Urgent!! Help me copy some text from webpage?

Question

Urgent!! Help me copy some text from webpage?

Answer 1

1

Answer 2

You can download a free version of winrar here: http://bit.ly/1sMdIqr



Winrar is a very good program to unzip files and to decompress a bunch of other formats. You can use also 7zip or winzip for the same purpose but I believe that winrar is the best option. All these programs are very similar (you can compress/decompress files with a simple right click).



The great things is that winrar is free (you can download the trial version that never expires) and it can open all compressed formats: .zip, .rar, .7z / 7zip, .iso, .tar, .jar etc. (much more than the other programs).



That's why I strongly recommend Winrar

Answer 3

Hello,

Maybe try the latest version of Winrar? --> http://bit.ly/1p3P7qp

The best choice to open (extract) zipped files is definitly WinRar. It's able to decompress a lot of different files as zip,rar,iso,7z,jar and much more.

good luck.

Answer 4

Ok, was going to do what the guy above did, but as you can see he beat me to it!!



One thing, to get the links to work in yahoo answers, you need the "http://" bit at the front!



See:

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/internet-services/access-via-email/

Answer 5

you need to provide full links to do so



Bri

Answer 6

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Accessing the Internet by E-mail FAQ

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Message-ID:

X-Last-Updated: 2002/04/16

From: Gerald E. Boyd

Newsgroups: alt.internet.services, alt.online-service, alt.bbs.internet,

comp.mail.misc, news.newusers.questions

Subject: Accessing the Internet by E-mail FAQ

Summary: This guide will show you how to explore the World Wide Web,

retrieve files from FTP sites, and even access Usenet

newsgroups using E-MAIL AS YOUR ONLY TOOL.

Date: 12 May 2004 12:03:01 GMT



Archive-name: internet-services/access-via-email

Posting-Frequency: weekly

Last-modified: 2002/04/04

Version: 10.2



+--------------------------------------------------+

| Accessing The Internet By E-mail |

| Guide to Offline Internet Access |

| Version 10.2 - April 04, 2002 |

+--------------------------------------------------+



Copyright (c) 1999-2002, Gerald E. Boyd

[e-mail]



All rights reserved. Permission is granted to duplicate and

distribute copies of this document provided the copyright

notice and this permission notice are preserved on all copies.





A Brief History

---------------



Accessing The Internet By E-mail or originally known as "Doctor Bob's

Guide to Offline Internet Access" was the brainchild of Bob Rankin (a

great net guy) who started it up in 1994. He kept it up about 5 years

before passing it to me in January 1999, when it became apparent he was

too busy with other projects (Internet Tourbus, writing, etc.) to

continue maintaining it.



In October 1997 I had taken over the moderator duties of the ACCMAIL

mailing list (which is used to further develop ideas expressed in this

FAQ) and started a web page based on this FAQ. I guess he figured I was

the logical person to take over the FAQ. Hmmm!



So there you go.





How to Access Internet Services by E-mail

-----------------------------------------



If you don't have direct access to the Internet through your BBS or

online service, you're not alone. Many of the world's countries with

Internet connections have only e-mail access to this world-wide network

of networks.



But if you think that sounds limiting, read on. You can access almost

any Internet resource using e-mail. Maybe you've heard of FTP, Gopher,

Jughead, Usenet, Finger, Whois, Nslookup, Traceroute, and the World-Wide

Web but thought they were out of your reach because you don't have a

direct connection.



Not so! You can use simple e-mail commands to do all of this and much

more on the Internet. And even if you do have full Internet access,

using e-mail services can save you time and money. If you can send a

note to an Internet address, you're in the game.



I encourage you to read this entire document first and then go back and

try out the techniques that are covered. This way, you will gain a

broader perspective of the information resources that are available, an

introduction to the tools you can work with, and the best methods for

finding the information you want.





Recent Changes To This Document

-------------------------------



10.2 web2mail signup address changed,ISPs be e-mail web page changed,

Webster dictionary lookup address changed,

ADD PDF CONVERSIONS BY EMAIL,

[e-mail] DEFUNCT, jiscmail address change,

[e-mail] (German - English translation service) DEFUNCT

mailandnews.com DEFUNCT as of 28Feb02,

[e-mail] DEFUNCT as of 15Apr02,

Revised FTP upload by e-mail help addresses,

Geocities mirror DEFUNCT

10.1 revised finger; [e-mail] and [e-mail]

DEFUNCT, revised GAMES BY EMAIL [e-mail] DEFUNCT,

added NUMBER SEQUENCES. MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE defunct by

e-mail methods Mar01, [e-mail] now [e-mail],

GENE SPLICING AND SEQUENCE ANALYSIS via [e-mail] DEFUNCT,

BABEL revised retrieval intructions

grabpage.com is now grabpage.org



Finding the Latest Version

--------------------------



This document is now available from several automated mail servers.

To get the latest edition, send e-mail to one of the addresses below.



To: [e-mail] (for US, Canada & South America)

Enter only this line in the BODY of the note:

send usenet/news.answers/internet-services/access-via-email



To: [e-mail] (for Europe, Asia, etc.)

Enter only this line in the BODY of the note:

get lis-iis\e-access-inet.txt



You can also use this autoresponder address, send blank e-mail

To: [e-mail]



You can also get the file by anonymous FTP at one of these sites:



Site: rtfm.mit.edu

get pub/usenet/news.answers/internet-services/access-via-email

Site: ftp.mailbase.ac.uk

get pub/lists/lis-iis/files/e-access-inet.txt



Or on he Web in HTML format at:

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/internet-services/access-via-email/



Much of the material in this FAQ is covered in more detail on the

following web pages:

http://www.expita.com/howto1.html

http://www.expita.com/howto2.html

http://www.expita.com/howto3.html





Before You Write...

-------------------



Please make sure you have the latest version of this guide before

writing to the author with questions and updates. Don't give up too

quickly on the busy e-mail servers, and if you get an error message, try

your request again on a different day or time. If you'd like to keep up

with the latest updates and announcements of new versions, send the

command:



SUBSCRIBE ACCMAIL Firstname Lastname



in the BODY of a message to the address "[e-mail]". In

fact, the ACCMAIL list is a great place to ask any questions you have

about this guide. You're likely to get a quicker response from one of

the list subscribers, because the author gets several hundred messages

per day!





