EMAIL4U - Updated 13 Feb 98 by Bob Appleton email - 4u@interquest.de If this document is over 60 days old and for other files in the 4u series, please see NOTE 6. As far as I can determine, everything (programs, files, courses, services, etc.) mentioned in this document is FREE (FreeWare or Public Domain) for individual use. If you discover something that isn't, please let me know and it will be removed. All of the references below will describe how to get certain files, documents, etc. by e-mail and will be mostly in the following format: TO: SUBJ: BODY: The TO: block is the person/machine that will receive your message. The SUBJ: block is the subject of that message. The BODY: block is the space where the message is typed and must start on the first line and first column. All succeeding lines must be left justified with no empty lines between. If no SUBJ: and/or BODY: is shown then leave it blank or put in a period. Make sure that you type the address, subject, and body EXACTLY as shown. Updated/new items are designated with ## next to their index number. Actual date of update or addition is shown in ( ) next to the item file as is the size in Kb of the file, if known/appropriate. Before retrieving anything from a gopher or FTP server, you should always get their help file. Just send a message with help in the body of the message to each server that you want to use. Please read all NOTES at the end of this document. INDEX =1=Dr. Bob Rankin's "Accessing The Internet By E-Mail" =2=USENET Newsgroups ##=3=Test your e-mail address ##=4=Mailing lists - search engine, listings and some lists ##=5=Community Networks (BBS) =6=ROADMAP96 Internet training workshop =7=ACCMAIL mailing list re: accessing the internet by e-mail ##=8=Other interesting URLs ##=9=Decompressor programs =10=Utilities that support MIME/BASE 64 encoding =11=Utilities to decode UNIX type files =12=UU/XX EN/DEcode programs =13=Search engines by e-mail (Gerry Boyd) =14=History of the Internet ##=15=E-mail providers/forwarders - free =16=Internet Resource Listings =17=Used music server (Cds, records, tapes) =18=News via e-mail =19=Training courses on how to use the Internet =20=Freeware e-mail programs =21=EMPTY =22=Handy Utilities =23=List of country codes =24=Simtel.Net freeware/shareware mailing list ##=25=Freeware Programs =26=Emoticons ie. Smileys =27=EMPTY ##=28=Anti-virus information =29=Internet Service Providers (ISPs) =30=EMPTY ##=31=Computer-oriented abbreviations/acronyms/terms/glossaries =32=Kevin Savetz's public domain resources ##=33=Other interesting autoresponders =34=EMPTY ##=35=Little known simple programs that I use constantly =36=EMPTY =37=Net-Happenings mailing list devoted to everything Internet =38=Netiquette information =39=Answers to Commonly asked "New Internet User" Questions =40=Help file from the WHOIS server at internic.net =41=EMPTY =42=EMPTY =43=File formats =44=EMPTY =45=EMPTY =46=Finding addresses =47=Reminder services - URLs and important dates =48=Netscape FTP Information ##=49=Colleges and Universities =50=E-Zines =51=Michael Panayiotakis's list of just about everything =52=How to send mail from one network to another =53=EMPTY =54=Perry Rover's Anonymous FTP Sites Listing =55=Email to Fax servers ##=56=All About Words =57=EMPTY =58=RFC-INFO service =59=WWWFetch E-Mail Gateway - retrieving web pages by email =NOTES= =1= "Accessing The Internet By E-Mail" (6 Oct) (Ver 7.0) The absolute first document you need is called "Accessing The Internet By E-Mail - Doctor Bob's Guide to Offline Internet Access" This document is available from several automated mail servers. To get the latest edition, send e-mail to ONE of the addresses below. For those living in the US, Canada & South America TO: mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu BODY: send usenet/news.answers/internet-services/access-via-email For those living in Europe, Asia, and elsewhere TO: mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk BODY: send lis-iis e-access-inet.txt If you have trouble with one of the above then try: TO: drbob@mailback.com A complete list of Dr.Bob's guides can be obtained by message: TO: bobrankin@mhv.net SUBJ: send readme.txt =2= USENET Newsgroups (see Notes 1, 2, 4 and 5) To learn about Usenet, Usenet access and newsgroups, Uzi Paz provides a file that is invaluable. If you are unfamiliar with these topics, get this file before sending for other files mentioned in this section. Retrieve it compressed (.zip) or straight text (.txt). (4 Nov) TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send ftp://ftp.crl.com/users/iv/iverham/ua.txt send ftp://ftp.crl.com/users/iv/iverham/ua.zip send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.txt send http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.zip send http://members.aol.com/bombagirl/freeware/ua.txt ----------------- The first URL contains a list of all USENET FAQs found in news.answers; the second gives links to categories of FAQs. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/FAQ-List.html send http://ps.superb.net/FAQ/Noframes.html ------------------------ For those of you who really want a fairly complete list of USENET newsgroups (.gz compressed), here's the place to go. (283) TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.uu.net cd /networking/news/config get newsgroups.gz quit ------------------------------ Here's another list of USENET newsgroups with a small description of each. Retrieved by gopher, this file is over 1MB. TO: gopher@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: # Name=master.html Type=9 Port=80 Path=GET /usenet-i/hier-s/master.html Host=sunsite.unc.edu ------------------------------- This is a list of newsgroup hierarchies, to help readers of the news locate a hierarchy of interest. (13 Oct) TO: leisen@pfx.on.ca SUBJ: Send Master ------------------------------- Here are some sites that provide a list of FREE open NNTP news sites. The first URL listed is updated frequently. NOTE - NNTP sites come and go fast, so try a few and be flexible. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/2513/news.html send http://www.reed.edu/~greaber/url-servers.html send http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/2432/newsread.htm send http://www.krusty.net/usenet.html send http://www.GoExtreme.com/news.htm send http://members.tripod.com/~sok/news.html send http://wkweb1.cableinet.co.uk/tony.dane/access/public.htm send http://www.lipsia.de/~michael/lists/pubservers.html send http://login.eunet.no/~kjetilm/news.htm send http://www.freenewsgroups.com/ ------------------------------ This site also has a listing of open NNTP news servers but they are on 6 separate pages. Replace the ? in the URL with a number from 1 to 6 and send 6 lines to the agora server. