 9. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
10. ACCMAIL topics
11. ACCMAIL archives and search
12. www4mail at szs.net

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

==
2. CONVENTIONS

In this file, we have replaced the normal email @ character with the
string `AT`. To use any email address, simply replace `AT` with @ to
form a proper email address.

==
3. THE ACCMAIL FAQ: A GUIDE TO OFFLINE INTERNET ACCESS

In August 2003, after many years dedicated service to the ACCMAIL
community, Mr Gerald Boyd retired as maintainer of the ACCMAIL FAQ,
and unfortunately died in May the following year.

The most recent version (10.2) of the FAQ was published in April 2002,
and is now *very* out of date. A new version is being prepared.

==
4. USENET

To learn about Usenet, Usenet access and newsgroups, Uzi Paz
provides a valuable file.
Send a message to: agora`AT`dna.affrc.go.jp and in the body of the
message enter ONE of the following:
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.txt
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.zip

==
5. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: LANGUAGE

The language of the list is international English. Don't worry if
you think your English is not very good -- and don't apologise --
MOST subscribers use English as a foreign or second language.

==
6. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: SUBJECT LINES

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.

==
7. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: OFF-TOPIC

Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing
list does NOT deal with topics like:
 - General use of your computer.
 - 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 95/98/NT/XP problems -- instead ask where do I find
   information regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web
   page, etc.)

==
8. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* 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 text.

* 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 email program so that it sends only
  plain text to the list.

* Remember that people with whom you communicate are located across
  the world. 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 unsolicited mail asking for information to people whose
  names you might have seen on mailing lists.

* ACCMail messages may be archived on websites that are vulnerable
  to spambots and other email harvesters. The AOL listserv archive
  is protected, but we do not know where else the 

Re: Hello

2010-03-03 Thread sun zoom spark
Hello accmailers ...

On 26 Feb 2010 at 19:08, Alejandro DĆ­az RodrĆ­guez wrote:
> Hi everybody. In need ask something. IĀ“m new here.
> And a im cuban, i like to know about an internet by
> mail server than works here in Cuba for infomed.
> Because i tray whit the www4mail but donĀ“t have
> access. So help me, please.

I have heard that there is a www4mail server in Cuba,
but I don't know where it is.

However, members of this list with infomed.sld.cu
addresses should have access to www4mail`at`szs.net.
Are you saying you cannot use it?

::: SZS :::

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NEWS: Monthly Reminder (March 2010)

2010-03-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 Mar 2010
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Usenet
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 8. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 9. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
10. ACCMAIL topics
11. ACCMAIL archives and search
12. www4mail at szs.net

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

==
2. CONVENTIONS

In this file, we have replaced the normal email @ character with the
string `AT`. To use any email address, simply replace `AT` with @ to
form a proper email address.

==
3. THE ACCMAIL FAQ: A GUIDE TO OFFLINE INTERNET ACCESS

In August 2003, after many years dedicated service to the ACCMAIL
community, Mr Gerald Boyd retired as maintainer of the ACCMAIL FAQ,
and unfortunately died in May the following year.

The most recent version (10.2) of the FAQ was published in April 2002,
and is now *very* out of date. A new version is being prepared.

==
4. USENET

To learn about Usenet, Usenet access and newsgroups, Uzi Paz
provides a valuable file.
Send a message to: agora`AT`dna.affrc.go.jp and in the body of the
message enter ONE of the following:
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.txt
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.zip

==
5. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: LANGUAGE

The language of the list is international English. Don't worry if
you think your English is not very good -- and don't apologise --
MOST subscribers use English as a foreign or second language.

==
6. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: SUBJECT LINES

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.

==
7. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: OFF-TOPIC

Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing
list does NOT deal with topics like:
 - General use of your computer.
 - 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 95/98/NT/XP problems -- instead ask where do I find
   information regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web
   page, etc.)

==
8. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* 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 text.

* 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 email program so that it sends only
  plain text to the list.

* Remember that people with whom you communicate are located across
  the world. 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 unsolicited mail asking for information to people whose
  names you might have seen on mailing lists.

* ACCMail messages may be archived on websites that are vulnerable
  to spambots and other email harvesters. The AOL listserv archive
  is protected, but we do not know where else the 

NEWS: Monthly Reminder (February 2010)

2010-02-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 Feb 2010
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Usenet
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 8. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 9. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
10. ACCMAIL topics
11. ACCMAIL archives and search
12. www4mail at szs.net

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

==
2. CONVENTIONS

In this file, we have replaced the normal email @ character with the
string `AT`. To use any email address, simply replace `AT` with @ to
form a proper email address.

==
3. THE ACCMAIL FAQ: A GUIDE TO OFFLINE INTERNET ACCESS

In August 2003, after many years dedicated service to the ACCMAIL
community, Mr Gerald Boyd retired as maintainer of the ACCMAIL FAQ,
and unfortunately died in May the following year.

The most recent version (10.2) of the FAQ was published in April 2002,
and is now *very* out of date. A new version is being prepared.

==
4. USENET

To learn about Usenet, Usenet access and newsgroups, Uzi Paz
provides a valuable file.
Send a message to: agora`AT`dna.affrc.go.jp and in the body of the
message enter ONE of the following:
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.txt
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.zip

==
5. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: LANGUAGE

The language of the list is international English. Don't worry if
you think your English is not very good -- and don't apologise --
MOST subscribers use English as a foreign or second language.

==
6. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: SUBJECT LINES

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.

==
7. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: OFF-TOPIC

Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing
list does NOT deal with topics like:
 - General use of your computer.
 - 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 95/98/NT/XP problems -- instead ask where do I find
   information regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web
   page, etc.)

==
8. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* 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 text.

* 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 email program so that it sends only
  plain text to the list.

* Remember that people with whom you communicate are located across
  the world. 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 unsolicited mail asking for information to people whose
  names you might have seen on mailing lists.

* ACCMail messages may be archived on websites that are vulnerable
  to spambots and other email harvesters. The AOL listserv archive
  is protected, but we do not know where else the 

NEWS: Monthly Reminder (January 2010)

2010-01-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 Jan 2010
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Usenet
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 8. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 9. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
10. ACCMAIL topics
11. ACCMAIL archives and search
12. www4mail at szs.net

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

==
2. CONVENTIONS

In this file, we have replaced the normal email @ character with the
string `AT`. To use any email address, simply replace `AT` with @ to
form a proper email address.

==
3. THE ACCMAIL FAQ: A GUIDE TO OFFLINE INTERNET ACCESS

In August 2003, after many years dedicated service to the ACCMAIL
community, Mr Gerald Boyd retired as maintainer of the ACCMAIL FAQ,
and unfortunately died in May the following year.

The most recent version (10.2) of the FAQ was published in April 2002,
and is now *very* out of date. A new version is being prepared.

==
4. USENET

To learn about Usenet, Usenet access and newsgroups, Uzi Paz
provides a valuable file.
Send a message to: agora`AT`dna.affrc.go.jp and in the body of the
message enter ONE of the following:
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.txt
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.zip

==
5. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: LANGUAGE

The language of the list is international English. Don't worry if
you think your English is not very good -- and don't apologise --
MOST subscribers use English as a foreign or second language.

==
6. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: SUBJECT LINES

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.

==
7. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: OFF-TOPIC

Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing
list does NOT deal with topics like:
 - General use of your computer.
 - 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 95/98/NT/XP problems -- instead ask where do I find
   information regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web
   page, etc.)

==
8. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* 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 text.

* 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 email program so that it sends only
  plain text to the list.

* Remember that people with whom you communicate are located across
  the world. 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 unsolicited mail asking for information to people whose
  names you might have seen on mailing lists.

* ACCMail messages may be archived on websites that are vulnerable
  to spambots and other email harvesters. The AOL listserv archive
  is protected, but we do not know where else the 

Re: help

2009-12-17 Thread sun zoom spark
On 10 Dec 2009 at 19:29, Ua Fm wrote:
> How I can to now, why stopped (about 1 month) the
> answers from www4mail AT szs.net to my asks such
> as tsource or send http://emailonly.szs.net/www4mail/?

www4mail AT szs.net is working normally, with no
reported downtime. We don't count requests, but the
access logs seem to get longer every month.

For more information about why some requests fail,
please send
HELP FAQ
to www4mail AT szs.net

It is the answer to Q2.
We are very sorry that the FAQ is in english only.
We have no translations.

::: SZS :::

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NEWS: Monthly Reminder (December 2009)

2009-12-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 Dec 2009
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Usenet
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 8. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 9. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
10. ACCMAIL topics
11. ACCMAIL archives and search
12. www4mail at szs.net

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

==
2. CONVENTIONS

In this file, we have replaced the normal email @ character with the
string `AT`. To use any email address, simply replace `AT` with @ to
form a proper email address.

==
3. THE ACCMAIL FAQ: A GUIDE TO OFFLINE INTERNET ACCESS

In August 2003, after many years dedicated service to the ACCMAIL
community, Mr Gerald Boyd retired as maintainer of the ACCMAIL FAQ,
and unfortunately died in May the following year.

The most recent version (10.2) of the FAQ was published in April 2002,
and is now *very* out of date. A new version is being prepared.

==
4. USENET

To learn about Usenet, Usenet access and newsgroups, Uzi Paz
provides a valuable file.
Send a message to: agora`AT`dna.affrc.go.jp and in the body of the
message enter ONE of the following:
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.txt
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.zip

==
5. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: LANGUAGE

The language of the list is international English. Don't worry if
you think your English is not very good -- and don't apologise --
MOST subscribers use English as a foreign or second language.

==
6. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: SUBJECT LINES

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.

==
7. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: OFF-TOPIC

Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing
list does NOT deal with topics like:
 - General use of your computer.
 - 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 95/98/NT/XP problems -- instead ask where do I find
   information regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web
   page, etc.)

==
8. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* 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 text.

* 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 email program so that it sends only
  plain text to the list.

* Remember that people with whom you communicate are located across
  the world. 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 unsolicited mail asking for information to people whose
  names you might have seen on mailing lists.

