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<< and >> buttons (Trumpet), 187
>> mark (Trumpet), 187
> in quoted messages, 194
* (asterisk) as file name wildcard, 229
\ (backslash) in URLs, 163
= (equal sign) in e-mail messages, 59
- (minus sign) (Microsoft Exchange), 72
+ (plus sign) (Microsoft Exchange), 72
? (question mark) as wildcard, 234
; (semicolon) in e-mail addresses, 75
/ (slash) in URLs, 163
3270 (full-mode) applications, 220
800 numbers, 496-497
A[ Top ]
Acceptable Use Policies (AUPs), 40
access
dedicated Internet, 492-493
ISDN, 494
account command (VM), 255
acronym resource, 476-477
Ada project, 450
adding favorites (Internet Explorer), 130
Address Book (Exchange), 81
Address field (Internet Explorer), 124, 134
addresses, 21
country codes, 36
DNS for (see DNS)
e-mail, 60-64
acquiring/searching for, 64, 285-314, 487
aliases for, 80-83, 114
forwarding mail, 77
and unknown hosts, 95-97
high-level domains, 35
host, 28
international, 561-565
IP (see IP)
mailing lists, 101-104
Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF), 168
adoption, 434
advertising, 47, 422
aeronautics, 415
African studies, 449
agriculture, 415
gardening, 441
AgriGator, 415
AIDS, 462
aliases (e-mail), 80-83
with Eudora, 114
allergies, 462
almanac packages, 102
file retrieval commands, 107
(see also mailing lists)
Almanac servers, 410
alternative newsgroups, 177-179
America Online (AOL) (see commercial Internet providers)
American art, 417
American Chemical Society, 425
American history, 446
American Stock Exchange (AMEX), 421
animals, 469
anonymous FTP, 226-229, 247
and security, 51
(see also Archie)
AOL (see America Online)
appending news articles to files, 189
application gateways, 60
applications, 32
line-mode versus 3270, 220-221
archaeology, 416
Archie, 261-283, 405, 451
commands for, 276-278
contacting client remotely, 274-283
gateway URLs, 265
processing output of, 282
searching geographically, 270-271
searching within certain directories, 280
server, contacting, 263-264
using from World Wide Web, 264-272
using via e-mail, 278-279
using via Telnet, 274-276
ArchiGopher, 416
architecture, 416
Frank Lloyd Wright, 417
Renaissance, 446
Sistine Chapel, 418
Archive button (Trumpet), 188
archives
FTP, 240
of mailing lists, 106-108
archiving news articles, 188
area codes, 477
Army, U.S., 445
ARPAnet network, 14
art and art history, 418, 438
American, 417
Asian, 417
Japanese, 417
Mexican, 417
photography, 470
religious, 418
Renaissance, 446
Article->Append option (Trumpet), 189
Article->Delete Article option (Trumpet), 189
Article->Rot13 option (Trumpet), 192
Article->Save option (Trumpet), 189
ArtServe, 418
ASCII files (see text files)
Asian images, 417
asterisk (*) as file name wildcard, 229
astronautics, 415
astronomy, 418
attachments, e-mail message, 85-92
with Eudora, 109
text files as, 90-92, 113
audio files, 381-384, 430
RealAudio application, 383-384
AUPs (Acceptable Use Policies), 40
author, news item, 186
auto-kill, 192
automatic login, 538-541
automatically forwarding messages, 77
automobiles, 447
auto-select, 193
aviation, 419
health and, 482
B[ Top ]
Back button, 125, 133
in WSGopher, 322
backslash (\) in URLs, 163
BACKUP utility, 243
ballooning, 419
banks, 422
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 476
baseball, 473
batches, file, 234-236, 240-243
BBS (bulletin board system), 42
(see also news)
Bcc: field (e-mail), 76
beer, 433
Bible resources, 478
binary command, 228, 258
binary files, 228, 237-240
sending as ASCII file, 92
BinHex utility, 113, 239
biology, 178, 419
biosciences, 419
BITFTP servers, 260
Bitnet, 62, 102, 495
bits, 6
packets of, 28
Black-related sites, 450
blind carbon copies (e-mail), 76
blindness, 459
blues music, 464
bonding, 494
BOOKMARK.HTM file, 148
bookmarks
Gopher, 339-342
Netscape Navigator, 146-148
books, electronic, 457
boolean searches, 333
breast cancer, 459
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), 480
British poetry, 455
Broadway, 481
browsers, WWW, 118
downloading, 119
going outside Web with, 160
Internet Explorer 2.0, 587-591
Internet Explorer (Microsoft), 119, 121-143, 163
NCSA Mosaic, 118