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.ravenet.com/users/suz/news/servers?.htm ------------------------------ If you want to search for an open NNTP server that carries a specific newsgroup, substitute the newsgroup for XXX below. You can also search for groups that contain ONE certain keyword like dos or health or recreation. Seems only to work with a getweb server. TO: getweb@info.lanic.utexas.edu BODY: send http://www.jammed.com/newzbot-cgi-bin/group-sea\ rch.pl?group=XXX =3= Test your e-mail address To test your e-mail address send a message with any subject and/or body to these addresses: TO: echo@wireworm.com TO: internet@dummies.com TO: echo@tu-berlin.de =4= Mailing lists (see Note 2) This is a fairly complete list of publicly accessible mailing lists indexed by name and by subject updated regularly. The last URL is a new one and the listing is by subject area. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.Neosoft.com/internet/paml/byname.html send http://www.neosoft.com/internet/paml/bysubj.html send http://www.geocities.com/Eureka/6146/index.html ------------------------ Here's a listing of the commands most often used by mailing lists. (Ver 1.5.6) TO: listserv@listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu BODY: GET MAILSER CMD NETTRAIN F=MAIL ------------------------ If you're thinking of starting a mailing list, Brian Edmonds offers good information, which is updated frequently. 2 ways to get it. TO: majordomo@edmonds.home.cs.ubc.ca BODY: get faq ml-providers.txt TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.cs.ubc.ca/spider/edmonds/usenet/ml-providers.txt ------------------------ If you're looking for a mailing list or a newsgroup, this search engine finds the words and terms that you specify. TO: liszter@bluemarble.net ------------------------ You can retrieve the entire listing consisting of 20 parts. (1MB) TO: mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu BODY: send usenet/news.answers/mail/mailing-lists/* ----------------------- NEW-LIST is a moderated distribution list which may be used to announce the establishment of new e-mail mailing lists. TO: LISTSERV@VM1.NoDak.EDU BODY: info new-list ----------------------- This mailing list concerns newly issued, or revised electronic networked journals or newsletters. It is moderated and does not duplicate other lists such as NEW-LIST mentioned above. You can also retrieve their index of over 3500 lists. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://gort.ucsd.edu/newjour/NewJourWel.html send http://gort.ucsd.edu/newjour/index.html =5= Community Networks (BBS) A listing by state and country of Community Networks (Bulletin Board Systems) is found at: TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://ofcn.org/networks/By_State.txt.html =6= ROADMAP96 Internet training workshop ROADMAP96 is a 27-lesson, Internet training workshop designed to teach new "Net travelers" how to travel around the rapidly expanding (and often-times confusing) "Information Superhighway" without getting lost. For information send: TO: ROADMAP96-Request@LISTS.INTERNIC.NET SUBJ: INFO ROADMAP96 BODY: INFO ROADMAP96 =7= ACCMAIL mailing list A mailing list devoted to discussion and problems concerning accessing the internet by e-mail is called ACCMAIL. For info send: TO: LISTSERV@LISTSERV.AOL.COM BODY: INFO ACCMAIL --------------------- It would be to your benefit to get the FAQ for this mailing list as soon as you join. Send a blank message. TO: accmailinfo@icicle.swb.de =8= Other interesting URLs (see Notes 1 and 2) Need to update your drivers? Try these sites. The second site has them by category on separate pages thus the 'deep' command. The fourth site has CD-ROM drivers listed. The last site is for OS/2. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.alterego.fr/drivers.htm deep http://www.drivershq.com/dlist.html send http://www.cobb.com/w95/software/drivers.htm send http://www.ce.net/users/mhudson/drivers.html send http://service.software.ibm.com/os2ddpak/index.htm -------------------- MAC users will want to keep this URL handy. It has links to over 10,000 MAC related sites as well as breaking MAC news, pubs, etc. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.macinsearch.com ---------------------- According to their web page, No Wonder provides free 24-hour technical assistance for your computer hardware and software. No strings attached, no marketing data to provide. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.nowonder.com/ 1) To obtain stock quotes, substitute the stock symbols for XXX in the URL and for each additional quote, add a + between them. Seems only to work with a getweb server. 2) Investors might want to check out A Mutual Fund Directory which shows 800 numbers and websites of US mutual funds. There are also many links to other investor oriented sites. TO: getweb@info.lanic.utexas.edu BODY: send http://qs2.cnnfn.com/tq/stockquote?symbols=XXX+XXX send http://www.advol.com/pete/funds/fundsnf.htm -------------------------- 1) The Government by Sterby has links to every conceivable department in the U.S. government (90). 2) From boba you can get the email addresses for all federal lawmakers. 3) And if you need a U.S. government form for a passport application, savings bond, IRS, etc. you'll find links to the various agencies here. 4) Address directory for the politicians of the world. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.erols.com/irasterb/gov.htm send http://www.pnn.com/~boba/lawmaker.html send http://www.lib.memphis.edu/gpo/forms.htm send http://www.trytel.com/~aberdeen ------------------------ There are over 50 sites like "Yahoo! Daily Picks", "Cool Site of the Day", "Geek site of the day", etc. Websoup lists them all in most recently updated order. Up to 6 links are shown for each site and the list is updated on a daily basis. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://sctest.cse.ucsc.edu/roth/WebSoup/WebSoup.html ---------------------- While traveling, you may have need of a Cybercafe (combines coffee with computers) to check on your mail back home. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.netcafeguide.com/textindex.htm ------------------------ Pitsco's Ask an Expert has 12 categories with over 300 web sites and email addresses where you can find experts to answer your questions. The 2nd URL has links to 66 more experts. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.askanexpert.com/askanexpert/cat/index.html send http://www.enosburg.k12.vt.us/EXTRAS/HTML/IDL_ASKE.HTM --------------------- RingWorld is a listing/collection of URLs that are categorized by specific subject matter. By going to one site in a ring, you'll be able to jump to another place in the same ring. The first URL is the main site which lists rings by broad subject categories. The 2nd URL starts the specific indexes; substitute a number from 0 to 8 in place of the ?. Updated daily and contains over 800 rings. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.webring.org/ringworld/ send http://www.webring.org/index/a.?.html -------------------------- Deleted a .DLL file or need an updated one? Try here. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.users.wineasy.se/martin/dll.htm -------------------------- Lots of info at the Consumer Information Center in Pueblo, CO. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/textver/t_main.htm -------------------- This site lists current versions of many popular PC software titles with daily file updates. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.versiontracker.com/pcarchive.html ------------------- If you've ever needed the email address of a company/vendor, here are over 1700. In place of the *, substitute the first letter of the company name (abc etc.) or a 0 (zero) if it begins with a number. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.comspec.com/mfglist/vend_*.html =9= Decompressor programs (see Note 3) FAST CODE is a Dos/Win95 based multipurpose UU/XX/MIME/BinHex en/decoder. (Ver 2.0) (17) and (Ver 3.25) (55) TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.cdrom.com cd /pub/simtelnet/msdos/decode get fcode20.zip cd /pub/simtelnet/win95/encode get fcode325.zip quit -------------------------------- A new utility that was designed to make it easy to extract files that were encoded using UU/XX, BINHEX, or MIME/BASE64. (219) TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.cdrom.com cd /pub/simtelnet/win3/encode get uudwin17.zip quit ------------------------------- This handy utility supports SIT, ARJ, ZIP, ARC, GZ, UUE, and HQX compression formats. (355) TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.cdrom.com cd /pub/simtelnet/win3/compress get sitex10.exe quit ----------------------------- Wincode v2.7.3a: Multi-Purpose Encoder/Decoder for Windows. Supports UU,XX,USR,BASE64(MIME),BINHEX,BTOA(4&5),BOO,ZIP/UNZIP encode/decode and Virus Scan programs. (1.02 MB) TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.cdrom.com cd /pub/simtelnet/win3/encode get wc273r16.zip quit ---------------------------- This small program by Joe Oliphant will extract files from: ARC/PAK, ARJ, GZ, GZIP, LHARC, LZH, LZW, PIT, RLE, SCO, SIT, TAR, ZIP, Z, ZOO and files compressed with Microsoft COMPRESS. (64) TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.agt.net cd /pub/cica-win3/util get av.zip quit --------------------------- Here are 2 archives not seen very often. Ultra Expander II is used to decompress .UC2 archives. (98) The UnRar utilities handle RAR and SFX archives. DOS (68) Win (71) TO: mail-server@cs.tu-berlin.de BODY: begin send ue.zip send unrar105.exe send unrarw10.exe end -------------------------- Both of these will unpack LHA archives but the 2nd program will keep your kids amused. (50) (93) TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.agt.net cd /pub/coast/win3/archiver get lhadll.exe get pika.exe quit =10= MIME/BASE 64 encoding (see Notes 1, 3 and 4) Here are 4 utilities that support the MIME/BASE 64 formats. The first 3 are under 50Kb (Base64_5 is 65Kb later versions are shareware); SJHB64 Ver 1.6 TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.agt.net cd /pub/coast/msdos/decode get mime64d.zip get mpack15d.zip quit TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open members.aol.com cd /sjhdown get sjhb64.zip quit TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.junoaccmail.org/4u/base64_5.zip =11= Utilities to decode UNIX type files (see Note 3) 1) To uncompress .zoo files use this program. (55) 2) This program extracts files from TAR, GZIP, TGZ (tar.gz) archives. It can also extract PKZIP-compressed TAR archives. (163) 3-4) Use these utilities to extract .TAR files (11) (10) TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.cdrom.com cd /pub/simtelnet/msdos/arcers get zoo210.exe get untgz095.zip get extar10.zip get untar105.zip quit -------------------------- Another type of encoding utilizes the UNIX coding method. These files usually end with .z or .Z and can be decoded with this utility. (17) TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.cdrom.com cd /pub/simtelnet/msdos/compress get decomp2.zip quit =12= UU/XX EN/DEcode programs (see Notes 2, 3 and 4) Boogie's Decoder (Ver 1.02) - Small, fast decoder for Base64 (MIME), Code91, UUEncode or XXEncode. (11) TO: ftpmail@giswitch.sggw.waw.pl BODY: open volftp.tin.it cd /pub/pc/msdos/utility/file_processing get bd102.zip quit --------------------------- This small program is a small ready-to-run uudecoder. TO: BobRankin@MHV.net SUBJ: send uudecode.com A simple utility that supports UUEncode, XXEncode, MPACK, SHIP and HEXBIN. (author - Peter Liebel) (18) TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.cdrom.com cd /pub/simtelnet/msdos/decode get udec1_1.zip quit ---------------------------- Two more programs, one for DOS, the other for Win3.1, that support UU/XX, BASE64, and BinHex encoding and decoding. (author - Frank Pilhofer) (117) (435) TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.cdrom.com cd /pub/simtelnet/msdos/decode get uudvd05d.zip cd /pub/simtelnet/win3/encode get uudw11a.zip quit The author also has a 32-bit UUDEVIEW program for Win95/NT which you can read about at this URL. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.uni-frankfurt.de/~fp/uudeview/miken/uud32.htm ------------------------------ Fast Code v1.0 by Kent is another UU/XX en/decoder. (16) Fastcode95 is the Win95 version (109) TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.cdrom.com cd /pub/simtelnet/msdos/decode get fcode10.zip cd /pub/simtelnet/win95/encode get fcode952.zip quit ------------------------------ UU en/decoder by Richard Marks - Later versions are shareware. (54) TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.junoaccmail.org/4u/uuexe651.zip ------------------------------ UU decoder by B.J.Walbeehm - Later versions are shareware. (31) TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.cdrom.com cd /pub/simtelnet/msdos/decode get uu33.zip quit =13= Search engines by e-mail (see Notes 1 and 4) (28 May) To use search engines by e-mail, you'll need the helpful files of Gerry Boyd. This message retrieves all the files in his library. TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.netcom.com cd /pub/gb/gboyd get wssearch.zip quit --------------------------------- Once you have these files and want a ready-to-go message to send, see section =7= of getit4u. (Note 6) =14= History of the Internet A nice compilation of the history of the Internet from 1950 to 1996, complete with a chronological discussion and graphs showing growth of the Internet can be obtained by sending: TO: timeline@hobbes.mitre.org =15= E-mail providers/forwarders - free If you have an email address and would like another address which will forward mail to you, then try here. TO: forwarding@wireworm.com SUBJ: help ----------------------------- The software (Version 1.38) to connect to Juno may be obtained by calling 1-800-654-JUNO or sending email: TO: w3mail@mogli.gmd.de BODY: get -uu http://dl.www.juno.com/bin/download/getit/junoinst.exe =16= Internet Resource Listings (see Notes 1 and 4) 1) This site bills itself as the "World's Best Reference Source". 2) The Librarians' Index to the Internet is arranged by subject in over 750 categories. 3) This URL has over 15,000+ links to web sites on a variety of subjects. 4) The Umass listing has over 700 subject headings from abortion to zipcodes and is huge. 5) All types of investigative resources are found here. 6-8) Abacom's listing of Internet resources comes in 3 volumes. 