* ACCMail messages may be archived on websites that are vulnerable
  to spambots and other email harvesters. The AOL listserv archive
  is protected, but we do not know where else the 

NEWS: Monthly Reminder (November 2009)

2009-11-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 Nov 2009
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Usenet
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 8. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 9. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
10. ACCMAIL topics
11. ACCMAIL archives and search
12. www4mail at szs.net

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

==
2. CONVENTIONS

In this file, we have replaced the normal email @ character with the
string `AT`. To use any email address, simply replace `AT` with @ to
form a proper email address.

==
3. THE ACCMAIL FAQ: A GUIDE TO OFFLINE INTERNET ACCESS

In August 2003, after many years dedicated service to the ACCMAIL
community, Mr Gerald Boyd retired as maintainer of the ACCMAIL FAQ,
and unfortunately died in May the following year.

The most recent version (10.2) of the FAQ was published in April 2002,
and is now *very* out of date. A new version is being prepared.

==
4. USENET

To learn about Usenet, Usenet access and newsgroups, Uzi Paz
provides a valuable file.
Send a message to: agora`AT`dna.affrc.go.jp and in the body of the
message enter ONE of the following:
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.txt
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.zip

==
5. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: LANGUAGE

The language of the list is international English. Don't worry if
you think your English is not very good -- and don't apologise --
MOST subscribers use English as a foreign or second language.

==
6. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: SUBJECT LINES

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.

==
7. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: OFF-TOPIC

Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing
list does NOT deal with topics like:
 - General use of your computer.
 - 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 95/98/NT/XP problems -- instead ask where do I find
   information regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web
   page, etc.)

==
8. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* 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 text.

* 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 email program so that it sends only
  plain text to the list.

* Remember that people with whom you communicate are located across
  the world. 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 unsolicited mail asking for information to people whose
  names you might have seen on mailing lists.

* ACCMail messages may be archived on websites that are vulnerable
  to spambots and other email harvesters. The AOL listserv archive
  is protected, but we do not know where else the 

NEWS: Monthly Reminder (October 2009)

2009-10-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 Oct 2009
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Usenet
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 8. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 9. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
10. ACCMAIL topics
11. ACCMAIL archives and search
12. www4mail at szs.net

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

==
2. CONVENTIONS

In this file, we have replaced the normal email @ character with the
string `AT`. To use any email address, simply replace `AT` with @ to
form a proper email address.

==
3. THE ACCMAIL FAQ: A GUIDE TO OFFLINE INTERNET ACCESS

In August 2003, after many years dedicated service to the ACCMAIL
community, Mr Gerald Boyd retired as maintainer of the ACCMAIL FAQ,
and unfortunately died in May the following year.

The most recent version (10.2) of the FAQ was published in April 2002,
and is now *very* out of date. A new version is being prepared.

==
4. USENET

To learn about Usenet, Usenet access and newsgroups, Uzi Paz
provides a valuable file.
Send a message to: agora`AT`dna.affrc.go.jp and in the body of the
message enter ONE of the following:
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.txt
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.zip

==
5. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: LANGUAGE

The language of the list is international English. Don't worry if
you think your English is not very good -- and don't apologise --
MOST subscribers use English as a foreign or second language.

==
6. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: SUBJECT LINES

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.

==
7. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: OFF-TOPIC

Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing
list does NOT deal with topics like:
 - General use of your computer.
 - 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 95/98/NT/XP problems -- instead ask where do I find
   information regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web
   page, etc.)

==
8. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* 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 text.

* 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 email program so that it sends only
  plain text to the list.

* Remember that people with whom you communicate are located across
  the world. 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 unsolicited mail asking for information to people whose
  names you might have seen on mailing lists.

* ACCMail messages may be archived on websites that are vulnerable
  to spambots and other email harvesters. The AOL listserv archive
  is protected, but we do not know where else the 

Re: Problems with advanced search in google

2009-09-03 Thread sun zoom spark
On 3 Sep 2009 at 9:28, pedro pablo wrote:
> Hello list, I just used many times the advanced search command like:
>  http://www.google.com/search?as_q=Series+Cronologicas&num=100
> with www4m...@szs.net and returned me the fallowing message from google: 
> Bad Request
> Your client has issued a malformed or illegal request.
> 
> any idea?


Right now, our www4mail receives the same
error message for ALL requests to Google.

For example, try a request for
  http://www.google.com/

We do not believe that www4mail is really
sending a 'malformed or illegal request'
to Google.

However, this is a serious problem for us.
Google search is one of the most important
uses of www4mail.

We cannot explain this result.

As a temorary solution, we suggest you use
a different search engine, eg:

http://search.yahoo.com/search?\
p=Series+Cronologicas

http://www.bing.com/search?\
q=Series+Cronologicas


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NEWS: Monthly Reminder (September 2009)

2009-09-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 Sep 2009
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Usenet
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 8. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 9. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
10. ACCMAIL topics
11. ACCMAIL archives and search
12. www4mail at szs.net

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

==
2. CONVENTIONS

In this file, we have replaced the normal email @ character with the
string `AT`. To use any email address, simply replace `AT` with @ to
form a proper email address.

==
3. THE ACCMAIL FAQ: A GUIDE TO OFFLINE INTERNET ACCESS

In August 2003, after many years dedicated service to the ACCMAIL
community, Mr Gerald Boyd retired as maintainer of the ACCMAIL FAQ,
and unfortunately died in May the following year.

The most recent version (10.2) of the FAQ was published in April 2002,
and is now *very* out of date. A new version is being prepared.

==
4. USENET

To learn about Usenet, Usenet access and newsgroups, Uzi Paz
provides a valuable file.
Send a message to: agora`AT`dna.affrc.go.jp and in the body of the
message enter ONE of the following:
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.txt
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.zip

==
5. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: LANGUAGE

The language of the list is international English. Don't worry if
you think your English is not very good -- and don't apologise --
MOST subscribers use English as a foreign or second language.

==
6. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: SUBJECT LINES

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.

==
7. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: OFF-TOPIC

Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing
list does NOT deal with topics like:
 - General use of your computer.
 - 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 95/98/NT/XP problems -- instead ask where do I find
   information regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web
   page, etc.)

==
8. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* 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 text.

* 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 email program so that it sends only
  plain text to the list.

* Remember that people with whom you communicate are located across
  the world. 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 unsolicited mail asking for information to people whose
  names you might have seen on mailing lists.

* ACCMail messages may be archived on websites that are vulnerable
  to spambots and other email harvesters. The AOL listserv archive
  is protected, but we do not know where else the 

NEWS: Monthly Reminder (August 2009)

2009-08-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 Aug 2009
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Usenet
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 8. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 9. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
10. ACCMAIL topics
11. ACCMAIL archives and search
12. www4mail at szs.net

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

==
2. CONVENTIONS

In this file, we have replaced the normal email @ character with the
string `AT`. To use any email address, simply replace `AT` with @ to
form a proper email address.

==
3. THE ACCMAIL FAQ: A GUIDE TO OFFLINE INTERNET ACCESS

In August 2003, after many years dedicated service to the ACCMAIL
community, Mr Gerald Boyd retired as maintainer of the ACCMAIL FAQ,
and unfortunately died in May the following year.

The most recent version (10.2) of the FAQ was published in April 2002,
and is now *very* out of date. A new version is being prepared.

==
4. USENET

To learn about Usenet, Usenet access and newsgroups, Uzi Paz
provides a valuable file.
Send a message to: agora`AT`dna.affrc.go.jp and in the body of the
message enter ONE of the following:
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.txt
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.zip

==
5. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: LANGUAGE

The language of the list is international English. Don't worry if
you think your English is not very good -- and don't apologise --
MOST subscribers use English as a foreign or second language.

==
6. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: SUBJECT LINES

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.

==
7. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: OFF-TOPIC

Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing
list does NOT deal with topics like:
 - General use of your computer.
 - 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 95/98/NT/XP problems -- instead ask where do I find
   information regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web
   page, etc.)

==
8. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* 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 text.

* 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 email program so that it sends only
  plain text to the list.

* Remember that people with whom you communicate are located across
  the world. 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 unsolicited mail asking for information to people whose
  names you might have seen on mailing lists.

* ACCMail messages may be archived on websites that are vulnerable
  to spambots and other email harvesters. The AOL listserv archive
  is protected, but we do not know where else the 

NEWS: Monthly Reminder (July 2009)

2009-07-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 Jul 2009
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Usenet
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 8. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 9. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
10. ACCMAIL topics
11. ACCMAIL archives and search
12. www4mail at szs.net

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

==
2. CONVENTIONS

In this file, we have replaced the normal email @ character with the
string `AT`. To use any email address, simply replace `AT` with @ to
form a proper email address.

==
3. THE ACCMAIL FAQ: A GUIDE TO OFFLINE INTERNET ACCESS

In August 2003, after many years dedicated service to the ACCMAIL
community, Mr Gerald Boyd retired as maintainer of the ACCMAIL FAQ,
and unfortunately died in May the following year.

The most recent version (10.2) of the FAQ was published in April 2002,
and is now *very* out of date. A new version is being prepared.

==
4. USENET

To learn about Usenet, Usenet access and newsgroups, Uzi Paz
provides a valuable file.
Send a message to: agora`AT`dna.affrc.go.jp and in the body of the
message enter ONE of the following:
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.txt
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.zip

==
5. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: LANGUAGE

The language of the list is international English. Don't worry if
you think your English is not very good -- and don't apologise --
MOST subscribers use English as a foreign or second language.

==
6. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: SUBJECT LINES

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.

==
7. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: OFF-TOPIC

Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing
list does NOT deal with topics like:
 - General use of your computer.
 - 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 95/98/NT/XP problems -- instead ask where do I find
   information regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web
   page, etc.)

==
8. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* 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 text.

* 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 email program so that it sends only
  plain text to the list.

* Remember that people with whom you communicate are located across
  the world. 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 unsolicited mail asking for information to people whose
  names you might have seen on mailing lists.