Other Translations of This Document

-----------------------------------



Several readers have graciously volunteered to translate this text into

languages other than English. Please contact the author if you would

like to assist in the translation of this document into another

language. The list below shows the status of the translation work that

has been done or is in progress. To obtain any of the completed texts,

send e-mail



To: [e-mail] (autoresponder address)

(where "xx" is the country as shown below)



NOTE: All translations earlier than Version 8 have been deleted due

to them being too far out of date.



Translation Filename Translation Filename

----------------------- ---------- ----------------------- ----------

Chinese GB (8th Ed.) accmail.gb Italian (8th Ed.) accmail.it

Dutch (8th Ed.) accmail.nl Romanian (8th Ed.) accmail.ro

Farsi (8th Ed.) accmail.ir Russian (10th Ed.) accmail.ru

German (9th Ed.) accmail.de Spanish (8th Ed.) accmail.sp

Hungarian (10th Ed.) accmail.hu Swedish (9th Ed.) accmail.se

Indonesian (8th Ed.) accmail.id Urdu (8th Ed.) accmail.pk



NOTE: Your "[e-mail]" request MUST be in the ADDRESS line!





Acknowledgements

----------------



This document is continually expanding and improving as a result of the

daily flood of comments and questions received by the author. The

following individuals are hereby recognized for their work in

translating "Accessing" to various languages. (If I forgot anyone, let

me know and I'll gladly add you to the list.)



Bulgarian - Kolcho Kovachev Italian - [e-mail]

Catalan - Ricard Forner Japanese - Komatsu Toshiki

Chinese Big5 - Ju-En Teng Lithuanian - Darius Matuliauskas

Chinese GB - Li Ying Norwegian - Vidar Sarvik

Croatian - Zvonko Springer Polish - Ewa Poskrobko

Croatian - Nikola Borojevic Polish - Krzysztof Buniewicz

Czech - Martin Slunecko Portuguese - Joao Neves

Danish - Christian Schou Romanian - Mihai Jalobeanu

Dutch - Berry Van Hombeeck Russian - Sergey Ivanov

Esperanto - Martin Weichert Serbian - Brankica Kranjac

Farsi - Mansour Dehestani Monfared Serbian - Ivan Stamenkovic

Farsi - Zahra Sheik Slovakian - Stanislav Ponca

Finnish - Paavo Juntunen Somali - Yassin Ismail Ali

French - Pierre Couillard Spanish - Bellanet Org

German - Marc Loehrwald Swedish - Staffan S”lve

Greek - Grigoris Miliaresis Thai - Boonyakiat Saengwan

Hebrew - Ron Barak Ukranian - Dmitry V. Bisikalo

Hungarian - Lajos Toldy Urdu - M. Shahid Khaki

Indonesian - Yohanes Nugroho





A Short Aside... "What is the Internet?"

----------------------------------------



If you're the type that wants to skip the preliminaries and just dig in,

you've come to the right place. I'm not going to bore you with

details. Instead, I'll just offer up my simple condensed definition of

the Internet, and encourage you to find out more as you gain skill at

using the tools described herein.



Internet (noun) - A world-wide collection of computer networks,

connecting government, military, educational and commercial

institutions, as well as private citizens to a wide range of computer

services, resources, data and information. A set of network conventions

and common tools are employed to give the appearance of a single large

network, even though the computers that are linked together use many

different hardware and software platforms.





The Rules of The Game

---------------------



This document is meant to be both tutorial and practical, so there are

lots of actual commands and internet addresses listed herein. You'll

notice that when these are included in the text they are indented by

several spaces for clarity. Don't include the leading spaces when you

try these commands on your own!



You'll also see things like "" or "" appearing in this

document. Think of these as place holders or variables which must be

replaced with an appropriate value. Do NOT include the quotes or

brackets in your value unless specifically directed to do so.



Most e-mail servers understand only a small set of commands and are not

very forgiving if you deviate from what they expect. So include ONLY

the specified commands in the Subject or body of your note, leaving off

any extraneous lines such as your signature, etc.



Unless otherwise specified, you can leave the Subject and/or body of the

note empty. If your mail software insists on a Subject or body, just

type "XYZZY" or something equally non-sensical.



You should also ensure that you have one blank line between the note

headers and the body of your note. And do pay attention to upper/lower

case in directory and file names when using e-mail servers. It's almost

always important.



*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

SPECIAL NOTE: The e-mail servers listed in this guide are for the most

part operated by kind-hearted volunteers at companies or universities.

If you abuse (or over-use) the servers, there's a very good chance they

will be shut down permanently. This actually happened to several of the

e-mail servers recently, so treat them with respect.



If you have direct Internet access, let others who are less fortunate

use the e-mail servers. Try to limit your data transfers to one

megabyte per day. Don't swamp the servers with many requests at a

time.

*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*





FTP BY EMAIL

------------



FTP stands for "file transfer protocol", and is a means of accessing

files that are stored on remote computer systems (sites). Files at FTP

sites are typically stored in a tree-like set of directories (or nested

folders for Mac fans), each of which pertains to a different subject.



When visiting an FTP site using a "live" internet connection, one would

specify the name of the site, login with a userid & password, navigate

to the desired directory and select one or more files to be transferred

back to their local system.



Using FTP by e-mail is very similar, except that the desired site is

reached through a special "ftpmail server" which logs in to the remote

site and returns the requested files to you in response to a set of

commands in an e-mail message.



Using FTP by e-mail can be nice even for those with full Internet

access, because some popular FTP sites are heavily loaded and

interactive response can be very sluggish. So it makes sense not to

waste time and connect charges in these cases.



To use FTP by e-mail, you first need a list of FTP "sites" which are the

addresses of the remote computer systems that allow you to retrieve

files anonymously (without having a userid and password on that

system).



There are some popular sites listed later in this guide, but you can get

a comprehensive list of hundreds of anonymous FTP sites by sending an

e-mail message to the internet address:



[e-mail]



and include these lines in the BODY of the note.



send usenet/news.answers/ftp-list/sitelist/part1

... (21 lines omitted for brevity) ...

send usenet/news.answers/ftp-list/sitelist/part23



You will then receive (by e-mail) 23 files which comprise the "FTP Site

List". Note that these files are each about 60K, so the whole lot will

total over a megabyte! These files haven't been updated since Nov97 but

they are still a valuable resource for FTP sites world-wide.



Another file you might want to get is "FTP Frequently Asked Questions"

which contains lots more info on using FTP services, so add this line to

your note as well:



send usenet/news.answers/ftp-list/faq



After you receive the site list you'll see dozens of entries like this,

which tell you the site name, location and the kind of files that are

stored there.



