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- 9. How do you mail to someone on compuserve through the internet?
- 123456.789@compuserve.com where 123456,789 is his user number.
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- 9a. What about America online?
- Address is @aol.com You will need to know the A.O.L. name of
- your friend, however.
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- 9b. What about fidonet, genie, delphi, bitnet, etc.?
- Get the Augsburg lists, #11, below.
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- 10. Where can I find Frequently Asked Questions for Usenet groups?
- ALL INFORMATION IN THE KNOWN UNIVERSE, including most Usenet
- FAQ's, can be found at rtfm.mit.edu, /pub/usenet
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- 10a. How can I post to the Usenet via email?
- * Send email to alt-what-ever@cs.utexas.edu to post to
- the group alt.what.ever (note hypen/dot substitution).
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- 10b. How can I access Usenet?
- * ftp to heinous.isca.uiowa.edu and get the file
- /ftp/pub/inet/usenet.via.email
- * Panda.isca.uiowa.edu (see also list of addresses below)
- has Usenet access. For more info, see Panda>.
- [NOTE: Usenet is temporarily unavailable on Panda]
- * Get the augsburg list (#11, below) and search it for usenet.
- * If you have a UNIX account, try any of the following commands:
- rn, nn, vn. "man -k news" (no quotes) may also be helpful.
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- 10c. What are the names of public news servers?
- * finger lesikar@tigger.stcloud.msus.edu for a complete list.
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- 11. Where can I get a list of Internet bbs's, and A LOT of other
- useful Internet information (weather maps, recipes, etc.)?
- * Send email to bbslist@aug3.augsburg.edu. Subject and contents
- don't matter. [aug3.augsburg.edu = 141.224.128.4]
- * Or, ftp to aug3.augsburg.edu, get files/bbs_lists/nal007.txt
- * If you _absolutely_can't_ use email or ftp, Mail> Sample.
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- 12. Where can I find a public-access dialup in my area code? I.e.,
- FREE or CHEAP internet access and email addresses?
- * Email "Send PDIAL" to info-deli-server@netcom.com. This gets
- you a list of public-access dialup services.
- * Do an archie search for a file called nixpub
- (PUBlic-access uNIX)
- * See also the freenet list in #16 below.
- * Usenet alt.internet groups have questions and answers.
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- 13. I need more info about such-and-such mailing list.
- Ftp to ftp.nisc.sri.com, and get yourself a copy of
- /netinfo/interest-groups. The document contains a list of
- the available groups, how to subscribe, etc.
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- 16. What about Gopher?
- * Most gopher resources can be accessed thru Panda or
- rs.internic.net
- * A good, detailed list of gopher resources is available
- via ftp from ftp.einet.net /pub/gopher-jewels.txt
- * For an up-to-date FREENET list, point your gopher at
- info.monash.edu.au
- * Info on how to use gopher can be found in Usenet
- bit.listserv.gophern or via ftp at
- ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu /gophern
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- 18. Mosaic? What? Where?
- ftp to ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu directory /Mosaic
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- 20. Where can I find x-rated pictures on the Internet?
- * Usenet alt.binaries.pictures.erotica groups
- * Archie substring search for erotica
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