* ACCMail messages may be archived on websites that are vulnerable
  to spambots and other email harvesters. The AOL listserv archive
  is protected, but we do not know where else the 

NEWS: Monthly Reminder (June 2009)

2009-06-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 Jun 2009
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Usenet
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 8. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 9. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
10. ACCMAIL topics
11. ACCMAIL archives and search
12. www4mail at szs.net

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

==
2. CONVENTIONS

In this file, we have replaced the normal email @ character with the
string `AT`. To use any email address, simply replace `AT` with @ to
form a proper email address.

==
3. THE ACCMAIL FAQ: A GUIDE TO OFFLINE INTERNET ACCESS

In August 2003, after many years dedicated service to the ACCMAIL
community, Mr Gerald Boyd retired as maintainer of the ACCMAIL FAQ,
and unfortunately died in May the following year.

The most recent version (10.2) of the FAQ was published in April 2002,
and is now *very* out of date. A new version is being prepared.

==
4. USENET

To learn about Usenet, Usenet access and newsgroups, Uzi Paz
provides a valuable file.
Send a message to: agora`AT`dna.affrc.go.jp and in the body of the
message enter ONE of the following:
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.txt
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.zip

==
5. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: LANGUAGE

The language of the list is international English. Don't worry if
you think your English is not very good -- and don't apologise --
MOST subscribers use English as a foreign or second language.

==
6. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: SUBJECT LINES

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.

==
7. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: OFF-TOPIC

Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing
list does NOT deal with topics like:
 - General use of your computer.
 - 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 95/98/NT/XP problems -- instead ask where do I find
   information regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web
   page, etc.)

==
8. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* 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 text.

* 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 email program so that it sends only
  plain text to the list.

* Remember that people with whom you communicate are located across
  the world. 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 unsolicited mail asking for information to people whose
  names you might have seen on mailing lists.

* ACCMail messages may be archived on websites that are vulnerable
  to spambots and other email harvesters. The AOL listserv archive
  is protected, but we do not know where else the 

NEWS: Monthly Reminder (May 2009)

2009-05-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 May 2009
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Usenet
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 8. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 9. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
10. ACCMAIL topics
11. ACCMAIL archives and search
12. www4mail at szs.net

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

==
2. CONVENTIONS

In this file, we have replaced the normal email @ character with the
string `AT`. To use any email address, simply replace `AT` with @ to
form a proper email address.

==
3. THE ACCMAIL FAQ: A GUIDE TO OFFLINE INTERNET ACCESS

In August 2003, after many years dedicated service to the ACCMAIL
community, Mr Gerald Boyd retired as maintainer of the ACCMAIL FAQ,
and unfortunately died in May the following year.

The most recent version (10.2) of the FAQ was published in April 2002,
and is now *very* out of date. A new version is being prepared.

==
4. USENET

To learn about Usenet, Usenet access and newsgroups, Uzi Paz
provides a valuable file.
Send a message to: agora`AT`dna.affrc.go.jp and in the body of the
message enter ONE of the following:
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.txt
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.zip

==
5. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: LANGUAGE

The language of the list is international English. Don't worry if
you think your English is not very good -- and don't apologise --
MOST subscribers use English as a foreign or second language.

==
6. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: SUBJECT LINES

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.

==
7. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: OFF-TOPIC

Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing
list does NOT deal with topics like:
 - General use of your computer.
 - 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 95/98/NT/XP problems -- instead ask where do I find
   information regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web
   page, etc.)

==
8. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* 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 text.

* 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 email program so that it sends only
  plain text to the list.

* Remember that people with whom you communicate are located across
  the world. 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 unsolicited mail asking for information to people whose
  names you might have seen on mailing lists.

* ACCMail messages may be archived on websites that are vulnerable
  to spambots and other email harvesters. The AOL listserv archive
  is protected, but we do not know where else the 

NEWS: Monthly Reminder (April 2009)

2009-04-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 Apr 2009
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Usenet
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 8. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 9. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
10. ACCMAIL topics
11. ACCMAIL archives and search
12. www4mail at szs.net

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

==
2. CONVENTIONS

In this file, we have replaced the normal email @ character with the
string `AT`. To use any email address, simply replace `AT` with @ to
form a proper email address.

==
3. THE ACCMAIL FAQ: A GUIDE TO OFFLINE INTERNET ACCESS

In August 2003, after many years dedicated service to the ACCMAIL
community, Mr Gerald Boyd retired as maintainer of the ACCMAIL FAQ,
and unfortunately died in May the following year.

The most recent version (10.2) of the FAQ was published in April 2002,
and is now *very* out of date. A new version is being prepared.

==
4. USENET

To learn about Usenet, Usenet access and newsgroups, Uzi Paz
provides a valuable file.
Send a message to: agora`AT`dna.affrc.go.jp and in the body of the
message enter ONE of the following:
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.txt
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.zip

==
5. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: LANGUAGE

The language of the list is international English. Don't worry if
you think your English is not very good -- and don't apologise --
MOST subscribers use English as a foreign or second language.

==
6. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: SUBJECT LINES

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.

==
7. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: OFF-TOPIC

Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing
list does NOT deal with topics like:
 - General use of your computer.
 - 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 95/98/NT/XP problems -- instead ask where do I find
   information regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web
   page, etc.)

==
8. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* 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 text.

* 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 email program so that it sends only
  plain text to the list.

* Remember that people with whom you communicate are located across
  the world. 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 unsolicited mail asking for information to people whose
  names you might have seen on mailing lists.

* ACCMail messages may be archived on websites that are vulnerable
  to spambots and other email harvesters. The AOL listserv archive
  is protected, but we do not know where else the 

Google mail blocks executable files

2009-03-24 Thread sun zoom spark
Hello accmail ...

Here is a reminder for people who are using accounts on
gmail.com (googlemail.com in some countries), or any
domain that uses Google Apps for email.

Gmail does not allow you to receive executable files.
Here is the (english) text of the Google help page
'Some file types are blocked'
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=6590

"As a security measure to prevent potential viruses,
Gmail doesn't allow you to send or receive executable
files (such as files ending in .exe) that could contain
damaging executable code.
Gmail won't accept these types of files even if they are
sent in a zipped (.zip, .tar, .tgz, .taz, .z, .gz)
format. If this type of message is sent to your Gmail
address, it is bounced back to the sender
automatically."

So you cannot use ACCMAIL methods to retrieve an
executable file if your email account is on Gmail or any
domain that uses Google Apps.

Here at szs.net we have noticed several people with such
accounts persistently requesting executable files from
www4mail at szs.net -- a pointless and futile extra load
on our servers, which have to retrieve the files, split
them, send them to a Gmail account, and then handle the
bounces -- over and over again. We have decided that in
future that sort of activity will be treated as abuse,
with immediate effect.

::: szs :::

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To unsubscribe, email to the *admin* address lists...@listserv.aol.com
with UNSUBSCRIBE ACCMAIL as the message body.
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NEWS: Monthly Reminder (March 2009)

2009-03-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 Mar 2009
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Usenet
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 8. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 9. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
10. ACCMAIL topics
11. ACCMAIL archives and search
12. www4mail at szs.net

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

==
2. CONVENTIONS

In this file, we have replaced the normal email @ character with the
string `AT`. To use any email address, simply replace `AT` with @ to
form a proper email address.

==
3. THE ACCMAIL FAQ: A GUIDE TO OFFLINE INTERNET ACCESS

In August 2003, after many years dedicated service to the ACCMAIL
community, Mr Gerald Boyd retired as maintainer of the ACCMAIL FAQ,
and unfortunately died in May the following year.

The most recent version (10.2) of the FAQ was published in April 2002,
and is now *very* out of date. A new version is being prepared.

==
4. USENET

To learn about Usenet, Usenet access and newsgroups, Uzi Paz
provides a valuable file.
Send a message to: agora`AT`dna.affrc.go.jp and in the body of the
message enter ONE of the following:
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.txt
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.zip

==
5. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: LANGUAGE

The language of the list is international English. Don't worry if
you think your English is not very good -- and don't apologise --
MOST subscribers use English as a foreign or second language.

==
6. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: SUBJECT LINES

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.

==
7. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: OFF-TOPIC

Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing
list does NOT deal with topics like:
 - General use of your computer.
 - 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 95/98/NT/XP problems -- instead ask where do I find
   information regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web
   page, etc.)

==
8. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* 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 text.

* 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 email program so that it sends only
  plain text to the list.

* Remember that people with whom you communicate are located across
  the world. 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 unsolicited mail asking for information to people whose
  names you might have seen on mailing lists.

* ACCMail messages may be archived on websites that are vulnerable
  to spambots and other email harvesters. The AOL listserv archive
  is protected, but we do not know where else the 

NEWS: Monthly Reminder (February 2009)

2009-02-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 Feb 2009
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Usenet
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 8. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 9. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
10. ACCMAIL topics
11. ACCMAIL archives and search
12. www4mail at szs.net

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

==
2. CONVENTIONS

In this file, we have replaced the normal email @ character with the
string `AT`. To use any email address, simply replace `AT` with @ to
form a proper email address.

==
3. THE ACCMAIL FAQ: A GUIDE TO OFFLINE INTERNET ACCESS

In August 2003, after many years dedicated service to the ACCMAIL
community, Mr Gerald Boyd retired as maintainer of the ACCMAIL FAQ,
and unfortunately died in May the following year.

The most recent version (10.2) of the FAQ was published in April 2002,
and is now *very* out of date. A new version is being prepared.

==
4. USENET

To learn about Usenet, Usenet access and newsgroups, Uzi Paz
provides a valuable file.
Send a message to: agora`AT`dna.affrc.go.jp and in the body of the
message enter ONE of the following:
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.txt
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.zip

==
5. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: LANGUAGE

The language of the list is international English. Don't worry if
you think your English is not very good -- and don't apologise --
MOST subscribers use English as a foreign or second language.

==
6. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: SUBJECT LINES

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.