9) John December's Internet Tools Summary lists tools available for information retrieval and communication on the Internet. 10) Many of these search tools allow access to materials that are not indexed by the general search engines and directories. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://info-s.com/sub.html send http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex/subjects.html send http://web.idirect.com/~klg/indexrec.html send http://k12.oit.umass.edu/rref.html send http://www.hsv.tis.net/~pvteye/source.html send http://www.abacom.com/innomagi/online/internet/internt1.htm send http://www.abacom.com/innomagi/online/internet/internt2.htm send http://www.abacom.com/innomagi/online/internet/internt3.htm send http://www.december.com/net/tools/internet-tools.html send http://gwis2.circ.gwu.edu/~gprice/direct.htm --------------------------------- Scott Yanoff's list of Internet sites by subject should have something for everyone. 2 ways to get it. TO: inetlist@aug3.augsburg.edu SUBJ: yanoff BODY: yanoff TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.csd.uwm.edu cd /pub get inet.services.txt quit =17= Used music server The used music server maintains a database of used music (Cds, records, tapes, etc.) for sale and a separate (but equal) database of used music that is wanted. TO: used-music-server@draco.mv.com SUBJ: help =18= News via e-mail Andy Lee has taken over from Andy Roberts and now maintains this small list of newspapers available via email and the web. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY send http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Andy_Lee/newsmail.txt --------------------- FT information offers a world news review summarized daily as well as more specialized news. TO: inbox@netserve.FT.com BODY: lists info nr-world --------------------- This service that will send you news via e-mail. It tends to break down quite often and can not be relied upon for steady news. TO: User-Manual@Reference.COM BODY: HELP =19= Training courses on how to use the Internet Bob Behren's training course by e-mail provides the basic info needed to learn how to use the Internet; new courses begin every quarter. TO: trainINFO@mjrb.org -------------------------- Dot-Com-Tom offers an eight-lesson course on the basics of the Internet. To get the 8 lessons, substitute the first three letters of the number of the course wanted for the XXX in the URL below eg. one, two, thr, fou, fiv, six, sev, eig. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.tomark-et.com/lessnXXX.htm ----------------------------- IBASICS is an introductory nine-lesson course focusing on internet basics. Replace the ? in the URL with a number from 1 to 9 and send these 9 lines to the agora server. (Oct 96) TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.ala.org/ICONN/ibasics3lesson?.html The next registration period is in June and if you'd like to take the up-to-date course, one lesson per week, then check here for details. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.ala.org/ICONN/ibasicsschedule.html --------------------------- Learn all about the USENET from NewbieNewz with Don Z'Boray's CyberCourse lessons. Also gives info on joining the NewbieNewz mailing list. There are currently 5 parts to this course. TO: usenet-part1@newbie.net =20= Freeware e-mail programs Eudora Light for Windows 16 and 32 bit (Ver 3.0.5) (4.6MB), and MAC (Ver 3.1.3) (3.5MB). This gets you the readme files (12 & 1). Also, get the readme files for the PureVoice add-on. TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.eudora.com cd /eudora/eudoralight/windows/english/305 get README.txt cd /eudora/eudoralight/mac/english/3.1.3 get README cd /eudora/purevoice/windows get README.txt cd /eudora/purevoice/mac get README quit ---------------------- FoxMail v1.6 is a Windows (Win 3.1x/95/NT) Internet mail client that supports full Internet mail functions. (Ver 1.6) (301) A Chinese version is also available (fmail16c.zip) TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.cdrom.com cd /pub/simtelnet/win3/email get fmail16e.zip quit ---------------------- netMessenger is a Multi user program with built in 'push' (2.55Mb) TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.cdrom.com cd /pub/simtelnet/win3/email get netmsngr.zip quit ------------------------- Pegasus Mail for DOS (Ver 3.40) (1.2MB) and Windows in either 16 or 32 bit versions (Ver 2.55) (1.8MB). These are the small readme files. TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.usm.maine.edu cd /pub/network/pegasus get pmail340.txt get winpm254.txt quit =21= EMPTY =22= Handy Utilities (see Notes 1, 3 and 4) This utility searches your windows\system directory, finds .dll files that are unused, and moves them to a backup directory. (Ver 1.6) (71) And check out the other freeware from Kevin Solway. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.ozemail.com.au/~kevsol/clnsys16.zip send http://www.ozemail.com.au/~kevsol/sware.html ----------------------------------- Version Info 1.0, checks file versions of DLL/EXE/VBX/OCX files and finds duplicates. (26) TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.cdrom.com cd /pub/simtelnet/win3/util get vinfo10.zip ------------------------ Bruce Guthrie supports 20 programs; this one converts html files to readable text and can be configured as you desire. Within the zip file is a listing of his other programs. Excellent. (131) TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/2414/htmst708.zip ----------------------- If you use DOS, PowerDos may be very helpful. (Ver 4.01) (170) TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.pixi.com/~jas/pd401.exe ------------------------- Find out if your computer is ready for the year 2000 and then, if it isn't, use this program to fix it (43). Robert Hilliard's Year 2000 BIOS Page has step-by-step instructions to test your PC. BODY: send http://www.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/clocks/fixclocp.zip send http://www.tyler.net/tyr7020/y2kinput.htm ------------------------ This utility converts a Windows 3.x Help File to a Word for Windows 2.0 Document File including formatting information. TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.agt.net cd /pub/coast/msdos/fileutil get hlp2doc.zip quit ------------------------------------ UUFILL restores uuencoded files which were corrupted by mailer/ news-servers due to the old mail/uuencode conflict. (6) TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.cdrom.com cd /pub/simtelnet/msdos/decode get uufill.zip ----------------------------------- PassKeeper is a Windows utility that allows you to keep an encrypted list of accounts with usernames, passwords, and notes. Multiple users on the same machine is possible. (100) TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.isys.hu/staff/brad/psk12.zip -------------------------- The first 3 utilities split large files of any type into smaller chunks and will recombine same. (8) (25) (30) The last utility splits up archive files .ZIP, .RAR, .ARJ, and .LHA into chunks that'll fit onto floppy disks. (60) TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.cdrom.com cd /pub/simtelnet/msdos/fileutil get bisect10.zip get carve20a.zip get splitv10.zip cd /pub/simtelnet/msdos/fileutil get lsize252.zip quit ------------------------- Here are 4 utilities that you'll wish you'd had when things go wrong in your operating system. They save the boot sector, fat, partition, MBR, floppy boot sector, CMOS ROM, CMOS memory sections to a floppy disk to be retrieved later if something nasty happens to your OS. (38) (15) (11) (17) TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.cdrom.com cd /pub/simtelnet/msdos/diskutil get stbfp11a.zip cd /pub/simtelnet/msdos/sysutl get rom2.zip get cmos93cd.zip quit TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.junoaccmail.org/4u/sbabr100.zip -------------------------- This program translates the .MOZ files generated by Netscape to their equivalent .HTM files. (28) TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.volftp.vol.it cd /pub/pc/windows/win3xx/progs/communications/internet/browser get netcache.zip quit =23= List of country codes Want to know the codes associated with each country like UK = United Kingdom, DE = Germany? Olivier M.J. Crepin-Leblond maintains the list and is available via e-mail. TO: robot@gih.com SUBJ: archive-server-request BODY: get mail/country-codes ------------------------ Another list of country codes sorted by country and by code. Includes info on 3 letter zone designators. TO: address-codes@newbie.net =24= Simtel.Net freeware/shareware mailing list There is a mailing list from Simtel.Net that gives info on the latest freeware/shareware uploaded to their facility and where to get it. TO: listserv@Simtel.Net BODY: get ms-news.info =25= Freeware Programs Gary Wines updates monthly his EM_AI program which is a menu driven executable manual for accessing the Internet by email. This message will get the directory where it resides; look for em_?????.zip. TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.simtel.net cd /pub/simtelnet/msdos/mailnews dir quit ================ 1) Bob Ferguson's page of freeware has info in both Dutch and English for DOS and Windows tools and games. 2) FreeWareNow.Com bills itself as "The Web's Hottest Source Of Freeware Games, Apps, Utiltities, Drivers, And More!". 3&4) DOS freeware, public domain, and free dos software list by Rich Green with his entire zipped list. 5) Software by Design - Free Windows Software by Gregory Braun. 6) The Freeware Publishing Site offers a collection of the best FREEWARE for Win 95. 7) OSAX - Off-line Shareware Author indeX - Although most of the programs in the listing are shareware, there are quite a few FREE programs that make this a worthwhile visit. Each month the OSAX program is updated to show all additions and corrections to the database. Before buying, check these out. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.xs4all.nl/~ferguson/fergus02.html send http://www.freewarenow.com/ send http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/rlgreen/softlib1.htm send http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/rlgreen/fs_fd.zip send http://www.execpc.com/~sbd send http://194.197.188.25/freeware/freeware.htm send http://mini.net/sax/offline.html =26= Emoticons ie. Smileys If you don't know what emoticons/smileys are :-) :-( then you probably need THE UnOFFICIAL SMILEY FAQ written by Don Z'Boray. TO: SMILEYS@Newbie.NET -------------------- And to get more, send these and/or finger smiley@goldendome.com. The last URL has tons. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.goldendome.net/Tools/cgi-bin/smiley.cgi send http://www.tc.mtu.edu/~jfb/personal/cgi-bin/smiley send http://wwws.enterprise.net/fortknox/emoticon/smiley.html send http://members.aol.com/bearpage/smileys.htm send http://www.uni-passau.de/archive/div/smilies.html =27= EMPTY =28= Anti-virus information (see Notes 1, 2 and 4) Eddy Willems maintains the Free Anti-Virus Consultancy (WAVC) with links to over 1000 anti-virus sites. He'll even inform you by email when your anti-virus program has been updated. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.club.innet.be/~ewillems/ --------------------------- F-PROT anti-virus program for personal use (8 Jan) (1.13MB) TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.cdrom.com cd /pub/simtelnet/msdos/virus get fp-227b.zip quit NOTE: This program is updated approximately every 2 months and the current version can easily be determined with this message. TO: f-prot-update@complex.is BODY: send version F-Prot also makes available an *hourly* update to their MACRO.DEF file (MACRODEF.ZIP or MACRDEF2.ZIP), which detects Word Macro viruses. The basic program F-MACROW.EXE is included in their anti-virus program mentioned above. Get the /pub directory before retrieving. TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.complex.is cd /pub dir quit ------------------------ This an independent, new Web site filled with computer virus news, information, and help, uniquely designed for Macintosh users. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.macvirus.com --------------- VGrep is an attempt to provide a system to cross-reference the myriad of names used by different anti-virus companies. This auto-responder will show you how to retrieve the latest .zip file which is 304Kb. TO: getvgrep@virusbtn.com SUBJ: help ------------- Before you send out a virus warning, get this latest bulletin from CIAC which addresses many hoaxes and erroneous warnings. And for more info on myths and hoaxes, check out the other URLs. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html send http://www.kumite.com/myths/home.htm send http://www.kumite.com/myths/fas send http://www.ncsa.com/virus/alerthoax.html ------------ David Harley's alt.comp.virus FAQ - version 1.02f TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.gate.net cd /pub/users/ris1 get acvfaq.zip quit ------------ Richard Martin maintains a FAQ on macro viruses. TO: Bd326@TorFree.Net SUBJ: PLEASE SEND FAQ ----------- Nick FitzGerald is the maintainer of the VIRUS-L FAQ TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.cs.ucr.edu cd /pub/virus-l get vlfaq200.txt quit ------------------------- Another source for the Good Times virus hoax and other urban legends. TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.usit.net cd /pub/lesjones get good-times-virus-hoax-faq.txt get good-times-virus-hoax-minifaq.txt quit ------------- VIRUS-L is a mailing list devoted to discussions about computer viruses and virus related questions/answers. TO: listserv@lehigh.edu BODY: info virus-l --------------- Handy utility that checks to see if a program writes to, deletes, or messes with areas of your computer that might upset you. (8) TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.cdrom.com cd /pub/simtelnet/msdos/virus get chk4bomb.zip quit ----------------- Another Macro Anti-Virus by Eliashim TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.eliashim.com cd /pub/products get