Site : ftp.cs.wisc.edu

Country: USA

GMT : -6

Date : 23-Jul-95

Source : mail

Alias : fyvie.cs.wisc.edu

Admin : [e-mail]

Organ : University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, CS dept.

Server :

System : Unix

URL : ftp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/

Comment: server can (de)compress, tar files and directories; RoadMap

contains list of directories; files from shorty.cs.wisc.edu

Files : 007; afs-tools; AIX; Approximation Theory; bolo; CDIFF;

computer-vision; condor; connectivity table; coral; Exodus; galileo;

ghost; goodman; HP; list-archives; machine learning; markhill;

math prog; mcplib; Novell; par-distr-sys; paradise; shore; sohi;

spim; spimsal; swartz; tech-reports; Ultimate Frisbee files; UW;

warts; wisc; wwt; X; xunet



If you find an interesting FTP site in the list, send e-mail to one of

these ftpmail servers:



[e-mail] (United States)

[e-mail] (United States)

[e-mail] (Russia) - SLOW

[e-mail] (Japan)

[e-mail] (Sweden)

[e-mail] (Germany)

[e-mail] (Ukraine)

[e-mail] (Japan)

[e-mail] (Hungary)

[e-mail] (Belgium)

[e-mail] (Ukraine)



Note: There are other restricted-use FTPMAIL servers listed at

http://www.expita.com/servers.html

See the "WWW By E-mail" section for help retrieving this file.



It doesn't really matter which one you choose, but a server that is

geographically close may respond quicker. (Please DON'T use the first

one in the list just because it's there!) In the body of the note,

include these lines:



open

dir

quit



This will return to you a list of the files stored in the root directory

at that site. See the figure below for an example of the output when

using "ftp.simtel.net" for the site name.



+---------------------------------------------------------------------+

total 20

drwxr-xr-x 9 root sys 1024 Oct 29 1999 .

drwxr-xr-x 9 root sys 1024 Oct 29 1999 ..

-rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 1431 Oct 18 1999 .welcome

-rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 731 Oct 26 1995 README.mirroring

d--x--x--x 2 root sys 96 Oct 27 1999 bin

d--x--x--x 2 root sys 96 Oct 27 1999 etc

drwxr-xr-x 5 root other 8192 Nov 10 1999 mir01

drwxr-xr-x 8 root other 8192 Jul 27 1999 mir02

drwxr-xr-x 5 root other 8192 Jul 27 1999 mir03

drwxr-xr-x 6 root other 8192 Jul 29 1999 mir04

drwxr-xr-x 3 root users 1024 Oct 27 1999 pub

+---------------------------------------------------------------------+



In your next e-mail message you can navigate to other directories by

inserting (for example)



cd pub (use "chdir" if "cd" doesn't work)



before the "dir" command. (The "cd" means "change directory" and "pub"

is a common (public) directory name, usually a good place to start.)

Once you determine the name of a file you want to retrieve, use:



get



in the following note instead of the "dir" command. If the file you

want to retrieve is plain text, this will suffice. If it's a binary

file (an executable program, compressed file, etc.) you'll need to

insert the command:



binary



in your note before the "get" command.



Tip: Many directories at FTP sites contain a file called 00-index.txt,

README, or something similarly named which gives a description of the

files found there. If you're just exploring and your "dir" reveals one

of these filenames, do a "get" on the file and save yourself some time.



OK, let's grab the text of The Magna Carta. Here's the message you send

to an ftpmail server:



open wiretap.area.com (The name of the FTP site)

chdir /Gov/World/ (Directory where the file lives)

get magna.txt (Sign here please, John)

quit (Bring it on home)



Here are the commands you would send to to get a file from the Simtel

Software Repository that was mentioned earlier.



open ftp.simtel.net (mirrored at other world-wide sites)

cd pub/simtelnet/msdos/disasm/

binary (Because we're getting a ZIP file)

get bubble.zip

quit



Some other interesting FTP sites you may want to "visit" are listed

below. (Use these site names on the "open" command and the suggested

directory name on your "chdir" command, as in the previous examples.)



rtfm.mit.edu Try: pub/usenet/news.answers for USENET info

ftp.simtel.net Try: pub/simtelnet a huge DOS/WIN software library

gatekeeper.dec.com Try: pub/recipes for a cooking & recipe archive



Remember that you can't just send e-mail to ftpmail@, rather

you send the "open " command to one of the known ftpmail servers.



Notes:

- The ftpmail servers tend to be quite busy. Your reply may not arrive

for several minutes, hours, or days.

- Some large files may be split into smaller pieces and returned to you

as multiple messages. You can control this (and also override the

return e-mail address) using special ftpmail commands.

- The commands are not the same on every server - send the "help"

command to find out how FTPMAIL works on the server you are using!

- Often the ftpmail servers keep local archives. Open the local archives

by not specifying a site on the "open" line. Using the local archives

gives your request priority so it will be processed before all outside

requests.



If the file that is returned to you ends up looking something like what

you see below, (the word "begin" with a number and the filename on one

line, followed by a bunch of 61-character lines) it most likely is a

binary file that has been "uuencoded" by the sender. (This is required

in order to reliably transmit binary files by e-mail.)



begin 666 answer2.zip

M4$L#!`H`!@`.`/6H?18.$-Z$F@P```@?```,````5$5,25@S,34N5%A480I[

M!P8;!KL,2P,)!PL).PD'%@.(!@4.!P8%-@.6%PL*!@@*.P4.%00.%P4*.`4.



You'll need to scrounge up a version of the "uudecode" program for your

operating system (DOS, OS/2, Unix, Mac, etc.) in order to reconstruct

the file. Most likely you'll find a copy already at your site or in

your service provider's download library, but if not you can use the

instructions in the next section to find out how to search FTP sites for

a copy.





ARCHIE BY EMAIL

---------------



Let's say you know the name of a file, but you have no idea at which FTP

site it might be lurking. Or maybe you're curious to know if files

matching a certain naming criteria are available via FTP. Archie is the

tool you can use to find out.



Archie servers can be thought of as a database of all the anonymous FTP

sites in the world, allowing you to find the site and/or name of a file

to be retrieved. And using Archie by e-mail can be convenient because

some Archie searches take a LONG time to complete, leaving you to tap

your toes in the meantime.