==
7. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: OFF-TOPIC

Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing
list does NOT deal with topics like:
 - General use of your computer.
 - 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 95/98/NT/XP problems -- instead ask where do I find
   information regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web
   page, etc.)

==
8. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* 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 text.

* 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 email program so that it sends only
  plain text to the list.

* Remember that people with whom you communicate are located across
  the world. 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 unsolicited mail asking for information to people whose
  names you might have seen on mailing lists.

* ACCMail messages may be archived on websites that are vulnerable
  to spambots and other email harvesters. The AOL listserv archive
  is protected, but we do not know where else the 

NEWS: Monthly Reminder (January 2009)

2009-01-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 Jan 2009
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Usenet
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 8. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 9. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
10. ACCMAIL topics
11. ACCMAIL archives and search
12. www4mail at szs.net

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

==
2. CONVENTIONS

In this file, we have replaced the normal email @ character with the
string `AT`. To use any email address, simply replace `AT` with @ to
form a proper email address.

==
3. THE ACCMAIL FAQ: A GUIDE TO OFFLINE INTERNET ACCESS

In August 2003, after many years dedicated service to the ACCMAIL
community, Mr Gerald Boyd retired as maintainer of the ACCMAIL FAQ,
and unfortunately died in May the following year.

The most recent version (10.2) of the FAQ was published in April 2002,
and is now *very* out of date. A new version is being prepared.

==
4. USENET

To learn about Usenet, Usenet access and newsgroups, Uzi Paz
provides a valuable file.
Send a message to: agora`AT`dna.affrc.go.jp and in the body of the
message enter ONE of the following:
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.txt
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.zip

==
5. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: LANGUAGE

The language of the list is international English. Don't worry if
you think your English is not very good -- and don't apologise --
MOST subscribers use English as a foreign or second language.

==
6. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: SUBJECT LINES

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.

==
7. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: OFF-TOPIC

Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing
list does NOT deal with topics like:
 - General use of your computer.
 - 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 95/98/NT/XP problems -- instead ask where do I find
   information regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web
   page, etc.)

==
8. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* 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 text.

* 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 email program so that it sends only
  plain text to the list.

* Remember that people with whom you communicate are located across
  the world. 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 unsolicited mail asking for information to people whose
  names you might have seen on mailing lists.

* ACCMail messages may be archived on websites that are vulnerable
  to spambots and other email harvesters. The AOL listserv archive
  is protected, but we do not know where else the 

NEWS: Monthly Reminder (December 2008)

2008-12-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 Dec 2008
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Usenet
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 8. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 9. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
10. ACCMAIL topics
11. ACCMAIL archives and search
12. www4mail at szs.net

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

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and unfortunately died in May the following year.

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and is now *very* out of date. A new version is being prepared.

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content of the message -- it helps others to find messages of
interest (and is necessary if you receive a lot of messages per
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   information concerning ??? via email.
 - Windows 95/98/NT/XP problems -- instead ask where do I find
   information regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web
   page, etc.)

==
8. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* 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 text.

* 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 email program so that it sends only
  plain text to the list.

* Remember that people with whom you communicate are located across
  the world. 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 unsolicited mail asking for information to people whose
  names you might have seen on mailing lists.

* ACCMail messages may be archived on websites that are vulnerable
  to spambots and other email harvesters. The AOL listserv archive
  is protected, but we do not know where else the 

Re: Maximum number of requests per mail at SZS?

2008-11-29 Thread sun zoom spark
Hello accmailers ...

On 26 Nov 2008 at 13:48, Albert Reiner wrote:
> ,
> | You may request up to 5 resources in each email you send to
> | www4mail`AT`szs.net.
> `
>   ...  I think it would be
>   better to allow the user to use up all of her quota with a single
>   mail, rather than forcing her to split the requests into several
>   mails manually as I find myself doing quite often these days.

Agreed!
But unfortunately, the limit 5 is not a www4mail
configuration option. It is hardwired into the
Perl source code ... somewhere. I have looked for
it, but have failed to find it. If somebody else,
with more time on their hands, can tell me where
it is, I would be happy to increase it to a higher
value. I think 20 would be reasonable.


> Also I wonder if excess requests within a single mail are dropped
> silently or cause an error message.

I don't know!
Would you like to test it?


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Re: Failed search (SZS - Google)

2008-11-16 Thread sun zoom spark
On 15 Nov 2008 at 10:13, Albert Reiner wrote:
> can anyone see why the following search fails, using <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> get http://www.google.com/search?q=mp3+wav+linux+convert

Yes ...

Now try again!

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Re: Proper Google search requests.

2008-11-16 Thread sun zoom spark
On 13 Nov 2008 at 11:56, Albert Reiner wrote:
> [Rodolfo Ortega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:42:52 -0500]:
> > Regular search: http://www.google.com/search?q=search+key+words
> > Images: http://www.google.com/images?q=search+key+words
> > News: http://www.google.com/news?q=search+key+words
> > Scholar articles: http://www.google.com/scholar?q=search+key+words
> > Books: http://www.google.com/books?q=search+key+words
> 
> May I suggest that the text returned by SZS in response to the HELP
> GOOGLE command be modified to include these *simple* searches, too?
> Currently it only explains how to use the *advanced* search.


Good idea!
It's on my to-do list now.

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NEWS: Monthly Reminder (November 2008)

2008-11-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 Nov 2008
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Usenet
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 8. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 9. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
10. ACCMAIL topics
11. ACCMAIL archives and search
12. www4mail at szs.net

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

==
2. CONVENTIONS

In this file, we have replaced the normal email @ character with the
string `AT`. To use any email address, simply replace `AT` with @ to
form a proper email address.

==
3. THE ACCMAIL FAQ: A GUIDE TO OFFLINE INTERNET ACCESS

In August 2003, after many years dedicated service to the ACCMAIL
community, Mr Gerald Boyd retired as maintainer of the ACCMAIL FAQ,
and unfortunately died in May the following year.

The most recent version (10.2) of the FAQ was published in April 2002,
and is now *very* out of date. A new version is being prepared.

==
4. USENET

To learn about Usenet, Usenet access and newsgroups, Uzi Paz
provides a valuable file.
Send a message to: agora`AT`dna.affrc.go.jp and in the body of the
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  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.zip

==
5. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: LANGUAGE

The language of the list is international English. Don't worry if
you think your English is not very good -- and don't apologise --
MOST subscribers use English as a foreign or second language.

==
6. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: SUBJECT LINES

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.

==
7. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: OFF-TOPIC

Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing
list does NOT deal with topics like:
 - General use of your computer.
 - 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 95/98/NT/XP problems -- instead ask where do I find
   information regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web
   page, etc.)

==
8. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* 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 text.

* 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 email program so that it sends only
  plain text to the list.

* Remember that people with whom you communicate are located across
  the world. 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 unsolicited mail asking for information to people whose
  names you might have seen on mailing lists.

* ACCMail messages may be archived on websites that are vulnerable
  to spambots and other email harvesters. The AOL listserv archive
  is protected, but we do not know where else the 

Re: download archives from ftp sites

2008-10-10 Thread sun zoom spark
On 9 Oct 2008 at 9:21, Jorge Pinckney wrote:
> Please, I need to know how can I download binary
> files using accmail

The only reliable service I know about is our own
www4mail`at`szs.net http://emailonly.szs.net/www4mail/ ,
which will send binary files up to 15 Mb size, with
a weekly limit of 24 Mb.

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Re: Google searches

2008-10-10 Thread sun zoom spark
On 8 Oct 2008 at 7:56, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm getting "Bad request" errors when doing a Google search. Is there
> perhaps a new search string that I can use to get Google search results

It is impossible to answer this question!
Tell us what you do that results in this 'bad request'
error, them perhaps we can help you.

Where do you send your search?
Give us an example of your search string.


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www4mail at szs.net emergency maintenance

2008-10-04 Thread sun zoom spark
Hello accmailers ...

www4mail at szs.net is now working normally again.

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NEWS: Monthly Reminder (October 2008)

2008-10-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 Oct 2008
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Usenet
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 8. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 9. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
10. ACCMAIL topics
11. ACCMAIL archives and search
12. www4mail at szs.net

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

==
2. CONVENTIONS

In this file, we have replaced the normal email @ character with the
string `AT`. To use any email address, simply replace `AT` with @ to
form a proper email address.

==
3. THE ACCMAIL FAQ: A GUIDE TO OFFLINE INTERNET ACCESS

In August 2003, after many years dedicated service to the ACCMAIL
community, Mr Gerald Boyd retired as maintainer of the ACCMAIL FAQ,
and unfortunately died in May the following year.

The most recent version (10.2) of the FAQ was published in April 2002,
and is now *very* out of date. A new version is being prepared.

==
4. USENET

To learn about Usenet, Usenet access and newsgroups, Uzi Paz
provides a valuable file.
Send a message to: agora`AT`dna.affrc.go.jp and in the body of the
message enter ONE of the following:
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.txt
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.zip

==
5. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: LANGUAGE

The language of the list is international English. Don't worry if
you think your English is not very good -- and don't apologise --
MOST subscribers use English as a foreign or second language.

==
6. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: SUBJECT LINES

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.

==
7. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: OFF-TOPIC

Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing
list does NOT deal with topics like:
 - General use of your computer.
 - 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 95/98/NT/XP problems -- instead ask where do I find
   information regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web
   page, etc.)

==
8. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* 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 text.

* 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 email program so that it sends only
  plain text to the list.

* Remember that people with whom you communicate are located across
  the world. 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 unsolicited mail asking for information to people whose
  names you might have seen on mailing lists.

* ACCMail messages may be archived on websites that are vulnerable
  to spambots and other email harvesters. The AOL listserv archive
  is protected, but we do not know where else the 

Re: www4mail at szs.net emergency maintenance

2008-09-28 Thread sun zoom spark
Hello accmailers ...

On 27 Sep 2008 at 22:09, sun zoom spark wrote:
> www4mail at szs.net is down for maintenance.
> We expect to be working again in 24 hours.

Here is an update.

This is not really about maintenance. Our www4mail was broken
when we installed a virtual hosting package on the same machine.