vdoczip.exe quit ------------------------ Other anti-virus info is found in section =16= of GETIT4U. (Note 6) =29= Internet Service Providers (ISPs) A list of over 3,100 American and Canadian Internet Service Providers (ISPs) can be obtained via e-mail. NOTE: Your telephone area code goes in the subject area, (example - SUBJ: 405). If you live in a non-metropolitan area, then SUBJ: 800 TO: ISP@Penny-a-Pic.com SUBJ: see above --------------------------- Here are some sites with a bunch of links to ISPs world-wide TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.tagonline.com/Provider/ListOfLists.html send http://www.celestin.com/pocia/domestic.html send http://www.celestin.com/pocia/foreign.html send http://www.best.be/iap/ send http://www.herbison.com/herbison/iap_meta_list.html send http://www.netalert.com/ send http://www.currents.net/resources/netprov/netprov.html =30= EMPTY =31= Computer-oriented abbreviations/acronyms/terms (see Note 1) BABEL: 2 ways to get this glossary of computer oriented abbreviations and acronyms. (Ver 98A) (178) TO: listserv@vm.temple.edu BODY: GET BABEL TXT HELP-NET --- TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.access.digex.net cd /pub/access/ikind/public_html get babeltxt.zip quit ---------------------------- Another listing of acronyms by Elianah Siepmann from 1994 TO: acronyms@newbie.net --------------------------- This is a list of over 4000 computer science acronymns, updated weekly and comes in 3 languages so take your pick. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.nctech.fr/NCTech/html/Deutsch/AcronymesListe.html send http://www.nctech.fr/NCTech/html/English/AcronymesListe.html send http://www.nctech.fr/NCTech/html/Francais/AcronymesListe.html --------------------------- More glossaries dealing with Internet related terms and another that deals with abbreviations and acronyms. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://whatis.com/nfindex.htm send http://www.matisse.net/files/glossary.html send http://www.geek.com/glossary/glossary.htm send http://www.netlingo.com/brmenu.html send http://www.netlingo.com/brmenu2.html send http://www.lookup.com/Homepages/73107/ab.htm send http://www.delphi.com/navnet/faq/glossary.html --------------------------- The Internet Users' Glossary concentrates on terms which are specific to the Internet. TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open nic.merit.edu cd /internet/documents/fyi get fyi18.txt quit =32= Public domain resources (see Note 2) Kevin Savetz maintains a web page of tons of public domain resources. Quoting Kevin "public domain means it is owned by everyone". TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.savetz.com/pd/pd.html =33= Other interesting autoresponders For information on a commercial email service, send a blank message. TO: email-only@wireworm.com ----------------------------- For a list of articles and files at Microsoft, send this: TO: MSHELP@Microsoft.com ----------------------------- Juno_accmail Autobot - this semi-autobot offers lots of files on accmail, the latest Juno news, the 4useries, and other interesting topics. To receive the latest index file send a message: To: autobot@junoaccmail.org Subject: send index ------------------------------- For a list of public service announcement documents, try here. TO: PSADIR@intelnet.com ------------------------------- The QUERY e-mail server allows users to retrieve records by a variety of queries from the sequence and MEDLINE databases at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), National Library of Medicine, NIH, in Bethesda, MD. TO: query@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov BODY: help -------------------------------- Iliad is a combination search engine and web retrieval robot. TO: iliad@algol.jsc.nasa.gov SUBJ: help ------------------------------ This one has a lot to do with PR and that's NOT Public Relations TO: snevel@wco.com SUBJ: send index ------------------------------ Although the U.S. tax deadline has passed, you may want to get this file with sites to visit for tax info/forms/topics. TO: edit@epinc.com SUBJ: TAXTIPS ----------------------------- Quote.com supplies financial market data, financial research services, and real-time news services to Internet Users. Only some of their services are free but it may be enough. TO: info@quote.com ---------------------------- Net Directories publishes a list of providers of permanent e-mail address and e-mail forwarding services. TO: fwdlist@netdirectories.com ---------------------------- JobSAT is a database containing thousands of employment opportunities from Canada and the United States - updated daily. TO: JobSAT@Hookup.Net =34= EMPTY =35= Programs I use constantly (see Notes 1 and 3) Have you ever installed a program, didn't like it, and then tried to find what this new program installed and where? Here are 3 programs that keep track of everything that was installed. (216) (36) (75) TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.agt.net cd /pub/coast/win3/utility get inctrl2.zip cd /pub/coast/win3/install get instl330.zip quit TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.xs4all.nl/~jult/4u/cp45.zip ----------------------------------------- This DOS program lets you jump directly to any subdirectory in any drive. (29) TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.cdrom.com cd /pub/simtelnet/msdos/dirutl get todir22.zip quit -------------- A program that replaces the Windows Task Manager. (39) TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.agt.net cd /pub/coast/win3/taskman get taskvw30.zip quit ------------------ A Mini Status Bar that reports system resources. (11) TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.agt.net cd /pub/cica-win3/desktop get mininfo.zip quit ------------------ SuperPad is a replacement for Microsoft Windows' Notepad that can edit files of any size. (106) TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.zdnet.com cd /pcmag/1995/0411 get spad.zip quit =36= EMPTY =37= Net-Happenings mailing list The NET-HAPPENINGS mailing list is dedicated to announcing new sites, events, publications, training, and miscellaneous information happening on the Internet. TO: Majordomo@lists.internic.net BODY: info net-happenings =38= Netiquette information (see Note 2) 1) Editing EMail - A Guide with Examples written by Sven Guckes. This'll show you how to use email properly with some rather humorous examples and comments. 2) 101 Ways to be Obnoxious on Usenet - This list is intended as humor, and consists mostly of things that you should NOT do. 3) Emily Postnews, foremost authority on proper net behavior, gives her advice on how to act on the Net in English 4) French 5) German 6) Italian and 7) Dutch. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.math.fu-berlin.de/~guckes/mail/editing.txt send http://www.indirect.com/user/steiners/usenet.html send http://www.clari.net/brad/emily.html send http://www.fdn.fr/fdn/doc-misc/Emily-Postnews.html send http://www.rhrz.uni-bonn.de/~uzs180/emilia.html send http://www.polito.it/~bertola/faq/emily.htm send http://www.bart.nl/~patrick/emily.txt --------------- One source of info on Netiquette is a Request for Comment (RFC) file which provides netiquette guidelines to the Internet community. TO: mailserv@ds2.internic.net BODY: send rfc1855.txt ---------------- The Net: User Guidelines and Netiquette by Arlene H. Rinaldi Althought dated Jul 94, it still is applicable today. There are other documents here as well; the 2nd line of the body gets their help file. TO: almanac@esusda.gov BODY: send docs-gen rinaldi-netiquette send guide =39= "New Internet User" Questions Answers to Commonly asked "New Internet User" Questions is the title of another RFC (see =38=) from the DS server TO: mailserv@ds2.internic.net BODY: send rfc1206.txt =40= WHOIS server Since the DS server is mentioned in both =38= and =39= above, you may want to get their help file. They maintain the WHOIS server. TO: mailserv@ds2.internic.net BODY: help =41= EMPTY =42= EMPTY =43= File Formats (see Notes 2 and 3) Listings that show file extensions, descriptions, and their uses. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://ac.dal.ca/~dong/appen.htm send http://rodent.lib.rochester.edu/multimed/appen.htm ------------------------------- The Graphic Utilities' Site & Version FAQ Here you'll find many of the programs needed to view the file formats mentioned above as well as links and information on graphics. Last update was Feb 95 so much of the info may be out-of-date. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.public.iastate.edu/~stark/a/pub/utilities/GUtil_SV.FAQ ------------------------------- The alt.binaries.multimedia help page. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/7917/Help.htm =44= EMPTY =45= EMPTY =46= Finding addresses (see Note 2) David Alex Lamb maintains a FAQ on how to find people's addresses. The 2nd URL is the French version. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.qucis.queensu.ca/FAQs/email/bigfinding.html send http://web.fdn.fr/fdn/doc-misc/find-e-mail-add/ ------------------------------------- This document details many ways to find email addresses. TO: finding-addresses@newbie.net =47= Reminder services This service sends you an email message each time a URL, that you specify, changes its contents. For an example of how to use it, see my other file 'getit4u'. (Note 6) TO: URL-minder@netmind.com SUBJ: URL-minder help ------------------------------------- Another URL reminder service like the one above is here: TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.micromat.com/pagewatch/email.html ------------------------------------- You can also register important dates like birthdays and this service will notify you a few days before the event. TO: e-minder@netmind.com SUBJ: e-minder help =48= Netscape FTP Information Receive instructions on how to download Netscape software plus answers to some frequently asked questions. TO: ftp@netscape.com =49= Colleges and Universities 1) The Center For All Collegiate Information - links to everything pertaining to colleges. 2) College Prep 101 is a course that provides useful info for anyone planning to attend a public/private college/university. 3) This site bills itself as "the most comprehensive available list of american college and university admission office email addresses". 4) A list of 3000+ colleges is maintained by Christina DeMello. 5) Mike Conlon has a list of universities that maintain web pages. 6) Chris Redmond maintains a list of Canadian universities. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.collegiate.net/text.html send http://www2.okstate.edu/lam2717/CollegePrep101.html send http://www.novakint.com/colleges/ send http://web.mit.edu/cdemello/www/univ.html send http://www.clas.ufl.edu/CLAS/american-universities.html send http://watserv1.uwaterloo.ca/~credmond/univ/univ3.html ------------------------- If you or your children are thinking of going to college, you might find it worthwhile to download an 8 chapter book "How to Succeed as a Student" which should help. Substitute for XXX below the 3 letters of the format that you'd like to receive - Rich Text Format (rtf)(509); Word for Windows (doc)(491); Word for Macintosh 5.1 (mcw)(431). TO: gopher@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: # Name=stu_advice.doc Type=9 Port=80 Path=GET /gwis/stubod/stuadv/stu_advice.XXX Host=www.gu.edu.au ------------------------ This Financial Aid FAQ is compiled by Mark Kantrowitz and is the most comprehensive guide to higher education financial aid. TO: query@finaid.org BODY: send faq --------------------- This report by Neal Voron offers suggestions for a general strategy for students to consider when pursuing scholarships. TO: wtsh@voron.com --------------------------- Retrieve this document and you'll have an extensive list of colleges and how to find the email address of their faculty and students. The file comes in 4 parts with 2 sections per part. (240) TO: mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu BODY: send usenet/news.answers/mail/college-email/* =50= E-Zines (see Note 5) This is a summary of 1800+ electronically-accessible zines - what they are, who publishes them, and where you can find them. This file is 1+MB and is maintained by John Labovitz. TO: gopher@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: # Name=e-zine-list.txt Type=9 Port=80 Path=GET /~johnl/e-zine-list/e-zine-list.txt Host=www.meer.net --------------- Todd Kuipers E-Mail Zines Listing is much smaller but is still another good source as is the Email Ezine Emporium. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://propagandist.com/tkemzl/full.htm send http://www.apex.net/users/jyoung/e3/ =51= Mike's list (see Notes 1 and 4) Mike's list is a compilation of Internet related subjects that should keep you busy for a few hours or days retrieving this and that. The file is 111Kb and includes a program to convert the text file to html files for use with a browser. TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.cdrom.com cd /pub/simtelnet/msdos/info get ml96oct.zip quit =52= Send mail from one network to another (see Notes 1 and 4) This file documents methods of sending mail from one network to another, ie. from AOL to Compuserve, from internet to fidonet, etc. TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.csd.uwm.edu cd pub get internetwork-mail-guide quit =53= EMPTY =54= Anonymous FTP Sites Listing (see Notes 1 and 4) This is a 419Kb zipped list of most of the anonymous FTP sites. TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.cdrom.com cd /pub/simtelnet/msdos/info get ftp-list.zip quit =55= Email to Fax servers Get this FAQ to learn how to send a fax free via email. The 2nd message retrieves a list of areas covered (updated frequently). TO: tpcfaq@info.tpc.int TO: tpccover@info.tpc.int ------------------------------ To send a fax to any are of Romania, use this address and substitute the fax number for, what else, FAX_NUMBER. TO: FAX_NUMBER@fax.kappa.ro ------------------------------ This Gateway allows you to send a fax to any fax number in Kuwait by email, from anywhere in the