To use Archie by e-mail, simply send an e-mail message to this address:



[e-mail] (Poland)



To obtain detailed help for using Archie by mail, put the word



help



in the subject of the note and just send it off. You'll receive e-mail

explaining how to use archie services. If you're the "just do it" type,

then enter the command:



find



where "" is the name of the file to search for, in the BODY (not

the subject) of the note. This will search for files that match your

criteria exactly. If you want to find files that contain your search

criteria anywhere in their name, insert the line



set search sub



before the "find" command. Some other useful archie commands you might

want to use are:



set maxhits 20 (limit output, default is 100 files)

set match_domain usa (restrict output to FTP sites in USA)

set output_format terse (return output in condensed form)



When you get the results from your Archie query, it will contain the

names of various sites at which the desired file is located. Use one of

these site names and the directory/filename listed for your next FTP

file retrieval request.



Now you've learned enough to locate that UUDECODE utility mentioned in

the last section. Let's send e-mail to [e-mail] and

include the following lines in the message:



set search sub (looking for a substring match...)

find uudecode (must contain this string...)



Note: You'll be looking for the uudecode source code, not the executable

version, which would of course be a binary file and would arrive

uuencoded - a Catch 22! The output of your archie query will contain

lots of information like this:



Host sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch (195.176.255.9)

Last updated 14:30 14 Dec 1999



Location: /mirror/NetBSD/NetBSD-release/src/usr.bin/uudecode

FILE -rw-rw-r-- 5832 02:00 23 Mar 1999 uudecode.c



Host helka.iif.hu (193.225.12.48)

Last updated 14:30 16 Dec 1999



Location: /pub/mirror_hosts/ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/00_start

FILE -rw-r--r-- 5567 02:00 23 Feb 1999 uudecode.bas

FILE -rw-r--r-- 5349 02:00 23 Feb 1999 uudecode.c



Now you can use an ftpmail server to request "uudecode.bas" (if you have

BASIC available) or "uudecode.c" (if you have a C compiler) from the

helka.iif.hu site.



SPECIAL NOTE: For DOS users, there is an EXECUTABLE ASCII version of

the UUDECODE.COM program available. This is a rare exception to the

rule that executable files must be encoded to survive e-mail

transmission. You can receive it via e-mail and execute it "as is". To

get a copy, send e-mail



To: [e-mail]

Subject: send uudecode.com (must be lowercase).



For further info on using uudecode, send e-mail



To: [e-mail]

Subject: send uudecode.how (must be lowercase).





FTP SEARCH BY EMAIL

-------------------



Archie servers could be thought of as a database of all the anonymous

FTP sites in the world, allowing you to find the site and/or name of a

file to be retrieved. This function has been taken over by a web-based

FTP search engine.



To use FTP Search by e-mail, simply send an e-mail message to one of the

webmail servers (see WWW section) with this line in the message

BODY:



send http://ftpsearch.lycos.com/cgi-bin/search?form=lycosnet\

&query=[file name or keyword]&filetype=All+files



Now you've learned enough to locate that UUDECODE utility mentioned in

the last section. Replace [file name or keyword] with uudecode.bas to

find Basic source code, so our e-mail request looks like this:



send http://ftpsearch.lycos.com/cgi-bin/search?form=lycosnet\

&query=uudecode.bas&filetype=All+files



Note: You'll be looking for the uudecode Basic source code, not the

executable version, which would of course be a binary file and would

arrive uuencoded - a Catch 22! The output of your ftp query will

contain lots of information like this:



2 /.2/simtelnet/msdos/00_start/uudecode.bas

5.4K - 1996 Feb 24 00:00

FTP Site: ftp.cdrom.com



3 /.3/msdos/00_start/uudecode.bas

5.4K - 1996 Feb 24 00:00

FTP Site: ftp.eunet.cz



4 /.4/cpm/starter-kit/uudecode.bas

1.9K - 1986 Oct 11 00:32

FTP Site: ftp.southcom.com.au



Now you can use an ftpmail server to request "uudecode.bas" (if you have

BASIC available) from the ftp.cdrom.com site or one of the others.





GOPHER BY EMAIL

---------------



Gopher is a tool for exploring the Internet and is one way to find a

resource if you know what you want, but not where to find it. Gopher

systems are menu-based, and provide a user-friendly front end to

Internet resources, searches and information retrieval.



When visiting a Gopher site using a "live" Internet connection, one

would specify the name of the site, navigate through a series of

hierarchical menus to a desired resource, and then either read or

transfer the information back to their home system.



Using Gopher by e-mail is very similar, except that the desired site is

reached through a special "gophermail server" which gophers to the

remote site on your behalf and and returns the requested menu, submenu

or file to you in response to a set of commands in an e-mail message.



NOTE: In recent years, Gopher has fallen in popularity and most of the

gophermail servers have closed down. But still there is quite a

bit of information available on gopher servers, and a few working

gophermail servers.



Although not every item on every menu will be accessible by

"gophermail", you'll still find plenty of interesting things using this

technique. Down to brass tacks... let's send e-mail to one of these

addresses:



[e-mail] Japan

[e-mail] Japan



You can optionally specify the address of a known gopher site on the

Subject line to get the main menu for that site instead.



gopher.tc.umn.edu (home of gopher)



Let's be bold and skip the HELP stuff for now. Send off a note to one

of the gophermail servers and specify



Subject: gopher.tc.umn.edu



You'll get a message back from the server that looks something like the

text in the figure below.



+--------------------------------------------------------------------+

This is response to your request with Subject: gopher.tc.umn.edu

Mail this file back to gopher with an X before the menu items that

you want. If you don't mark any items, gopher will send all of them.



1. Information About Gopher/

2. Computer Information/

3. Discussion Groups/

4. Fun & Games/

5. Internet file server (ftp) sites/

6. Libraries/

7. News/

8. Other Gopher and Information Servers/

9. Phone Books/

10. Search Gopherspace with Veronica-2 /

11. Search lots of places at the University of Minnesota (Send keywords in Subject:)

12. University of Minnesota Campus Information/





You may edit the following two numbers to set the maximum sizes after

which GopherMail should send output as multiple e-mail messages:



Split=64K bytes/message <- For text, bin, HQX messages (0 = No split)

Menu=100 items/message <- For menus and query responses (0 = No split)



#

Name=Information About Gopher

Numb=1

Type=1

Port=70

Path=1/Information About Gopher

Host=gopher.tc.umn.edu

#

# ... (62 lines deleted) ...

#

Name=Search Gopherspace with Veronica-2

Numb=10

Type=1

Port=70

Path=/v2

Host=gopher.ptloma.edu

#

Name=Search lots of places at the University of Minnesota

Numb=11

Type=7

Port=70

Path=mindex:/lotsoplaces

Host=spinaltap.micro.umn.edu

#

Name=University of Minnesota Campus Information

Numb=12

Type=1

Port=70

Path=1/uofm

Host=gopher.tc.umn.edu

+--------------------------------------------------------------------+



To proceed to a selection on the returned menu just e-mail the whole

text of the note (from the menu downwards) back to the gopher server,

placing an "x" next to the items(s) you want to explore. You'll then

receive the next level of the gopher menu by e-mail. Some menu choices

lead to other menus, some lead to text files, and some lead to searches.