Ideally, we should edit the www4mail Perl code to fix the
problem. But www4mail is a very large and complex package, with
no documentation. We can't find where to do the edits.

To save time, and get www4mail working again as soon as
possible, we are going to install it on a new machine.
Hopefully, it will be fixed by Wednesday.

There is a precedent for this. When we started with www4mail, we
had two installations (in England and Texas), but there has been
only one for the last 12 months -- so no backup.

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www4mail at szs.net emergency maintenance

2008-09-27 Thread sun zoom spark
Hello accmailers ...

www4mail at szs.net is down for maintenance.
We expect to be working again in 24 hours.

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Re: Access Denied message (WAS ACCMAIL Digest - 22 Sep 2008 to 23 Sep 2008 (#2008-63))

2008-09-24 Thread sun zoom spark
Hello accmailers ...

Just so everyone understands this:

Humberto says his email to www4mail`at`szs.net always
returns with the message 'Access Denied'.

Damian has explained the reason: Humberto's local email
administrator is controlling the volume of traffic, and
is probably filtering outbound email on words such as
'www4mail'.

This is the first time I have heard of this problem.
Is it common?

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Re: Spanish language help (WAS Saludos)

2008-09-22 Thread sun zoom spark
On 22 Sep 2008 at 15:24, andy wrote:
> Me gustaria saber cual direccion de correo esta funcionando para que me 
> envien internet por correo.
> espero sus respuestas.
> alguien me puede esplicar mas de este servicio en espaƱol. 

Yet another reminder that ACCMAIL should perhaps not
be monolingual. Spanish is the first language of many
ACCMAIL members. Can anyone help?

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Re: problem with pages in pdf

2008-09-22 Thread sun zoom spark
Hello Julia ...

On 19 Sep 2008 at 17:43, Julia Lomonosova wrote:
> anybody can explain me why for this request I get back only empty pdf-page?
> GETPDF http://www.fd.ru/rubrika/5/1109.html
> I just want to get this page http://www.fd.ru/rubrika/5/1109.html  with
> images but I don't know how do it.
> is here any commands on www4mail to retrieve web-pages with images?

In general, GETPDF results are satisfactory only in the
following circumstances ...

* The page does not require client-side processing.
  If page display depends on Javascript or CSS, you may see no
  result at all.

* The page markup (HTML or XHTML) is 100% syntactically correct;
  parsing may fail on even the smallest error.

There is a reason for this. A PDF page dump is a visual image of
of the page. To create the image, the parser must do exactly
what a web browser does -- examine the markup, display text
according to the markup tags, retrieve and insert images at the
correct places. Advanced browsers such as Internet Explorer and
Firefox are compiled from code which contains a large proportion
of error handling and guesswork -- simply because bad markup is
so common.

Our www4mail server relies on a relatively simple markup parser.
If the markup is bad, the output is bad.

Page http://www.fd.ru/rubrika/5/1109.html seems to have numerous
syntax errors. I'm not surprised it failed.


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Re: Problem retrieving files with www4mail

2008-09-18 Thread sun zoom spark
On 18 Sep 2008 at 4:11, Damian V.B. wrote:
> I think that a test can be done for what I could have seen, the
> www4mail uses the lynx browser, it must be installed in server ...
> maybe this is a lynx problem?

Lynx is involved, but it is not a Lynx problem.
Ramiro Ochoa has discovered what happened ...
* The server at casema.nl uses an incorrect content-type header,
  effectively telling Lynx that the content which follows is a text
  file.
* Lynx accepts the incorrect information, and treats the subsequent
  content as text.

> A test would be try to download problematic file directly from the web
> using lynx and seeing what happens.
> simple, but I can't do it ... I don't have full internet
> Only an idea ...

But a good idea!
A Lynx test confirms your suspicions and Ramiro's theory.

If you need those files, I suggest you contact the people at
casema.nl and ask them to fix their content-type headers.
They will not be offended!

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Re: Problem retrieving files with www4mail

2008-09-18 Thread sun zoom spark
On 18 Sep 2008 at 10:53, Ramiro Ochoa wrote:
> The cause of the problem is in Content-type returned by the remote
> server. Any file which returns the "text" word in content-type is
> treated as an ascii file. I noticed the same problem by "any" type of
> e-mail server (old gopher, agora etc.)

Thanks Ramiro -- great detection work!
The content-type should be application/x-rar-compressed
Other sites serving .rar files get it right, and there is
no problem.


> I don't know what content-type this file returns, so I can't say how
> hard a patch could be. May be an impossible change in many files or a
> simple change in a regular expression. 

I don't think there is anything else to be done.
We can't anticipate errors in the server headers.

Perhaps not *very* difficult to modify the www4mail
code to intercept and act on probable mismatches
between the content-type header and the actual file
received -- but nobody at szs.net has the time to
do it. Testing would take longer than writing the
patch.

Perhaps we should just warn users that if the remote
servers are not configured correctly, the result
returned by www4mail is unpredictable.

In the meantime, the case is closed.
No further action -- the problem is at casema.nl

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Re: Problem retrieving files with www4mail

2008-09-16 Thread sun zoom spark
On 16 Sep 2008 at 14:26, Albert Reiner wrote:
> Certainly not a specialist, but I used to do quite a bit of Perl on 
> Linux a couple of years ago.  So if you send me the code, or a pointer 
> to it in an easily accessible location, I might have a look at it.  No
> promises, though!

Thanks Albert!

I have sent Albert an URL for the zipped Perl
source used by www4mail`at`szs.net.

If anyone else would like to test themselves
against this complex and undocumented code,
please email me off-list.

Be warned --
* there are 1181 files in the system;
* you have no chance of understanding it
  unless you have programmed professionally
  in Perl or a similar language.

However, it is possible that the cause of this
problem does not lie in the code, but in the
interaction between the code and the Debian OS.


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Re: Problem retrieving files with www4mail

2008-09-16 Thread sun zoom spark
On 16 Sep 2008 at 8:11, Damian V.B. wrote:
> well, a lot of files ultimately I tried to download, cause this
> problem... (I worried about this)
> For example, try this url...
> http://home.casema.nl/eugene_plotnikov/SMS_lng.rar
> The file always returns with " .asc "

Damian is right about this!
I have never noticed this before.
Is it only '.rar' files that cause this problem?

I have had a quick look at the Perl source code and
configuration files, and have found no clues. The
string '.asc' does not appear anywhere! I guess the
cause might be outside the www4mail script -- perhaps
an operating system side-effect (the OS is Debian).

I have given this problem top priority for a fix, but
I cannot say when that fix might happen. Sun Zoom
Spark is *very* busy right now!

Does anyone else have any ideas?
Any Linux specialists on board?

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Re: Problem retrieving files with www4mail

2008-09-09 Thread sun zoom spark
Hello Damian :

On 7 Sep 2008 at 9:53, Damian V.B. wrote:
> Hello, I have this problem with www4mail. While trying to download
> some specific files, the server return the file, but with appended
> extension ".ASC"  (ascii?) and the content is corrupted by CR's and
> LF's I have been using www4mail services for years, and sometimes
> this problem happen.
> I think the problem is that the server by some strange cause treats
> binary file like ascii files... if any knows any solution, please !
> also,  I want to thank so much to all that supports this service...

Can you give us an example?
The URL of a file which causes this to happen?


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NEWS: Monthly Reminder (September 2008)

2008-09-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 Sep 2008
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Usenet
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 8. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 9. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
10. ACCMAIL topics
11. ACCMAIL archives and search
12. www4mail at szs.net

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

==
2. CONVENTIONS

In this file, we have replaced the normal email @ character with the
string `AT`. To use any email address, simply replace `AT` with @ to
form a proper email address.

==
3. THE ACCMAIL FAQ: A GUIDE TO OFFLINE INTERNET ACCESS

In August 2003, after many years dedicated service to the ACCMAIL
community, Mr Gerald Boyd retired as maintainer of the ACCMAIL FAQ,
and unfortunately died in May the following year.

The most recent version (10.2) of the FAQ was published in April 2002,
and is now *very* out of date. A new version is being prepared.

==
4. USENET

To learn about Usenet, Usenet access and newsgroups, Uzi Paz
provides a valuable file.
Send a message to: agora`AT`dna.affrc.go.jp and in the body of the
message enter ONE of the following:
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.txt
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.zip

==
5. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: LANGUAGE

The language of the list is international English. Don't worry if
you think your English is not very good -- and don't apologise --
MOST subscribers use English as a foreign or second language.

==
6. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: SUBJECT LINES

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.

==
7. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: OFF-TOPIC

Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing
list does NOT deal with topics like:
 - General use of your computer.
 - 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 95/98/NT/XP problems -- instead ask where do I find
   information regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web
   page, etc.)

==
8. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* 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 text.

* 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 email program so that it sends only
  plain text to the list.

* Remember that people with whom you communicate are located across
  the world. 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 unsolicited mail asking for information to people whose
  names you might have seen on mailing lists.

* ACCMail messages may be archived on websites that are vulnerable
  to spambots and other email harvesters. The AOL listserv archive
  is protected, but we do not know where else the 

NEWS: Monthly Reminder (August 2008)

2008-08-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 Aug 2008
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Usenet
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 8. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 9. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
10. ACCMAIL topics
11. ACCMAIL archives and search
12. www4mail at szs.net

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

==
2. CONVENTIONS

In this file, we have replaced the normal email @ character with the
string `AT`. To use any email address, simply replace `AT` with @ to
form a proper email address.

==
3. THE ACCMAIL FAQ: A GUIDE TO OFFLINE INTERNET ACCESS

In August 2003, after many years dedicated service to the ACCMAIL
community, Mr Gerald Boyd retired as maintainer of the ACCMAIL FAQ,
and unfortunately died in May the following year.

The most recent version (10.2) of the FAQ was published in April 2002,
and is now *very* out of date. A new version is being prepared.