Netscape Navigator, 119, 143-153, 246, 490
Netscape Navigator 2.0, 591-592
Netscape Navigator Gold 2.0, 592
viewing local files with, 163
as WAIS clients, 362-365
browsing
with Archie, 261
remote machine via FTP, 229-236
(see also scanning newsgroups)
Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 425
Buddhism, 470
Buffer Size (Windows 95 Telnet), 217-218
bulletin board system (BBS), 42
(see also news)
business, 178, 420, 424
college and university, 434
news magazines, 465
C[ Top ]
cable television, 23
cache, HTML documents, 142, 152
canceling e-mail messages, 94
cancer, 459
canonical name, 38
capitalization (see case sensitivity)
carbon copies (e-mail), 76
career services, 424
cars, 447
case sensitivity, 163, 258
in e-mail messages, 59
Gopher and, 330
when searching for files, 269
catching up on news articles, 190, 204
Catholicism, 479
cats, 469
Cc: field (e-mail), 76
cd (change directory) command, 227
on IBM VM systems, 255
cdup command, 252
censorship, 179
Center for Disease Control (CDC), 481
CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team), 50, 426
Security Advisories, 427
chats, 376-377
chdir command, 259
checksums, 29
chemistry, 425
chess, 447
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), 421
childbirth, 462
chunksize command (ftpmail), 259
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), 476
circuit switched network, 26
Civil War, 456
Clarinet news server, 179
classical languages, 425
classical literature, 425
click, definition of, 6
clocks (see time services)
coffee, 432
cognitive science, 473
college loans, 437
color in e-mail messages, 74
.com domain, 35
comics, 426
commands, Archie, 276-278
commerce on WWW, 170
CommerceNet, 421
commercial information services, 179
commercial Internet providers, 17, 495
e-mail addresses for, 61-64
versus direct Internet access, 7
commercial use of Internet, 22, 47-48
communications, 428
real-time, 374-377
via audio, 383-384
via video, 382-383
Compaq Web Server, 427
composing e-mail messages (see e-mail)
compress command, 259
compress command (Archie), 279
compress utility, 243
compressing and decompressing files, 156, 240-243
FAQ for, 427
CompuServe, 7, 62
Computer Emergency Response Team (see CERT)
computer science, 176
computers, 430
connecting to remote, 210-213
moving files between (see FTP)
repetitive strain injury (RSI), 460
responding to break-violation, 52-53
terminal type of, 213
women and, 450
configuring
Microsoft Exchange, 558-560
Netscape Navigator as newsreader, 201
PPP, 551
TCP/IP
on LANs, 557-558
for Windows 95 dial-up, 549-551
Trumpet newsreader, 180-184
connect command (ftpmail), 258
connecting to Internet, 6-10, 393, 491-560
automatically (Windows 95), 538-541
cost of, 497-498
international connections, 22, 561-565
via other networks, 495
with Microsoft Network, 541-544
constitutions, 443, 454
Consumer Information Center (CIC), 421
contacting Archie server, 263-264
remotely, 274-283
contacting network operators, 399
contextual sensitivity, 347
converting to/from HTML, 166
cooking, 433
cooperatives, Internet, 498
Copy function (Exchange), 91
copyright laws, 42
country codes, 36, 561
country music, 464
courts, 454
crafts, 449, 475
creating news threads, 194-196
crime, 454
criminal justice, 454
cross-posting, 194
cryptography, 384-386, 451
CSO directory searches, 153-154, 336-338
CSO-style directories, 288
CTRL-q command, 232
CTRL-s command, 232
CU-SeeMe video conferencing, 382-383
cut-and-paste (Internet Explorer), 141
D[ Top ]
Da Vinci, Leonardo, 417
dance, 448
data compression, 156
database files, transferring, 239
databases and WAIS, 345
deafness, 460
DEC Web Server, 428
decoding news articles, 191
deferred mail, 98
Deleted Items folder, 70
deleting
e-mail messages, 68-69
news articles, 179, 189, 192
delivery problems, e-mail, 97-98
Department of Agriculture, U.S., 409, 415
Department of Education, U.S., 437, 445
depression, 460
descriptive index, searching, 281-282
desktop publishing, 428
dial-up access, 495
Dial-Up Scripting Tool, 538-541
dial-ups, 394
Digital Equipment VMS (see VMS systems)
digital signatures, 48
dinosaurs, 469
dir command
with FTP, 229-231
with ftpmail, 259