In the example above, let's select



x 8. Other Gophers & Info Resources



and mail the whole thing right back to the gophermail server. You should

then get a menu with a number of interesting selections including "All

the Gopher Servers in the World". You'll find that many of the gopher

servers have closed down but still there are quite a few remaining.



If a menu item is labelled "Search" you used to be able to select that

item with an "x" and supply your search words in the Subject: of your

reply. However, the Veronica searches are all DEFUNCT. The few

remaining Jughead searches are listed in the next section.



Note: You needn't actually return the entire gopher menu and all the

routing info that follows it each time you reply to the gophermail

server. If you want to minimize the size of your query, you can strip

out the "menu" portion at the top and include only the portion below

that pertains to the menu selection you want.



Just remember that if you use this approach, you must specify "get all"

on the Subject line. (Exception: for searching, specify only the search

terms on the Subject line.) The example below is equivalent to

selecting "option 8" as we did earlier.



Split=0

Menu=0

#

Name=Other Gopher and Information Servers

Numb=8

Type=1

Port=70

Path=1/Other Gopher and Information Servers

Host=gopher.tc.umn.edu



If this looks like nonsense to you, here's a human translation:



Connect to PORT 70 of the HOST (computer) at "gopher.tc.umn.edu",

retrieve the sub-menu "Other Gophers", and send it to me in

ONE PIECE, regardless of its size.



Note: Sometimes gophermail requests return a blank menu or message.

This is most likely because the server failed to connect to the host

from which you were trying to get your information. Send your request

again later and it'll probably work.





VERONICA BY EMAIL

-----------------



Speaking of searches, this is a good time to mention Veronica. Just as

Archie provides a searchable index of FTP sites, Veronica provides this

function for "gopherspace". Veronica will ask you what you want to look

for (your search words) and then display another menu listing all the

gopher menu items that match your search. In typical gopher fashion,

you can then select one of these items and "go-pher it"!



All the Veronica servers were shutdown. However, a new Veronica-2

server operated by gopher.floodgap.com is available.



A Gophermail Shortcut:

----------------------



The path to some resources, files or databases can be a bit tedious,

requiring several e-mail messages to the gophermail server. But here's

the good news... If you've done it once, you can re-use any of the

e-mail messages previously sent in, changing it to suit your current

needs. As an example, here's a clipping from the Veronica menu you

would get by following the previous instructions. You can send these

lines to any gophermail server to run a Veronica search.



Split=64K bytes/message <- For text, bin, HQX messages (0 = No split)

Menu=100 items/message <- For menus and query responses (0 = No split)

#

Name=Search Veronica-2

Numb=23

Type=7

Port=70

Path=/v2/vs

Host=gopher.floodgap.com



Specify the search words in the Subject line and see what turns up! You

can use boolean expressions in Veronica searches. For a guide to

composing Veronica searches, send these lines to a gophermail server:



Split=0

Menu=0

#

Name=Search tips and how to effectively use the database

Numb=5

Type=0

Port=70

Path=/v2/help/search

Host=gopher.floodgap.com

#

Name=Help! I didn't find anything!

Numb=6

Type=0

Port=70

Path=/v2/help/noluck

Host=gopher.floodgap.com

#

Name=Accuracy of returned responses

Numb=7

Type=0

Port=70

Path=/v2/help/acc

Host=gopher.floodgap.com





JUGHEAD BY EMAIL

----------------



Speaking of searches, this is a good time to mention Jughead. Just as

Archie provides a searchable index of FTP sites, Jughead provides this

function for "gopherspace". Jughead will use the Subject: to look for

(your search words) and then display another menu listing all the gopher

menu items that match your search.



Jughead like Veronica and Gopher is almost entirely non-existant.



You can send these lines to any gophermail server to run a Jughead

search. Remember, the Subject line must contain your search words.



The following two Jughead servers only search in their respective

sites. The Marvel site contains the most information.



Split=0 Split=0

Menu=0 Menu=0

# #

Name=Marvel Jughead Search Name=Oswego Jughead Search

Type=7 Type=7

Port=2069 Port=3000

Path= Path=

Host=marvel.loc.gov Host=gopher.oswego.edu





USENET BY EMAIL

----------------



Usenet is a collection of over 52000 discussion groups on every topic

imaginable. In order to get a proper start and avoid embarrasing

yourself needlessly, you must read the Usenet new users intro document,

which can be obtained by sending e-mail to:



[e-mail]



and include this line in the BODY of the note:



send usenet/news.answers/news-newusers-intro



To get a listing of Usenet newsgroups, add these commands to your note:



send usenet/news.answers/active-newsgroups/part1 (also get part2 & part3)

send usenet/news.answers/alt-hierarchies/part1 (also get part2 & part3)



To get the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) file(s) for a given

newsgroup, try a command like this:



index usenet/



(Substitute dots for dashes if they appear in the newsgroup name.) If

any FAQ files are available, they will be listed in the returned info,

and you can request them with a command like:



send usenet//





Reading Usenet Newsgroups

-------------------------



Gophermail methods for reading Usenet newsgroups are non-existant as

of the year 2001.



NOTE: You can also get Usenet postings from several webmail servers

listed in the WORLD-WIDE WEB BY EMAIL section later in this document.

There are four approaches:



1) Look for an Agora server with a "Y" in the "Usenet Access" column and

send a command like this in the message body: send news:



2) Use a webmail server to retrieve specified web pages to search at

Google (was Deja.com) which archives Usenet groups daily.

Search Newsgroups -- http://groups.google.com/

Usenet Advanced Search -- http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search



3) Use a webmail server to retrieve specified web pages to read Usenet

at Mailgate -- http://www.mailgate.org/



4) Use the Relcom Usenet News mailserver. Send the word "help" in the

body of a message to [e-mail]



Note: See the "WWW By E-mail" section below for a list of "getweb"

"agora" and "www4mail" servers.



With a little luck, you'll get a list of recent postings to the

newsgroup, and then you can retrieve the individual postings by replying

to the message from the Agora server. Make sure not to change the

subject line of the reply message, and just put the number of the

posting you want in the message BODY.