==
4. USENET

To learn about Usenet, Usenet access and newsgroups, Uzi Paz
provides a valuable file.
Send a message to: agora`AT`dna.affrc.go.jp and in the body of the
message enter ONE of the following:
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.txt
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.zip

==
5. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: LANGUAGE

The language of the list is international English. Don't worry if
you think your English is not very good -- and don't apologise --
MOST subscribers use English as a foreign or second language.

==
6. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: SUBJECT LINES

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.

==
7. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: OFF-TOPIC

Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing
list does NOT deal with topics like:
 - General use of your computer.
 - 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 95/98/NT/XP problems -- instead ask where do I find
   information regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web
   page, etc.)

==
8. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* 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 text.

* 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 email program so that it sends only
  plain text to the list.

* Remember that people with whom you communicate are located across
  the world. 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 unsolicited mail asking for information to people whose
  names you might have seen on mailing lists.

* ACCMail messages may be archived on websites that are vulnerable
  to spambots and other email harvesters. The AOL listserv archive
  is protected, but we do not know where else the 

www4mail`at`szs.net -- zero tolerance policy reminder

2008-07-10 Thread sun zoom spark
Hello accmailers ...

This is a reminder to new users of www4mail`at`szs.net.

Our attitude to downloads of porn, files from illegal
sites (eg: cracks, wares), and other violations of our
Terms of Service is Zero Tolerance.

That means if you violate our Terms of Service, you will
be PERMANENTLY banned from using www4mail`at`szs.net.
Even if you only do it once, and even if you fail, you
will be banned.

Banning is silent. We do not inform you that you have
been banned -- we just do it. There is NO appeal, and NO
discussion. We make sure that email from banned
addresses is discarded, so we never see it, and you will
never get a reply.

Our Zero Tolerance policy is the reason this service
still exists, when so many other similar services have
been destroyed by abuse in the past.

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www4mail at szs.net will not respond to sws.co.jp addresses

2008-07-10 Thread sun zoom spark
Hello accmailers ...

We added sws.co.jp to the list of mail servers
which persistently refuse mail to valid addresses
from www4mail`at`szs.net.

Starting now, www4mail`at`szs.net will not respond
to sws.co.jp addresses.

Here is the current list of mail servers that do
not accept mail from www4mail`at`szs.net reliably --
* All yahoo servers
* com.sa
* maul.ru
* post.su
* surnet.ru
* sws.co.jp

Other mail servers currently failing, but still
accepted by www4mail`at`szs.net --
* isac.gov.in
* upr.edu.cu

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Re: web2mail not responding to searches

2008-07-09 Thread sun zoom spark
On 6 Jul 2008 at 14:18, Ricky Lomey wrote:
> How does one search with [EMAIL PROTECTED] The original help file said you
> should type in the subject to [EMAIL PROTECTED] search followed by one space
> and then the word you want but nothing happens.

This is working for me!

Example --
Subject: search Diptera

I got back the result I expected.

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Re: www4mail error 400

2008-07-03 Thread sun zoom spark
On 3 Jul 2008 at 7:44, TCO CDG Linguist 2 wrote:
> HI, I'm a new user of accmail, but it appears that I already need some
> specific help.

First -- some very specific help!
Do not expect anyone to read an email with no subject!
Normally, moderators of this reject messages with no
subject. We let this one through because you are new!

Second -- please be clear about the resource that is
causing you problems. Here you are referring to www4mail.
You need to say so if you want help with it. Other
subscribers cannot guess what you mean.

> I follow these instructions a few times, but in reply only get ERROR
> 400. Please help me to resolve the situation.

www4mail returns error 400 when it cannot find a valid
request in the body of your email. For more information,
request
  help errors
from www4mail`at`szs.net

So here is what you should do:
* Look in your email 'Sent' folder for the requests
  which failed.
* Check the contents of the email (get a 'raw' view if
  your email client allows it). What do you see?
* Resend a copy of a failed request to me personally
  (NOT to the list), so I can examine it.


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Re: Searching Google with www4mail 2

2008-07-02 Thread sun zoom spark
On 1 Jul 2008 at 23:01, Ricky Lomey wrote:
> Where is the plus sign on the keyboard that I should use or can I just copy
> and paste the plus
> sing from the help file and just delete all before or after it so I can use
> it with the string?

The position of the plus character on the keyboard
depends on your language, geographical location and
type of computer. It is not fixed.

I do not understand the remainder of your question!
What help file? What string?
What are you trying to do?

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Re: Searching Google with www4mail

2008-07-02 Thread sun zoom spark
On 1 Jul 2008 at 22:58, Ricky Lomey wrote:
> What should I put before sending a search request to google, is it "search"
> or "get" or "send" wishout the quotes first before the URL?

If you are using www4mail, there is no need to put
anything before the URL.

Just request the search URL, followed by your
query ...

Example:
http://www.google.com/search?as_epq=insect+ecology

For a full explanation of how to build the query,
request
help google
from www4mail`at`szs.net

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www4mail at szs.net will not respond to surnet.ru addresses

2008-07-02 Thread sun zoom spark
Hello accmailers ...

Requests from surnet.ru email addresses have been
causing us some difficulties recently. Typically,
numerous large binary files have been rejected at the
SMTP stage and bounced back to us, resulting in an
unnecessary load on our server.

Starting now, www4mail at szs.net will not respond to
requests from surnet.ru email addresses.

We regret the inconvenience to our surnet.ru users, but
it is also important that we manage the server
effectively, to ensure continued use by as many people
as possible.

Here is the list of mail servers that do not play nice
with www4mail`at`szs.net -

* All Yahoo servers
* com.sa
* maul.ru
* post.su
* surnet.ru


Other mail servers currently failing, but still accepted
by www4mail`at`szs.net -
* isac.gov.in
* sws.co.jp
* upr.edu.cu

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www4mail at szs.net will not respond to surnet.ru addresses

2008-07-02 Thread sun zoom spark
Hello accmailers ...

Requests from surnet.ru email addresses have been
causing us some difficulties recently. Typically,
numerous large binary files have been rejected at the
SMTP stage and bounced back to us, resulting in an
unnecessary load on our server.

Starting now, www4mail at szs.net will not respond to
requests from surnet.ru email addresses.

We regret the inconvenience to our surnet.ru users, but
it is also important that we manage the server
effectively, to ensure continued use by as many people
as possible.

Here is the list of mail servers that do not accept
mail from www4mail`at`szs.net reliably --
* All Yahoo servers
* com.sa
* maul.ru
* post.su
* surnet.ru


Other mail servers currently failing, but still accepted
by www4mail`at`szs.net -
* isac.gov.in
* sws.co.jp
* upr.edu.cu

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NEWS: Monthly Reminder (July 2008)

2008-07-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 Jul 2008
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Usenet
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 8. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 9. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
10. ACCMAIL topics
11. ACCMAIL archives and search
12. www4mail at szs.net

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

==
2. CONVENTIONS

In this file, we have replaced the normal email @ character with the
string `AT`. To use any email address, simply replace `AT` with @ to
form a proper email address.

==
3. THE ACCMAIL FAQ: A GUIDE TO OFFLINE INTERNET ACCESS

In August 2003, after many years dedicated service to the ACCMAIL
community, Mr Gerald Boyd retired as maintainer of the ACCMAIL FAQ,
and unfortunately died in May the following year.

The most recent version (10.2) of the FAQ was published in April 2002,
and is now *very* out of date. A new version is being prepared.

==
4. USENET

To learn about Usenet, Usenet access and newsgroups, Uzi Paz
provides a valuable file.
Send a message to: agora`AT`dna.affrc.go.jp and in the body of the
message enter ONE of the following:
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.txt
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.zip

==
5. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: LANGUAGE

The language of the list is international English. Don't worry if
you think your English is not very good -- and don't apologise --
MOST subscribers use English as a foreign or second language.

==
6. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: SUBJECT LINES

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.

==
7. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: OFF-TOPIC

Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing
list does NOT deal with topics like:
 - General use of your computer.
 - 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 95/98/NT/XP problems -- instead ask where do I find
   information regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web
   page, etc.)

==
8. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* 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 text.

* 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 email program so that it sends only
  plain text to the list.

* Remember that people with whom you communicate are located across
  the world. 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 unsolicited mail asking for information to people whose
  names you might have seen on mailing lists.

* ACCMail messages may be archived on websites that are vulnerable
  to spambots and other email harvesters. The AOL listserv archive
  is protected, but we do not know where else the 

www4mail at szs.net will not respond to post.su & maul.ru addresses

2008-06-30 Thread sun zoom spark
Hello accmailers ...

Requests from post.su and maul.ru email addresses have
been causing us some difficulties recently. Typically,
numerous large binary files have been rejected at the
SMTP stage and bounced back to us, resulting in an
unnecessary load on our server.

Starting now, www4mail at szs.net will not respond to
requests from post.su and maul.ru email addresses.

We regret the inconvenience to our post.su and maul.ru
users, but it is also important that we manage the
server effectively, to ensure continued use by as many
people as possible.

Here is the list of mail servers that do not play nice
with www4mail`at`szs.net -

* All Yahoo servers
* com.sa
* maul.ru
* post.su


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Re: getweb

2008-06-28 Thread sun zoom spark
On 27 Jun 2008 at 15:40, Theo wrote:
> Somebody can tell me because when I send an only one and first order to
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] their answer it is that my requested quota is finished
> for the week and it doesn't accept more orders  

Theo -- what is the date of your last
successful request to getweb?

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Re: Searching via email?

2008-06-26 Thread sun zoom spark
On 21 Jun 2008 at 22:59, Ricky Lomey wrote:
> Which services are still available to search via email and which are they? I
> can't find anything in the agora help document that explains how to search
> google with agora.

www4mail`at`szs.net does it quite well.

Send an email to www4mail`at`szs.net with the messsage
 help google

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Re: capeclear and www4mail at szs defunct?

2008-06-12 Thread sun zoom spark
On 11 Jun 2008 at 20:06, xmailar wrote:
> Too bad. They do not reply to email enquiries. It would be nice if they 
> resume service or release the code. I donĀ“t know of any similar service, 
> with so good formatting and speed

They used the Google API.
If anyone out there can get copies of the scripts,
we would consider hosting it here.