on Macintosh systems, 256
on MS-DOS systems, 253
on VM systems, 255
directories
CSO searches, 336-338
CSO-style, 288
indexed, 327
RIPE, 306
searching for files within certain, 280
transferring via FTP, 240-243
X.500 services, 299-306
Directory of Servers (WAIS), 350
sources not included in, 361-362
Directory Service Agent (DSA), 301
directory services, 487
Directory User Agents (DUAs), 301
disabilities, resources for, 443, 461
disaster relief, 415
Disconnect button (Telnet), 212
discussion, news (see threads, news)
distribution lists, 64, 195
DNA, 420
DNL (Domain Name Lookup), 410-411, 451
DNS (Domain Name System), 33-38, 396
documents (see files)
dogs, 469
domain name lookup, 36
Domain Name System (see DNS)
domain names, 61
domains, 34-38
DOS systems (see MS-DOS systems)
downloading
images, minimizing delays when, 139, 151
speed of, 139
drag-and-drop (Internet Explorer), 141
DSA (Directory Service Agent), 301
DUAs (Directory User Agents), 301
E[ Top ]
echoing, 217
economics, 434
editing
hypertext documents, 141
news articles, 194
editors, graphics, 429
.edu domain, 35
education, 178, 437
engineering, 439
financial aid for, 437
international exchange of, 482
MUDs and, 379
Quest, 437
school improvement, 436
standardized test preparation, 438
U.S. Department of, 437, 445
EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation), 452
EINet Galaxy on-line catalog, 408
electronic journals, 439
electronic news periodicals, 465
e-mail (electronic mail), 55-115
addresses, 60-64
acquiring/searching for, 64, 285-314, 487
aliasing, 80-83, 114
country codes, 36
and unknown hosts, 95-97
canceling sent messages, 94
carbon copies of messages, 76
choosing application for, 64-66
composing messages, 74-85
with attachments, 90-92, 109
with Eudora, 112-114
formality and accountability, 56
hints for, 58-60
style guidelines, 59
configuring Microsoft Exchange, 558-560
deleting messages, 68-69
digital signatures, 48
distribution lists, 64
external documents, 88
fax services via, 372-374
folders, 70-74
forwarding messages, 77-79
Free-Net service, 492
getting IP addresses via, 411
group communications with, 57
delivery problems, 99
mail reflectors and listservs, 100-106
mailing lists, 64, 84-85
international, 36, 561
with Internet Explorer, 588-589
mailers, 64-66
Eudora (Qualcomm), 65, 108-115
Microsoft Exchange, 65-85
privacy-enhanced, 58
mailing lists, 404
making friends via, 404
message headers, 60, 99
Bcc: field, 76
Cc: field, 76
Reply-To: field, 79, 105
subject (Re:) field, 75
message order, 68
message priority, 94, 110
Microsoft rich text, 74
MIME (Multimedia Internet Mail Extensions), 87-90
notification of message receipt, 93
POP (Post Office Protocol), 65
postmaster, 99
printing messages, 74
reading messages, 68-74, 110
replying to messages, 79
replying to news articles via, 197, 206
resources for, 451
retrieving files with, 257-260
sending non-text files, 85-92
signature files, 93, 112
smileys, 59
speed of, 56
using Archie with, 278-279
when returned, 94-100
employment opportunities, 424
for students, 437
emulation (Windows 95 Telnet), 218
encapsulation, packet, 29
encoding news articles, 191
encrypting files, 48
encryption, 384-386, 451
of e-mail messages, 58
engineering, 176, 439
English
as a second language, 435
dictionary of, 478
entertainment, 480
environment, 443
hydrology, 442
oceanography, 468
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 443
equal sign (=) in e-mail messages, 59
error messages, 392, 396
Ethernets, 26
ethics, 44-48, 470
Eudora (Qualcomm) mail package, 65, 108-115
Exchange (see Microsoft Exchange)
expired news articles, 179
exploding files (see compressing and decompressing files)
export laws, 40-42
extensions, file, 230, 247
external documents, 88
F[ Top ]
failure, network (see network, troubleshooting)
FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), 199
collection of, 451
FAVORITES folder, 132
Favorites menu (Internet Explorer), 127, 130-133
fax services, 372-374
FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), 444
federal budget, 444
federal legislation, 445
fetching bookmarks (Gopher), 340
Fidonet, 62
File Transfer Protocol (see FTP)