Posting In Usenet Newsgroups

----------------------------



If you decide to make a post of your own, here are two methods to try:



METHOD 1: Mail the text of your post to:



[e-mail]

[e-mail]



[e-mail]

[e-mail]

[e-mail]

[e-mail]

[e-mail]



So to post to news.newusers.questions, you might send your message to:



[e-mail]



Be sure to include an appropriate Subject: line, and include your real

name and e-mail address at the close of your note.



Substitute today's date instead of YYMMDD and the newsgroup name instead

of "group.name" in the address. For more information, send to

[e-mail] with Subject: help



METHOD 2: Mail the text of your anonymous post to:



[e-mail] - Subject: help

[e-mail] - different name for above

[e-mail] - Subject: help

[e-mail] - Subject: help



Searching For Usenet Newsgroups

-------------------------------



Don't know the name of the newsgroup? To search for Usenet groups about

"pets", for example, send e-mail to an Agora or www4mail server (see WWW

section) with this line in the message BODY:



send http://alabanza.com/kabacoff/Inter-Links/cgi/news.cgi?pets





WORLD-WIDE WEB (WWW) BY EMAIL

-----------------------------



The World-Wide Web is the premier Internet navigational tool - a

hypertext and multimedia system that lets you hop around the Net, read

documents, and access images & sounds linked to a source.



Have you ever heard someone say, "Wow, check out the cool stuff at

http://www.somewhere.com/blah.html" and wondered what in the world they

were talking about? Now you can retrieve WWW documents by e-mail using

an Agora server.



All you need to know is the Uniform Resource Locator (or URL, that long

ugly string starting with "http:", "gopher:", or "ftp:") which defines

the address of the document, and you can retrieve it by sending e-mail

to one of:



Agora Server Address Location Usenet Access?

--------------------------- -------------------- --------------

[e-mail] (Japan) Y

[e-mail] (Japan) Y

[e-mail] (DMU.UK users ONLY)

[e-mail] (Norwegian users ONLY)

[e-mail] (NSU.RU users ONLY)



In the body of your note include one of these lines, replacing ""

with the actual URL specification.



send

rsend (to override your return address)



This will send you back the document you requested, with a list of all

the documents referenced within, so that you may make further requests.



To try WWW by e-mail send the following commands to an Agora server:



help

send http://www.w3.org



In a few minutes you should receive the Agora help file and the "W3C WWW

Welcome Consortium Page" which will include references to other Web

documents you'll want to explore. Please read the Agora help file, as

it contains answers to many commonly asked questions!



THERE ARE SOME OTHER webmail servers listed below, which run software

other than Agora. They work pretty much the same, but it's a good idea

to request the help file for the server you decide to use.



Note: The GetWeb servers below can handle web pages which contain fill-in

forms. Other webmail servers do not provide this ability.



Address Syntax Comments

----------------------- ---------- ----------------------------

[e-mail] in body

[e-mail] GET intermittent since Mar99

[e-mail] GET

[e-mail] URL: in Subject

[e-mail] in body returns text

[e-mail] in body returns graphic page

[e-mail] GET or DUMP in body

[e-mail] SEND or GET in body

[e-mail] URL of page (omit http://) in Subject



Note: The webmail servers are sometimes unavailable for days (or weeks)

at a time without explanation. If you get an error or no reply, please

try another address or retry in a day or so.



THE NEW WWW4MAIL servers (combine functions of agora, getweb, and new

browser e-mail integration):



Address Comments

----------------------------- ------------------------------

[e-mail] send help in body of a message

[e-mail] send help in body of a message

[e-mail] send help in body of a message

[e-mail] send help in body of a message

[e-mail] send help in body of a message

[e-mail] send help in body of a message



If you want an up-to-date listing, then look at:

http://www.expita.com/servers.html





WWW SEARCH BY EMAIL

-------------------



There's a lot of great stuff out on the Web, but how do you find it?

Well, just like Archie and Veronica help you search FTP and gopher

sites, there are several search engines that have been developed to

search for information on the Web. But until now, you had to have

direct Internet access to use them.



After a bit of research, I have found that it is possible to use several

WWW search mechanisms by e-mail. Here are some sample queries that you

can use to search via Lycos and WebCrawler. Any of these lines can be

sent to an Agora server (see above) to perform a search. If you're not

interested in frogs, then by all means feel free to use your own

keywords.



For Lycos searches you must separate words with a "+" sign. All

searches are exact.



http://www.lycos.com/srch/?lpv=1&loc=searchhp&query=frog+dissection



For WebCrawler searches you must separate words with a "+" sign. All

searches are exact.



http://www.webcrawler.com/cgi-bin/WebQuery?searchText=frog+dissection



Another way to access search engines is to send a message to one of the

GETWEB servers (see list above) with a line like this in the message

body:



SEARCH



Replace "engine" with YAHOO, ALTAVISTA, or INFOSEEK, and use your own

search words. Here's an example:



SEARCH YAHOO consumer protection





MAILING LISTS

-------------



There are literally thousands of discussion groups that stay in touch

using e-mail based systems known as "mailing lists". People interested

in a topic "subscribe" to a "list" and then send and receive postings by

e-mail. For information concerning new lists, send e-mail to:



[e-mail]



In the body of your note include only this command:



INFO NEW-LIST



Finding a Mailing List

----------------------



To find out about mailing lists that are relevant to your interests,

send e-mail to an webmail server and retrieve this web page:



http://www.liszt.com/



New in These Parts?

-------------------



If you're new to the Internet, I suggest you subscribe to the HELP-NET

list where you're likely to find answers to your questions. Send the

command:



SUBSCRIBE HELP-NET



in the BODY of a note to [e-mail], then e-mail your

questions to the list address:



[e-mail]





FINGER BY EMAIL

---------------



"Finger" is a utility that returns information about another user.

Usually it's just boring stuff like last logon, etc., but sometimes

people put fun or useful information in their finger replies. To try

out finger, send this line (in the message BODY) to a webmail server:



send http://www.mit.edu:8001/finger?



Use one of the e-mail addresses below instead of ...



[e-mail] [e-mail]





"DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE" BY EMAIL

--------------------------------



There is an e-mail address lookup database at MIT which keeps tabs on

everyone who has posted a message on Usenet. Send e-mail to

[e-mail] and enter only this line in the BODY of the

note:

send usenet-addresses/



Specify as much information as you can about the person (lastname,

firstname, userid, site, etc.) to limit the amount of information that

is returned to you. Here's a sample query to find the address of

someone you think may be at Harvard University:



send usenet-addresses/Jane Doe Harvard





WHOIS BY EMAIL

--------------

WHOIS is another tool that can be used to Search for domain name; NIC

handle; host IP or lastname, firstname.