> Yahoo worthless for who and where?.

This is strictly off-topic for this list!


> Sad that www4mail at szs.net rejects it.

We don't reject Yahoo. Yahoo rejects us!
www4mail `at` szs.net runs on a Debian virtual server
with limited resources. We have to be careful about how
we utilise our data transfer quota. So when a significant
proportion of our traffic consists of mail with large
attachments bouncing back from valid yahoo addresses, we
feel it is right to be proactive. People with Yahoo
email addresses cannot use our service effectively, so
we will not pretend they can. Everyone with a Yahoo
address can use a different free email service if they
want to (we recommend gmail.com), so nobody is excluded.

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Re: capeclear and www4mail at szs defunct?

2008-06-10 Thread sun zoom spark
On 8 Jun 2008 at 17:21, xmailar wrote:
> Hello, can anyone confirm if google at capeclear.com is defunct?. It was an 
> excellent service and the layout of the results was very convenient. If it 
> is no longuer working it would be nice to have it hosted elsewhere.

Yes, I think it has gone. capeclear.com has new owners.

> What about www4mail at szs.net?.

Busier than ever!

But it does not respond to any address at Yahoo
or com.sa -- too many problems and too much mail
bounced back from valid addresses.

It's a shame really -- Yahoo was once a valuable
resource. Now it seems quite worthless.

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NEWS: Monthly Reminder (June 2008)

2008-06-02 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 Jun 2008
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Usenet
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 8. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 9. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
10. ACCMAIL topics
11. ACCMAIL archives and search
12. www4mail at szs.net

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

==
2. CONVENTIONS

In this file, we have replaced the normal email @ character with the
string `AT`. To use any email address, simply replace `AT` with @ to
form a proper email address.

==
3. THE ACCMAIL FAQ: A GUIDE TO OFFLINE INTERNET ACCESS

In August 2003, after many years dedicated service to the ACCMAIL
community, Mr Gerald Boyd retired as maintainer of the ACCMAIL FAQ,
and unfortunately died in May the following year.

The most recent version (10.2) of the FAQ was published in April 2002,
and is now *very* out of date. A new version is being prepared.

==
4. USENET

To learn about Usenet, Usenet access and newsgroups, Uzi Paz
provides a valuable file.
Send a message to: agora`AT`dna.affrc.go.jp and in the body of the
message enter ONE of the following:
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.txt
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.zip

==
5. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: LANGUAGE

The language of the list is international English. Don't worry if
you think your English is not very good -- and don't apologise --
MOST subscribers use English as a foreign or second language.

==
6. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: SUBJECT LINES

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.

==
7. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: OFF-TOPIC

Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing
list does NOT deal with topics like:
 - General use of your computer.
 - 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 95/98/NT/XP problems -- instead ask where do I find
   information regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web
   page, etc.)

==
8. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* 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 text.

* 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 email program so that it sends only
  plain text to the list.

* Remember that people with whom you communicate are located across
  the world. 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 unsolicited mail asking for information to people whose
  names you might have seen on mailing lists.

* ACCMail messages may be archived on websites that are vulnerable
  to spambots and other email harvesters. The AOL listserv archive
  is protected, but we do not know where else the 

Re: PDF files corrupted

2008-05-26 Thread sun zoom spark
On 25 May 2008 at 22:09, Ricky Lomey wrote:
> I tried receiving more DF with [EMAIL PROTECTED] but it said Adobe Reader
> could not read them because the file is either not supported or corrupted.

I wonder if the root of your problem can be
explained by your email two weeks ago ...

On 13 May 2008 at 11:04, Ricky Lomey wrote:
> I am not going to join the PDF attachments but thank you anyway

The attachments are not PDF files!
They are fragments of a PDF file.
Join them to restore the original PDF.

::: SZS :::

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Re: Using PDF newspapers with accmail

2008-05-23 Thread sun zoom spark
On 22 May 2008 at 0:03, Ricky Lomey wrote:
> I tried both getpdf and send with the file name and then the date of the SA
> Jewish Report for 9 may but when I opened the attachment I could not read it
> and I presume it is not in PDF then, never ever hapened before!

I'm assuming that you are using www4mail`at`szs.net!

First -- don't use getpdf to obtain a PDF document!
getpdf converts HTML to PDF.

To get the 9 May 2008 issue, request
http://www.sajewishreport.co.za/pdf/9-may-2008.pdf

www4mail will send you 21 emails, each with a
numbered attachment. The attachments are *not* PDF
files. You cannot read them, or do anything else
with them, separately.

Save them all, then join them in the usual way to
reconstruct the original, single PDF file.

::: SZS :::

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www4mail at szs.net will not respond to com.sa addresses

2008-05-22 Thread sun zoom spark
Hello accmailers ...

Requests from com.sa email addresses have been causing
us some difficulties recently. Typically, numerous
large binary files have been rejected at the SMTP stage
and bounced back to us, resulting in an unnecessary
load on our server.

Starting now, www4mail at szs.net will not respond to
requests from com.sa email addresses.

We regret the inconvenience to our com.sa users, but
it is also important that we manage the server
effectively, to ensure continued use by as many people
as possible.

::: SZS :::

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Re: Newspapers in PDF with www4mail`at`szs

2008-05-16 Thread sun zoom spark
On 13 May 2008 at 11:04, Ricky Lomey wrote:
> I knew all along that
> the paper was in PDF which is why I asked and your tips will certainly be
> helful. I am not going to join the PDF attachments but thank you anyway. I
> am actually wondering whether the attachments are in order as per the
> numbers you gave because when the editor himself sent me some copies of the
> paper attachment 1 of 8 was not necessarily page one but I will ask them,
> say could letters be attachment 006 for example as it would make it much
> easier for me but then I suppose it differs from week to week.

The file on the server is one single PDF file.

www4mail splits it into email-friendly chunks, which
should be joined in the logical, numerical order.
The joined file is identical to the original file.

The numbered chunks are not stand-alone PDF files.
You cannot read them separately. There is nothing
you can do with them except join them.

::: SZS :::

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www4mail `at` szs.net : increase in max binary file size

2008-05-16 Thread sun zoom spark
Hello accmail ...

>From today, www4mail`at`szs.net has increased the
maximum binary file size from 15 Mb to 20 MB.

We are also considering
* increasing the monthly file size total limit from
  24 Mb to 30 Mb
* increasing the maximum individual message size from
  300 Kb to 500 Kb.

::: SZS :::

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Re: Using PDF newspapers with accmail

2008-05-07 Thread sun zoom spark
Hello accmailers ...

On 6 May 2008 at 23:26, Ricky Lomey wrote:
> The one newspaper I am referring to that can
> be downloaded in PDF format which I wanted to get with accmail is
> http://www.sajewishreport.co.za/

But that newspaper is *already* in PDF format!
In fact, PDF is the only format it uses.

The site is *very* badly designed -- almost deliberately
inaccessible.

However, the home page has a link to the current issue, and
there is a list of links to previous issues at
http://www.sajewishreport.co.za/prevedition.html (that link is
hidden in a Flash object).

So all you have to do is request the PDF file you want, in the
normal way.

The PDF files are large, so www4mail will split them before
sending them to you. Then you must join them yourself.

Example:
To get the 2 May 2008 issue, request
http://www.sajewishreport.co.za/pdf/2-may-2008.pdf

www4mail will send you 11 attachments.
Save the attachments, then (assuming your operating system is
Windows) use the following commmand to join the parts into one
final file named 2-may-2008.pdf ...

copy /b 2-may-2008.pdf.001 ^
+ 2-may-2008.pdf.002 ^
+ 2-may-2008.pdf.003 ^
+ 2-may-2008.pdf.004 ^
+ 2-may-2008.pdf.005 ^
+ 2-may-2008.pdf.006 ^
+ 2-may-2008.pdf.007 ^
+ 2-may-2008.pdf.008 ^
+ 2-may-2008.pdf.009 ^
+ 2-may-2008.pdf.010 ^
+ 2-may-2008.pdf.011 ^
2-may-2008.pdf

Nothing else to do!

::: SZS :::

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Re: Using PDF Newspapers With Accmail

2008-05-03 Thread sun zoom spark
On 1 May 2008 at 10:32, Ricky Lomey wrote:
> The corrected address for Iburst is
> http://www.iburst.com/ and not .co.za/

A minor correction here ...
http://www.iburst.com/ is a cyber-squatter domain.
The correct URL for IBurst is http://www.iburst.co.za/

::: SZS :::

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NEWS: Monthly Reminder (May 2008)

2008-05-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 May 2008
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Usenet
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 8. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 9. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
10. ACCMAIL topics
11. ACCMAIL archives and search
12. Other mailing lists
13. www4mail at szs.net

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

==
2. CONVENTIONS

In this file, we have replaced the normal email @ character with the
string `AT`. To use any email address, simply replace `AT` with @ to
form a proper email address.

==
3. THE ACCMAIL FAQ: A GUIDE TO OFFLINE INTERNET ACCESS

In August 2003, after many years dedicated service to the ACCMAIL
community, Mr Gerald Boyd retired as maintainer of the ACCMAIL FAQ,
and unfortunately died in May the following year.

The most recent version (10.2) of the FAQ was published in April 2002,
and is now *very* out of date. A new version is being prepared.

How to get the latest (out of date) published versions of the
ACCMAIL FAQ

a) Autoresponder (English version only):
   Send an email to mail-server`AT`rtfm.mit.edu with
   send usenet/news.answers/internet-services/access-via-email
   as the message body

b) Anonymous FTP (English version only):
   Host: rtfm.mit.edu
   get pub/usenet/news.answers/internet-services/access-via-email

c) WWW (English version only):
   http://www.faqs.org/faqs/internet-services/access-via-email/

d) Autoresponder (Russian translation only):
   Send an email to accmailfaqrus`AT`tg.org.ua

e) Autoresponder (original English and translations):
   Send a blank email to accmail.faq`AT`szs.net with the
   two-character code of the desired language as the subject.
   Example for the Spanish version ...
  Subject: es
   Translations currently available are
  German: de
  English: en
  Esperanto: eo
  Spanish: es
  Hungarian: hu
  Indonesian: id
  Russian: ru
   For this autoresponder
   * The 'subject' header must contain ONLY the two-character code.
   * The 'cc' header must not be used.
   * The email body should preferably be empty, but for those who
 cannot avoid extra lines added by their email hosts, a very
 short text message will be accepted. Please use plain text with
 no signature or other characters added by yourself.