files
archive (see archives)
attaching to e-mail messages, 109, 113
attaching to messages, 85-92
binary, sending as ASCII, 92
compressed/decompressed, 156, 240-243
FAQ for, 427
electronic transfer of (see FTP)
encrypting, 48
extensions (see extensions, file)
faxing over Internet, 372-374
handling large, 240-243
hypertext (see hypertext files)
locating on Internet, 261-283
within certain directories, 280
by filename, 269-270
geographically, 270-271
moving within private accounts, 236-237
obtaining remotely (see FTP)
on Internet, by filename, 405
printing, 136
putting onto remote system, 228, 234-236
saving, 135
saving news articles to, 189
signature, 93, 112
text (see text files)
types of, 239
unknown/unrecognized, 89
File->Reconnect option (Trumpet), 199
filling out forms (see forms)
films (see video)
finance, 422
magazines, 466
financial aid, 436
Find button (WSGopher), 322
find command (Archie), 276
finding (see searching)
finger utility, 288-292
.plan and .project files, 290
World Wide Web and, 291
fishing, 448, 468
flaming, 199
flight planning services, 419
folders, e-mail, 70-74
and almanac file retrieval, 107
creating, 71
in Eudora, 111
folders, news archive, 188
folk music, 465
Follow button (Trumpet), 194
fonts in e-mail messages, 74
fonts, non-English, 438
food, 433, 461
forms, WWW, 136-138, 145
Forward button, 125
.forward file, 77
forwarding e-mail messages, 77-79
Four11 Directory Service, 486
Four11 White Page Directory, 311-313
fractals, 429
Free Software Foundation (FSF), 178
Free-Net service, 440, 492
freeware and property rights, 42
Frequently Asked Questions (see FAQs)
friends, making via e-mail, 404
fruit flies, 420
FSF (Free Software Foundation), 178
FTP (File Transfer Protocol), 223-260
anonymous (see anonymous FTP)
archives, 240
browsing remote machine, 229-236
compressed files, 156
with private accounts, 224, 236-237
versus Telnet, 247
text and binary files, 237-240
through Gopher, 338-339
transferring entire directories, 240-243
troubleshooting, 247-249
using e-mail instead of, 257-260
Windows 95 FTP, 224-225, 233, 248
working with file batches, 234-236, 240-243
via World Wide Web, 123, 223, 244-246
World Wide Web and, 155-158
WS_FTP client, 243
(see also Archie)
FTPmail, 258-260
server, 259
Full Mailbox message, 98
full-screen (3270) applications, 220
G[ Top ]
games, 377-378, 448
chess, 447
gardening, 441
gateways, 17, 178
application, 60
Archie (see Archie)
finger, 291
general license, 41
genetics, 420
geographically searching for files, 270-271
geography, 441
geometry, 458
get command, 106-107, 228, 259
- option, 231
Get New... button (Netscape), 202
GIF files, transferring via FTP, 240
Global Network Navigator (GNN), 120, 407
subscriber information form, 137
GNN (Global Network Navigator), 120, 407
Travel Center, 482
GNU project, 178
golf, 474
Gopher, 315-344, 406
American Chemical Society, 425
bookmarks, 339-342
finding client, 318-320
FTP through, 338-339
looking at text files, 324
moving to other servers, 324-326
setting default server, 341
Telnet through, 339
World Wide Web and, 123, 158, 343-344
Gopher+, 327
Gopher Jewels resource catalog, 409
.gov domain, 35
government, 443-444, 472
government resources, 409-410
grades of service, 492-496
grammar, 455, 478
Grand Canyon, 474
Graphics Interface Format (GIF), 240
graphics, minimizing delays when downloading, 139, 151
Greece, 425
Group->Catch Up option (Trumpet), 190
Group->Read option (see Skip All button)
Group->Subscribe option (Trumpet), 182, 190
Group->Unread option (Trumpet), 191
Group->Unsubscribe option (Trumpet), 190
guestbook, KIS, 306
gzip utility, 243
H[ Top ]
ham radio, 448
handles, 294
headers, e-mail message, 60, 99
Bcc: field, 76
Cc: field, 76
Reply-To: field, 79, 105
subject field, 75
headers, news item, 184
health, 461
adolescent, 434
breast cancer, 459
repetitive strain injury (RSI), 460
travel and, 482
hearing disabilities, 460
helicopters, 419
help, 387-399
contacting network operators for, 399
help command (Archie), 276-277
Hewlett-Packard WWW Server, 429
high-level domains, 35
history, 447
link
Internet Explorer, 133-134, 142
Netscape Navigator, 148, 152
natural, 468