world. TO: fax@kuwait.net SUBJ: help ------------------------------ To send a fax to someone in the Netherlands, try here. Info is available in English and Dutch. TO: info.E-FAX.english@nci.nl TO: info.E-FAX@nci.nl ----------------------------- Fax service available to the Philippines: TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.msuiit.edu.ph/fax.html ----------------------------- For more info, get the fax-faq by Kevin Savetz. (Ver 1.7) TO: mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu BODY: send usenet/news.answers/internet-services/fax-faq =56= All about Words A DWORD is a made up English word such as Epochodor: The smell of history found at museums. To get your daily DWORD: TO: dword-owner@juno.com SUBJ: subscribe to DWORD ------------------------ More than just the definition: anecdotes, origins, quotes and current events make the meaning of the Word-of-the-Day come to life in an interesting and entertaining way. TO: word-of-the-day@parlez.net SUBJ: subscribe ----------------------- Travlang offers an email subscription to its word of the day. You can receive the word in any or all of 50+ languages. The languages involved are at the following URL: TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.travlang.com/wordofday/register.html Once the languages are determined send a message with specified criteria in the body of the message: TO: wordofday@travlang.com SUBJ: subscribe wordofday BODY: your name your email address language/languages (if all wanted just state 'all languages') ----------------------------- To receive a daily e-mail containing Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day, subscribe as follows: TO: majordomo@webster.m-w.com BODY: subscribe word-of-the-day ------------------------------ The Human-Languages Page is a comprehensive catalog of language-rel ated Internet resources with over 1500 links in the HLP database. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.hardlink.com/~chambers/HLP/ ----------------------------- Here's the complete list of authors in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/bartlett/alpha.html ----------------------------- If you'd like your own personal dictionary/thesaurus combo, you'll find WordWeb for both Win3.1 and Win95 versions here. Only the directories are listed - sizes 3.87 and 4.1MB TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.cdrom.com cd /pub/simtelnet/win3/util dir cd /pub/simtelnet/win95/util dir quit ---------------------------- The Probert E-Text Encyclopaedia is a freely distributable, machine readable, general knowledge reference work. (over 1MB) TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.pins.co.uk/upages/probertm/penc.htm send http://www.pins.co.uk/upages/probertm/index.htm The latest version can be found in the DOS and Win95 info directories. (pencXX for the text version and penchXX for HTML format). TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.cdrom.com cd /pub/simtelnet/msdos/info dir cd /pub/simtelnet/win95/info dir quit -------------------------- Send this message with a word you would like defined and the definition will be returned. The first URL is for regular words; the second for techno-words/jargon. Substitute your word for XXXXX. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://c.gp.cs.cmu.edu:5103/prog/webster?XXXXX send http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.cgi?XXXXX ------------------------- The Index of Online Dictionaries provides links, not only to online dictionaries, but to thesauri, and other reference works pertaining to words and phrases. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.bucknell.edu/~rbeard/diction.html send http://www.bucknell.edu/~rbeard/diction2.html ------------------------- Word-a-day, thesaurus, acronym, anagram, & rhyme-n-reason all via e-mail from Wordsmith. The Dictionary/by/Mail service is indefinitely closed but the rest are still operable. TO: wsmith@wordsmith.org SUBJ: help -------------------------- Another acronym server that not only does a search for the word you specify but allows submissions of new acronyms. TO: freetext@bureau.ucc.ie SUBJ: help -------------------------- And for those of you who want your own multilingual translating dictionary, go here and decide for yourself. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.travlang.com/Ergane/ send ftp://travlang.com/outgoing =57= EMPTY =58= RFC-INFO service RFC-Info is an e-mail based service to help in locating and retrieving RFCs, FYIs, STDs, and IMRs. TO: RFC-INFO@ISI.EDU BODY: help =59= WWWFetch E-Mail Gateway Webfetch can send you a entire web page to include all the graphics. TO: wwwfmail@linux.netmor.com SUBJ: info =NOTES= NOTE 1: Sometimes, these bitftp servers get ornery and return to you a message that states the site that you requested is not a recognized ftp host, when, in fact, it is. Just resubmit the message. It is advisable to get a directory when getting a file. To do this, place the three letters dir on a separate line, preferably on the line immediately after the line that contains cd /.... FTP/BITFTP servers: (see Note 2) NOTE 2: Agora/agora-like servers: The same orneriness applies here as in NOTE 1 above. If you get a message back saying the requested URL is empty there are 2 reasons: the site was too busy to handle the request or the URL was invalid due to misspelling, out-of-date, etc. For an updated list of ftpmail, agora/agora-like and gopher servers: TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1236/servers.html NOTE 3: If the author's e-mail address is included with a FREE program that you use, why not drop him/her an email message of thanks. NOTE 4: The bitftp servers have a default of approximately 38Kb per message. If you want messages sent to you in larger or smaller segments, use the 'chunksize' command. This command is placed on the next line after the 'open' command. Example: Get messages sent to you that are 90Kb in size: open ftp.anywhere.com chunksize 90 NOTE 5: Gopher servers have a default of 27Kb per message. To receive segments in larger or smaller chunks, use the 'Split' command. This is placed on the first line of the body of the message. Example: Get messages sent to you in 150Kb segments: Split=150K NOTE 6: These files show in specific detail how to use email to retrieve files, programs and documents from FTP and WWW sites, etc. In other words, how to get just about anything by email. The files are FREE and everything mentioned in them is also FREE. You can now get these files individually or together in zipped format as well as in text format. Substitute the file that you want in place of the XXX in the URL below and add a line for each additional file requested. Files available are: email4u.txt getit4u.txt fun4u.txt pix4u.txt email4u.zip getit4u.zip fun4u.zip pix4u.zip 4useries.zip Send a message to: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp and in the body of the message: send ftp://ftp.crl.com/users/iv/iverham/XXX Only the .txt files are available here: send http://members.aol.com/bombagirl/freeware/XXX ===END OF FILE===