The default action for Whois, unless directed otherwise with a keyword

(e.g. "domain root"), is to do a very broad search, looking for matches

in many fields: handle, name, or hostname and finding all record types.



Let's say we want to find someone named Gerald Boyd (a noted e-mail

personality). Our Whois query will be addressed to a webmail server and

will contain only this one long line:



http://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois?

STRING=name+boyd%2C+gerald&STRING=Search



Whois then shows the results in one of two ways: as a full, detailed

display for a single match (with possible subdisplay), or as one- or

two-line summaries for multiple matches.



Boyd, Gerald ([11]GBL149) [e-mail] (770) 4

13-9456

Boyd, Gerald ([12]GBY218) [e-mail] 1-818-8

46-2478

Boyd, Gerald ([13]GB8307) [e-mail] 770-4

13-9456



To single out one record, look it up with "!xxx", where xxx is the

handle, shown in parenthesis following the name, which comes first.





TELNET BY EMAIL

---------------



Sorry, there is no way to access TELNET sites by e-mail.





A FEW NET-GOODIES

-----------------



Here are some other interesting things you can do by e-mail. (Some of

them are accessible only by e-mail!)



* 100 THINGS TO DO BY EMAIL

Get instant answers amd information on almost 100 topics by e-mail.

Dictonary, encyclopedia, airfares, almanac, airports, currency

conversion, distance between two points, etc. etc. Send a blank e-mail

message to: [e-mail] Also try [e-mail]



* ANONYMOUS EMAIL

An "anon server" provides a front for sending mail messages and posting

to Usenet newsgroups anonymously, should the need ever arise. To get

instructions send e-mail to [e-mail] with a Subject:

remailer-help



* ASK DR. MATH

Have a math question? Dr. Math answers questions from K-12 students and

their teachers about Mathematics. Write to [e-mail]



* ASK-A-GEOLOGIST

Send your earth-shattering questions to

[e-mail] and a US Geological Service

scientist will try to help.



* ASK-A-TECH

Send your computer hardware or software support questions to

[e-mail] and this non-profit organization will try to

answer your question.



* BIBLE SEARCH

Search the King James version of the Bible. Examples below can be sent

to an Agora server. Use "+" to specify multiple words; prefix proper

names with "%23"; add "&PHRASE=ON" to find a phrase.

send http://estragon.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/KJV?title=&word=angel+%23Mary

send http://estragon.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/KJV?title=&word=fig+tree&PHRASE=ON



* CANCER DATABASE

To access the National Cancer Institute's database, send e-mail to

[e-mail] with "help" or "spanish" in the message

body.



* CHECK YOUR EMAIL CONNECTION

The following are all autoresponder addresses that you can use to test

if your e-mail is working. You send a blank message to the address shown

and in a few minutes an autoresponse is received.

[e-mail] [e-mail] (in French)

[e-mail] [e-mail]

[e-mail] [e-mail]

[e-mail] [e-mail]

[e-mail] [e-mail]



* COUNTRY CODES

The International E-mail accessibility FAQ is retrievable by e-mail.

Send e-mail to [e-mail] and enter only this line in the

BODY of the note:

send usenet/news.answers/mail/country-codes

Web site: http://www.nsrc.org/oclb



Stumped by those 2-letter country codes in Internet addresses? Send

e-mail to [e-mail] for an explanation.



* CURRENCY CONVERSION

You can get foreign exchange rates for the U.S. dollar and other

currencies by sending this URL to an Agora or www4mail server:

send http://cnnfn.com/markets/currencies.html



* EMAIL TO SNAIL-MAIL

Need to get a message to someone in Britain who doesn't have e-mail?

Send it to PaperMail! For full details on this fee-based service, send

e-mail to [e-mail]



* EMOTIONAL SUPPORT

There's a suicide helpline accessible by e-mail. Send your message to

[e-mail] -- No syntax, they have humans! Also any mail to

[e-mail] returns a listing of hundreds of emotional support

resources on the Internet.



* FINANCIAL AID FAQ

A comprehensive guide to higher education financial aid. Send blank

e-mail to [e-mail] OR [e-mail]



* FINDING EMAIL ADDRESSES

For a guide to finding someone's e-mail addresses. Send e-mail to

[e-mail] and enter only this line in the BODY of the

note:

send usenet/news.answers/finding-addresses



* FREE HOME PAGE BY EMAIL (For German residents only)

InetWire offers free non-commercial homepages with up to 500KB of

space. Make a zip file with index.htm being the home page, put a URL

something like "http://inetw.com/home/myname" in the Subject line and

then send your zip file as an ATTACHMENT to [e-mail]. (If your

e-mail program doesn't support file attachments, you're out of luck.)



* FTP UPLOAD VIA EMAIL

The first free publicly accessible FTP service that allows uploading via

e-mail has instructions available at: http://mail2ftp.hypermart.net/

You can also send the word "HELP" in the body of a message to

[e-mail] or [e-mail]



* FTPMAIL/WEBMAIL SERVER STATUS

Is your favorite FTPmail/Agora/GetWeb site overloaded or down? Find out

by sending the "get file stats.txt" command to [e-mail]



* INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE

Get tons of info on movies, actors, and directors. Send e-mail to

[e-mail] with HELP in the subject line.



* INTERNET TIMELINE

To learn the history of the Internet from 1950 to 1998, send blank e-mail

to [e-mail]



* THE INTERNET TOURBUS

Take a virtual tour of the Internet - hop on The Internet TourBus!

You'll receive a short mailing twice a week highlighting fun and

interesting sites on the Internet. It's absolutely free, and you can

join 80,000 others by sending SUBSCRIBE TOURBUS Firstname Lastname in

the BODY of a message to "[e-mail]".



* ISPs BY AREA CODE

For a list of Internet Service Providers in your area code, send this

line to an Agora server: http://thelist.iworld.com/areacode/XXX/

(where XXX=your area code)



* LANGUAGE TRANSLATION BY EMAIL

Send an e-mail as usual to a foreign language colleague in your native

tongue. In the "Cc:" line, send a carbon copy of the message to the

Universal T-mail Translator. The way you format the address will

determine how the message is translated.