of mathematics, 458
railroad, 447
U.S. Civil War, 456
HISTORY folder, 133, 142
hobbies, 176, 449, 475
hockey, 473
Holocaust, 446
Home button
in Internet Explorer, 126
in WSGopher, 322
home pages, 121
creating, 164-166
Internet Explorer, 138
Netscape Navigator, 149
homosexuality resources, 450
host addresses, 28
names for, 33
unknown, 95-97
hostelling, 482
HotJava browser, 169
HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), 164-170
editors for, 166
extensions, 169
Internet Explorer extensions, 591
tools for, 489
writing guides, 488
Human Genome Project, 420
human rights, 472
humor, 426
hydrology, 442
hypertext documents, 118, 120, 123
cache of, 142, 152
creating with HTML editor, 166
creating with text editor, 165-166
cutting and pasting text from, 141
exact rendering of, 168
printing (Internet Explorer), 136
saving (Internet Explorer), 135
searching through (Internet Explorer), 134
transferring via FTP, 240
hypertext links, 117, 120
colors of, 125
history of
Internet Explorer, 133-134, 142
Netscape Navigator, 148, 152
(see also World Wide Web)
Hypertext Markup Language (see HTML)
I[ Top ]
IAB (Internet Architecture Board), 18
IBM mainframes, Telnet and, 220-221
IBM VM systems, 254-256
IBM WWW Server, 429
ice hockey, 473
IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force), 19
IEUnet server, 260
images
American, 417
artistic, 418
Asian, 417
Japanese, 417
maps, 441
Mexican, 417
minimizing downloading delays, 139, 151
satellite, 415
space, 415
Vatican Library, 418
viewers and editors for, 429
viewing, 429
imploded files (see compressing and decompressing files)
importing software, security risks of, 51-52
Inbox folder, 66, 69
incoming directory, 229
indexed searches (Gopher), 327-330
indexes
Internet, 128-130, 146
searchable, 153-154
individualism, 44-45
InfoSeek search engine, 127, 146
installing
Internet connection (see Internet, connecting to)
PPP for Windows 95 dial-up, 547-555
TCP/IP
on LANs, 555-558
for Windows 95 dial-up, 547-551
Interactive Age, 422
international
connections, 22
educational exchange, 482
networks, 561-565
news, 466
Internet
absence of directory of, 286-288
book collection on, 455
Business Center, 422
commercial providers (see commercial Internet providers)
commercial use of, 22, 47-48, 422
composition of, 17
connecting to, 6-10, 491-560
automatic login, 538-541
cost of, 497-498
via other networks, 495
with Microsoft Network, 541-544
conversations over, 374-377
cooperatives, 498
CSO directories (see CSO-style directories)
direct access, versus commercial services, 7
establishing a connection to, 393
ethics and, 44-48
etiquette on (see netiquette)
etiquette resource, 452
fax services over, 372-374
finding files on, 261-283
within certain directories, 280
by filename, 269-270
geographically, 270-271
funding of, 19
future of, 20-24
Gopher (see Gopher)
grades of service, 492-496
history of, 13-17, 39-40
hours of operation of networks, 391
indexes, 128-130, 146
information resources for, 451
legal implications, 40-44
navigating (see World Wide Web)
personal WWW home pages, 164-166
politics and, 43
privatization of, 47-48
regional versus national providers, 498-499
resources on, 403-414
(see also the Resource Catalog)
security of (see privacy; security)
service providers, list of, 453
service standards, 287
time services, 371-372
troubleshooting problems with, 387-399
unintended use of, 45
Internet Architecture Board (IAB), 18
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), 19
Internet Explorer 2.0 browser, 587-591
Internet Explorer (Microsoft), 119, 121-143, 163
errors, 142
favorite places, 130-133
home page, 121
HTML document cache, 142
popup menus, 140
putting shortcuts on desktop, 133
security of, 590
viewing local files with, 163
Internet Jumpstart Kit, 5, 55, 531, 533-551
Internet Protocol (see IP)
Internet Relay Chat (IRC), 377
Internet Setup Wizard (Jumpstart), 533-551
Internet Society (ISOC), 18, 453
InterNIC and X.500 directory, 302
investment, 423
IP (Internet Protocol), 14, 26-29
addresses, 27
getting via e-mail, 411
addressing, 390
IRC (Internet Relay Chat), 377
IRS (Internal Revenue Service), 444