==
4. USENET

To learn about Usenet, Usenet access and newsgroups, Uzi Paz
provides a valuable file.
Send a message to: agora`AT`dna.affrc.go.jp and in the body of the
message enter ONE of the following:
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.txt
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.zip

==
5. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: LANGUAGE

The language of the list is international English. Don't worry if
you think your English is not very good -- and don't apologise --
MOST subscribers use English as a foreign or second language.

==
6. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: SUBJECT LINES

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.

==
7. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: OFF-TOPIC

Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing
list does NOT deal with topics like:
 - General use of your computer.
 - 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 95/98/NT/XP problems -- instead ask where do I find
   information regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web
   page, etc.)

==
8. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* DON'T include the entire contents of a previous posting in your
  reply.

* DO cut merciles

Re: juno disconnects.

2008-04-06 Thread sun zoom spark
On 6 Apr 2008 at 0:39, Bruce Chesley wrote:
> I have juno 5.0 platinum under Windows XE SE.

Perhaps you should tell us what Juno is?

::: SZS :::

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Re: www4mail at szs.net will not respond to Yahoo addresses

2008-04-05 Thread sun zoom spark
On 4 Apr 2008 at 0:40, Mike Webb wrote:
> I don't want to argue with anyone, I'm genuinely curious as to why
> someone with webmail or POP3/SMTP email access might have a need for
> ACCMAIL services. Maybe there's an angle I'm not aware of.

I think many, perhaps most, ACCMAIL users live or work in
countries where access to the WWW exists in principle --
but in practice it is too slow or expensive to be of any
use.

I can cite myself as an example. Most of the time I live
in an EU country where I have an excellent broadband service.
Occasionally I return to the main university of a country
where I used to live. It is in Southern Africa, and is
impoverished. The telecom infrastucture is in a poor state.
A web page might take 30 mins to download.

So I use ACCMAIL methods. I have installed Pegasus Mail on
a USB flash drive, and my POP3/SMTP service is gmail.com.
This method works -- slowly, but effectively. I can do this
anywhere I can find a machine which has a USB port and runs
on MS Windows.

::: SZS :::

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Re: www4mail at szs.net will not respond to Yahoo addresses

2008-04-05 Thread sun zoom spark
On 3 Apr 2008 at 9:59, Lena from Kiev wrote:
> Many free mail services are web-based only at first glance.
> They also allow forwarding and free POP3+SMTP access
> used by accmailers.

Yes, that is understood.
We do not want to deny access to users of
free POP3 & SMTP services.

::: SZS :::

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www4mail at szs.net will not respond to Yahoo addresses

2008-04-02 Thread sun zoom spark
Hello accmailers ...

Yahoo has been causing us problems for many months. Mail
from www4mail at szs.net to Yahoo addresses is often
rejected at the SMTP stage and bounced back to us,
resulting in an unnecessary load on our server. Yahoo
users sometimes submit repeated requests for large
binary files, which are then all refused by Yahoo. We
want this to stop.

Yahoo is web-based. Nobody who uses ACCMAIL methods is
obliged to use Yahoo. So we have decided that we will no
longer accept requests from Yahoo email addresses.

Starting now, www4mail at szs.net will not respond to
requests from Yahoo email addresses. There will be no
answer at all.

We have also decided, in principle, that we should not
accept requests from any of the free web-based email
services, especially as they are the main source of
requests for web sites which contravene our usage
policy. Right now, only Yahoo is excluded. The others
will follow when we have worked out the best way to do
it.

However, we agree that the ACCMAIL community does have a
legitimate need for a reliable free web-based email
service. So we intend to make an exception for gmail.com
and googlemail.com addresses, which have never caused us
any problems.

::: SZS :::

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NEWS: Monthly Reminder (April 2008)

2008-04-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 Apr 2008
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Usenet
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 8. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 9. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
10. ACCMAIL topics
11. ACCMAIL archives and search
12. Other mailing lists
13. www4mail at szs.net

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

==
2. CONVENTIONS

In this file, we have replaced the normal email @ character with the
string `AT`. To use any email address, simply replace `AT` with @ to
form a proper email address.

==
3. THE ACCMAIL FAQ: A GUIDE TO OFFLINE INTERNET ACCESS

In August 2003, after many years dedicated service to the ACCMAIL
community, Mr Gerald Boyd retired as maintainer of the ACCMAIL FAQ,
and unfortunately died in May the following year.

The most recent version (10.2) of the FAQ was published in April 2002,
and is now *very* out of date. A new version is being prepared.

How to get the latest (out of date) published versions of the
ACCMAIL FAQ

a) Autoresponder (English version only):
   Send an email to mail-server`AT`rtfm.mit.edu with
   send usenet/news.answers/internet-services/access-via-email
   as the message body

b) Anonymous FTP (English version only):
   Host: rtfm.mit.edu
   get pub/usenet/news.answers/internet-services/access-via-email

c) WWW (English version only):
   http://www.faqs.org/faqs/internet-services/access-via-email/

d) Autoresponder (Russian translation only):
   Send an email to accmailfaqrus`AT`tg.org.ua

e) Autoresponder (original English and translations):
   Send a blank email to accmail.faq`AT`szs.net with the
   two-character code of the desired language as the subject.
   Example for the Spanish version ...
  Subject: es
   Translations currently available are
  German: de
  English: en
  Esperanto: eo
  Spanish: es
  Hungarian: hu
  Indonesian: id
  Russian: ru
   For this autoresponder
   * The 'subject' header must contain ONLY the two-character code.
   * The 'cc' header must not be used.
   * The email body should preferably be empty, but for those who
 cannot avoid extra lines added by their email hosts, a very
 short text message will be accepted. Please use plain text with
 no signature or other characters added by yourself.

==
4. USENET

To learn about Usenet, Usenet access and newsgroups, Uzi Paz
provides a valuable file.
Send a message to: agora`AT`dna.affrc.go.jp and in the body of the
message enter ONE of the following:
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.txt
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.zip

==
5. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: LANGUAGE

The language of the list is international English. Don't worry if
you think your English is not very good -- and don't apologise --
MOST subscribers use English as a foreign or second language.

==
6. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: SUBJECT LINES

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.

==
7. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: OFF-TOPIC

Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing
list does NOT deal with topics like:
 - General use of your computer.
 - 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 95/98/NT/XP problems -- instead ask where do I find
   information regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web
   page, etc.)

==
8. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* DON'T include the entire contents of a previous posting in your
  reply.

* DO cut merciles

NEWS: Monthly Reminder (March 2008)

2008-03-01 Thread Sun Zoom Spark
= ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder ===

Posted 01 Mar 2008
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Usenet
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 8. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 9. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
10. ACCMAIL topics
11. ACCMAIL archives and search
12. Other mailing lists
13. www4mail at szs.net

==
1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
sent to a human for review before being posted to the list.

==
2. CONVENTIONS

In this file, we have replaced the normal email @ character with the
string `AT`. To use any email address, simply replace `AT` with @ to
form a proper email address.

==
3. THE ACCMAIL FAQ: A GUIDE TO OFFLINE INTERNET ACCESS

In August 2003, after many years dedicated service to the ACCMAIL
community, Mr Gerald Boyd retired as maintainer of the ACCMAIL FAQ,
and unfortunately died in May the following year.

The most recent version (10.2) of the FAQ was published in April 2002,
and is now *very* out of date. A new version is being prepared.

How to get the latest (out of date) published versions of the
ACCMAIL FAQ

a) Autoresponder (English version only):
   Send an email to mail-server`AT`rtfm.mit.edu with
   send usenet/news.answers/internet-services/access-via-email
   as the message body

b) Anonymous FTP (English version only):
   Host: rtfm.mit.edu
   get pub/usenet/news.answers/internet-services/access-via-email

c) WWW (English version only):
   http://www.faqs.org/faqs/internet-services/access-via-email/

d) Autoresponder (Russian translation only):
   Send an email to accmailfaqrus`AT`tg.org.ua

e) Autoresponder (original English and translations):
   Send a blank email to accmail.faq`AT`szs.net with the
   two-character code of the desired language as the subject.
   Example for the Spanish version ...
  Subject: es
   Translations currently available are
  German: de
  English: en
  Esperanto: eo
  Spanish: es
  Hungarian: hu
  Indonesian: id
  Russian: ru
   For this autoresponder
   * The 'subject' header must contain ONLY the two-character code.
   * The 'cc' header must not be used.
   * The email body should preferably be empty, but for those who
 cannot avoid extra lines added by their email hosts, a very
 short text message will be accepted. Please use plain text with
 no signature or other characters added by yourself.

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4. USENET

To learn about Usenet, Usenet access and newsgroups, Uzi Paz
provides a valuable file.
Send a message to: agora`AT`dna.affrc.go.jp and in the body of the
message enter ONE of the following:
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.txt
  send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.zip

==
5. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: LANGUAGE

The language of the list is international English. Don't worry if
you think your English is not very good -- and don't apologise --
MOST subscribers use English as a foreign or second language.

==
6. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: SUBJECT LINES

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.

==
7. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: OFF-TOPIC

Make sure your post isn't off-topic. In particular, this mailing
list does NOT deal with topics like:
 - General use of your computer.
 - 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 95/98/NT/XP problems -- instead ask where do I find
   information regarding a problem (email address, mailing list, web
   page, etc.)

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8. POSTING TO ACCMAIL: NETIQUETTE

* DON'T include the entire contents of a previous posting in your
  reply.

* DO cut merciles

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