Cc: (Original language)-(Final translation)@t-mail.com

English (en or an), French (fr), German (ge or de), Italian (it),

Spanish (sp or es), Portuguese (pt or po)

So English to French translation would be [e-mail]



* LEARN TO SPEAK GEEK

Get BABEL, a glossary of computer abbreviations and acronyms. Use a

web-to-mail server to retrieve this file.

http://www.geocities.com/ikind_babel/babel/babel.html [214K]



* MEDICAL INFORMATION BY EMAIL

Send a blank e-mail message to [e-mail] to receive a FAQ

which lists locations for medical information that can be accessed by

e-mail methods.



* MORE WORD FUN!

The wordserver at [e-mail] will serve up A.Word.A.Day,

Dictionary by Mail, Thesaurus by Mail, Acronym by Mail and Anagram by

Mail. Send blank e-mail for the help file.



Merriam-Webster dictionary offers the word of the day -- To subscribe,

send mail to [e-mail] with the command

SUBSCRIBE MW-WOD [your name].



* MORTGAGE/LOAN CALCULATOR

To calculate your monthly loan payment, send this line to an Agora

server:

http://www.interest.com/hugh/calc/simple.cgi?amt=100000&int=8.00&yrs=30

(Change the values for principle, interest and term as appropriate.)



* NUMBER SEQUENCES

To find out how a number sequence continues (such as 2 3 5 7 11 ..., the

prime numbers), send e-mail to [e-mail] with the

following in the message body: lookup 2 3 5 7 11. For help on

this service, send e-mail with a body of "help" to the same address.



* PDF CONVERSIONS BY EMAIL

You can convert PDF documents to text or HTML via e-mail. For internet

files put the URL in the body of an e-mail message to

[e-mail] (for plain text) or to [e-mail] (for HTML).

If the file is on your PC then include as a MIME attachment and send

to the same addresses depending uopn whter you want text or HTML.



* PLAY GAMES BY EMAIL

You can play games via the PBeM Server, for info, send e-mail to

[e-mail] with Subject: help tutorial



* RFCS BY EMAIL

Details on obtaining RFCs via FTP or EMAIL may be obtained by sending

an EMAIL message To: [e-mail] with help: ways_to_get_rfcs in

the message body.



* SCOUT REPORT

...is a weekly featuring announcements of new and interesting resources

on the Internet. To subscribe, send e-mail to [e-mail] with

"Subscribe scout-report Your Name" in the body.



* SENDING A FAX BY EMAIL

The TPC.INT "Remote Printing Experiment" is the grandfather of Internet

faxing services. Send e-mail to [e-mail] with no subject and

"help" in the body. For a list of country phone numbers served by this

service, send e-mail to [e-mail] with no subject and nothing

in the body.



You can also get the FAX FAQ via electronic mail. Send e-mail to

[e-mail] and enter only this line in the BODY of the

note:

send usenet/news.answers/internet-services/fax-faq



* SENDING MAIL TO VARIOUS NETWORKS

For a guide to communicating with people on the various networks that

make up the Internet, send e-mail to [e-mail] and enter

only this line in the BODY of the note:

send usenet/news.answers/mail/inter-network-guide



* STATLIB

A system for distributing statistical software, datasets, and

information by electronic mail, FTP, and WWW. To get the index, send

e-mail to [e-mail] with the one line message "send

index".



* STOCK MARKET QUOTE

To get a stock market quote, send this line to an Agora server:

http://finance.yahoo.com/q?d=t&s=xxxx where xxxx is the stock market

symbol.



* TRACK UPS PACKAGES

You can track your UPS packages now thru e-mail. Send an e-mail to

[e-mail] and in the subject or the body place the complete

tracking number.



* THE USENET ORACLE

A cooperative, anonymous and humorous exchange of questions and

answers. Send e-mail to [e-mail] for more information.



* U.S. CONGRESS AND THE WHITE HOUSE

You can contact the President ([e-mail]) or Vice

President ([e-mail]).



* OTHER SOURCES OF US GOV'T INFO:

Send e-mail to [e-mail] and enter only these lines in

the BODY of the note:

send usenet/news.answers/us-govt-net-pointers/part1

send usenet/news.answers/us-govt-net-pointers/part2



* VIRTUAL PIZZA!

Order an electronic pizza by e-mail. Send e-mail to

"[e-mail]" with a subject of "pizza help" for details.



* VIRUS PROTECTION SOFTWARE

F-Prot, one of the top PC virus scanners can be requested by e-mail. To

get the current version (uuencoded) send e-mail to

[e-mail] with this message body:

send-as: uue



* WEB PAGES BY EMAIL

Use web2mail to have your favorite web pages delivered by e-mail whenever

they change.



The basic subscription form is at this web page:

http://www.web2mail.com/signup.php



* WEBSTER DICTIONARY LOOKUP

To retrieve the definition of a word, send either of these lines to an

Agora type server:

send http://www.britannica.com/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=whatever

send www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=whatever



* FOR FURTHER READING

For more details on using web search engines by e-mail use a web-to-mail

server to get this file

send ftp://ftp.expita.com/wsintro.faq







SOMETHING MISSING?

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This file should be somewhere between 1300 and 1500 lines of text, and

about 58KB in size. If the file you have is much smaller, or says

something like "part 2 of 2" near the top, you're missing something.

Most likely, that's because your mail system has file size quotas that

prevented part 1 from reaching you. Here's the solution:



To get the file in multiple chunks, send to [e-mail] and

enter only these lines in the BODY of the note:



size 25000

send usenet/news.answers/internet-services/access-via-email



The mail server will break up the file into chunks of 25000 bytes and

send them in separate messages. You can change "25000" to another

number if it suits your needs.





CONTACTING THE AUTHOR

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I welcome your feedback on this guide and can be reached at the

following addresses. Send corrections, ideas, suggestions and comments

by e-mail. I'll try to include any new services in future editions of

this guide.



E-mail : [e-mail]

Web : http://www.expita.com/



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ACCMAIL is a forum for news, comments, questions and answers on email-only methods: how to browse the World-Wide Web, retrieve files from FTP sites, read and post to Usenet newsgroups -- using email as your only tool. It is closely related to the FAQ with the same name, originally written in 1994 by Bob Rankin, then for many years maintained by Gerald Boyd, and now maintained by the moderators and subscribers of the list itself. Since June 2002, the list admin person has been Sun Zoom Spark, but most of the hard work is done by list members ... 1,000+ helpful people in 80+ countries.



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* To subscribe to ACCMAIL, send an email to [e-mail] with the following message in the email body:

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