ISDN (Integrated Service Digital Network), 453, 494
Islam, 479
ISO (Organization for International Standardization), 15
ISOC (Internet Society), 18, 453
isochronous applications, 381
ISO/OSI protocol suite, 20
Italy, 425
food, 433
J[ Top ]
Japanese art, 417
JASON Project, 436
Java programming language, 169
job searching, 424
for students, 437
journalism, 457
journals, electronics, 439
JPEG files, transferring via FTP, 240
Judaism, 479
Jughead, 334
Jumpstart (see Internet Jumpstart Kit)
K[ Top ]
keywords
Gopher searches and, 328
for WAIS searches, 349
KIDLINK, 436
killing news articles, 192
KIS (Knowbot Information Service), 306-308
Knowbot Information Service, 486
Knowbot Information Service (KIS), 306-308
L[ Top ]
languages, 438, 482
English as a second, 435
LANs (Local Area Networks), 13, 15, 545
Windows 95 and, 555-558
large files, handling, 240-243
Latin classics, 425
law, 454
lcd command, 233
learning (see education)
legalities and the Internet, 40-44
export laws, 40-42
liability, 41
property rights, 42
liability (see legalities and the Internet)
libraries, 477
libraries (sources), WAIS
adding, 359-360
finding, 350-356
line length (e-mail), 59
line-mode applications, 220
links (see hypertext links)
Linux operating system, 430
list command (Archie), 276
List of Available Newsgroups button (Netscape), 201
listservs, 101-104
etiquette on, 104-106
file retrieval commands, 106
literature, 457
loans, 422
student, 437
Local Area Networks (see LANs)
local echoing, 217
local files, viewing with browsers, 163
local servers and addresses, 37
Localtalk networks, 256
logging (Windows 95 Telnet), 219
login, automatic (Windows 95), 538-541
login script, 539-541
Look In: field (Exchange), 90
ls command, 229-231
-lR option, 231
Lycos search engine, 127, 489
M[ Top ]
machine option for output_format variable, 283
Macintosh systems, 256-257
magazines, news, 465
mail (see e-mail)
mail command (Archie), 276
Mail Delivery System, 94
mail reflectors, 100-106
newsgroups created by, 178
Mailbox Full message, 98
mailers
MIME, 87-90
privacy-enhanced, 58
mailing lists, 64, 84-85, 404, 452
accessing archives, 106-108
etiquette on, 104-106
finding, 103
subscribing to/unsubscribing from, 102-104
mailserv packages (see mailing lists)
mailto variable (Archie), 277
majordomo packages 107
(see also mailing lists)
manpage command (Archie), 276
manufacturing, 424
maps, 441, 483
weather (see weather)
marathons, 474
Mark Thread Read button (Netscape), 205
marketing, 178, 423
match_domain variable (Archie), 278
match_path variable (Archie), 278, 280
mathematics, 457
teaching, 437
maxhits variable (Archie), 278
MBONE, 452
MCImail, 63
Medicare and Medicaid, 462
medicine, 461
National Library of, 462
veterinary, 470
Mediterranean archaeology, 416
member IDs (MSN), 543
Members-> button (Exchange), 85
memory
definition of K, 6
required by newsgroups, 179
mental health, 460
mental retardation, 459
.message file, 233
messages, mail (see e-mail)
Mexican
art, 417
food, 432
mget command, 234-236
Microsoft Corporation, 430
home page, 121
Internet Jumpstart Kit, 5, 55, 531, 533-551
Microsoft Exchange mail package, 65-85
configuring/installing, 558-560
folders, 70-74
headers (see headers, e-mail message)
icons in, 67-68, 81
receiving MIME attachments, 87-90
(see also e-mail)
Microsoft Internet Assistant, 166
Microsoft Internet Explorer (see Internet Explorer)
Microsoft Network (MSN), 17, 174, 541-544
Microsoft Plus! package, 531
WWW browser on (see Internet Explorer)
Microsoft rich text messages, 74
midwifing, 462
.mil domain, 35
MIME (Multimedia Internet Mail Extensions), 87-90
mimicking telnet clients, 218
minus sign (-) (Microsoft Exchange), 72
mIRC client, 377
mobility of Internet users, 286
modem, 493
accessing Internet via, 31
fax services over Internet, 372-374
speed of, 21
troubleshooting (see troubleshooting)
moderated mailing lists, 104-106
moderated newsgroups, 180
Mormon, Book of, 478
Mosaic browser (see NCSA Mosaic)
motorcycles, 449
Move Item icon (Exchange), 72
movies (see video)
MPEG files, transferring via FTP, 240
mput command, 234-236
MS-DOS systems, 252-254
MSN (Microsoft Network), 17
MUDs (Multi-User Dungeons), 379-381
multicasting, 382
multimedia, 429
multimedia e-mail messages (see MIME)
MultiNet, 250
multiperson games, 377-378
multiple sclerosis, 462
museum
American Art, 417
art (see art and art history)
aviation, 419
Leonardo da Vinci, 417
Smithsonian, 447
music, 464
concert schedules, 464
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names
canonical, 38
domain, 34-38
multiple for same machine, 37
numerical addresses, 33
NAPs (Network Access Points), 23
NASA, 415, 418
Quest tool, 437
NASDAQ, 423
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), 420
National Organization for Women (NOW), 472
National Public Radio (NPR), 480
NATO, 443
natural history, 468
navigating the Web
without following links, 160
with Internet Explorer (Microsoft), 123-143
with Netscape Navigator, 143-153
Navy, U.S., 444
NCSA Mosaic, 118, 489
nebulae, 418
Nepal, 484
.net domain, 35
Netfind, 308-311, 487
netiquette (Internet etiquette), 452
e-mail and, 56, 58-60
mailing lists and, 104-106
signature files and, 93
Netscape home page, 149
Netscape Navigator, 119, 143-153, 246, 490
bookmarks, 146-148
Gopher via, 343
HTML document cache, 152
as newsreader, 174, 200-207
scanning, 203-204
popup menus, 151
viewing local files with, 163
Windows 95 version, 143
Netscape Navigator 2.0, 591-592
Netscape Navigator Gold 2.0, 592
network
hours of operation, 391
international, 561-565
operators, contacting, 399
outages, 389
reaching local, 397
time protocol (NTP), 372
troubleshooting, 387-399
Network Access Points (NAPs), 23
Network Information Center (NIC), 34, 293
network news (see news)
network operations center (NOC), 20
networking links, 428
networks
circuit switched, 26
connecting to Internet via, 495
LANs (see LANs)
packet switch, 26
NETWorth, 424
New Groups button (Trumpet), 184
New York Times, 467
New Zealand, 483
news, 173-197, 199-207, 404, 485
catching up, 190, 204
conventions for, 199-200
editing articles, 194
encoding offensive articles, 191-192
item, format of, 184
list of those who post, 298-299
major categories of, 176
newsgroup about, 176
posting, 206
posting articles, 193-197, 199
reading, 184-193
in Netscape, 204
reading with Internet Explorer, 588-590
replying to privately, 197, 206
saving articles, 188-189
via World Wide Web, 123, 158-160
(see also threads, news)
news feed, 177
news magazines, 465
newsgroups
Clarinet (see Clarinet)
local (alternative), 177-179
organization of, 175-180
subscribing to, 182-184
USENET (see USENET)
newsreaders, 175
auto-kill and auto-select features, 192
Netscape (see Netscape Navigator)
Trumpet (see Trumpet newsreader)
NIC (Network Information Center), 34, 293
nicknames, e-mail (see aliases)
NOC (network operations center), 20
"not responding" error message, 397
notification of message receipt, 93
NSFNET network, 15, 23
NTP (network time protocol), 372
nuclear physics, 471
nutrition, 461
O[ Top ]
obstetrics, 462
obtaining files remotely (see FTP)
occult resources, 478
oceanography, 468
operating systems, flaws in, 52
.org domain, 35
Organization for International Standardization (ISO), 15
origami, 449
OSI protocol suite, 20
Outbox folder (Exchange), 70, 94
outerspace (see space and space flight)
output from Archie, processing, 282
output_format variable (Archie), 282
P[ Top ]
packet encapsulation, 29
packet switch networks, 26
packets, 28
checksums, 29
pager variable (Archie), 278
pages, hypertext (see World Wide Web)
paleontology, 468
paperclip (Exchange), 87
Parkinson's disease, 463
passwords, 50-51
anonymous FTP and, 226
bypassing, 51
Eudora and, 109
Microsoft Exchange and, 66-67
Paste function (Exchange), 91
patent laws, 42
path
searching for files on particular, 280
path command (Archie), 279
path, searching on particular, 278
PC computing, 430
PCT (Private Communication Technology), 590
PDF (Portable Document Format), 168
Peace Corps, 483
pediatrics, 463
periodicals, electronic, 439
Perl, 431
Personal Address Book (Exchange), 81
personal finance, 421
personal home pages, 164-166
Personal Information Store (Exchange), 66
pets, 469
PGP (Pretty Good Privacy), 48, 384-386, 451
Phil Zimmermann and, 41
philosophy, 470
photography, 470
physics, 471
piloting, 419
ping utility, 397-398
PKZIP and PKUNZIP utilities, 157, 180, 240, 242
.plan file, 290
Planet Earth Home Page Virtual Library, 409
planets (see space and space flight)
plus sign (+) (Microsoft Exchange), 72
poetry, 455
police, 454
politics, 43, 176, 472
POP (Post Office Protocol), 65
POPs (points of presence), 496-497
popup menus
Internet Explorer, 140
Netscape Navigator, 151
Portable Document Format (PDF), 168
ports, 214
Post button (Trumpet), 194
posting news articles, 193-197, 199
in Netscape, 206
restricting distribution, 196
postmaster, 99
PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol), 31, 493-494, 545-555
installing/configuring
for Windows 95 dial-up, 547-555
login script for, 539-540
pregnancy, 462
Pretty Good Privacy (see PGP)
printing
e-mail messages, 74
Web documents (Internet Explorer), 136
priority, e-mail message, 94, 110
privacy, 23, 48, 287, 384-386, 451
accessing private accounts, 213, 224, 236-237
e-mail and, 57
Private Communication Technology (PCT), 590
privatization of Internet, 47-48
Prodigy (see commercial Internet providers)
prog command (Archie), 276, 280
programmed function (PF) keys, IBM, 220
.project file, 290
Project Gutenberg, 457
property rights, 42
protocols, 27
addressing (see addresses)
Internet (see IP)
transmission, 29-31
psychology, 473
public
access (see anonymous FTP)
files and property rights, 42
key cryptography, 384
WAIS clients, 365-369
publishing, 424
desktop, 428
Time Warner Inc., 467
put command, 228
Q[ Top ]
q disk command (VM), 255
Quest, 437
question mark (?) as wildcard, 234
questions, WAIS (see WAIS)
quilting, 449
quit command (Archie), 276, 279
quit command (FTP), 228
quotations, 476
Quote Document button (Netscape), 207
Qur'an, 479
R[ Top ]
radio, 448-449
National Public, 480
railroads, 447
Re: field, 75
in news threads, 186
reading e-mail messages, 68-74
with Eudora, 110
reading news, 184-193
already archived, 188
in Netscape, 204
unread (older) articles, 191
Read-Receipt button (Exchange), 93
RealAudio application, 383-384
receipt notification for e-mail messages, 93
recipes, 433
recreation, 449, 475
theater, 481
travel, 481
reflectors, e-mail, 100-106
Refresh button (Internet Explorer), 142
"refused" error message, 396
regional providers, 498-499
regular expression match, 269
relevance feedback (WAIS), 347, 356-358
religion, 478
Sistine Chapel, 418
Vatican art, 418
Reload button (Netscape Navigator), 151
remote computers, 210-213
remote contact with Archie client, 274-283
remote echoing, 217
remote files (see FTP)
Remote mode (POP), 66
Renaissance, 446
repetitive strain injury (RSI), 460
Reply button (Trumpet), 197
Reply to All button (Exchange), 79
replying to e-mail messages, 79
mailing lists and, 105
replying to news articles, 193-194, 206
via e-mail, 197
Reply-To: field (e-mail), 79, 105
Reseaux IP Europeens (see RIPE)
resources, Internet, 403-414
(see also the Resource Catalog)
restaurants, 432
restricting news distribution, 196
retrieving mailing list archives, 106-108
returned e-mail messages, 94-100
RFCs (Requests for Comments), 452
RIPE (Reseaux IP Europeens), 22, 306
Roman antiquity, 425
root servers and addresses, 37
rot13, 191-192
routers, 26
running, 474
Russian history, 447
rwhois service, 297
S[ Top ]
sailing, 474
satellite images, 415
Save As command (Exchange), 92
saving
e-mail messages (Eudora), 110
news articles, 188-189
Web documents (Internet Explorer), 135
scanning newsgroups, 203-204
schools (see education)
science, 176
Renaissance, 446
science fiction, 457
script, login, 539-541
scroll bar (Internet Explorer), 124
Search box (Trumpet), 183
search engines, WWW, 127-128
on Netscape Navigator, 146
search variable (Archie), 278
searchable indexes, 153-154
searching
via CSO directories, 336-338
for e-mail addresses, 64, 285-314
finger utility, 288-292
Four11 directory, 311-313
Knowbot Information Service, 306-308
Netfind, 308-311
unknown hosts, 95-97
whois directory, 293-298
X.500 directory services, 299-306
for files by name, 405
for files on Internet, 261-283
within certain directories, 280
via descriptive index, 281-282
by filename, 269-270
geographically, 270-271
with Gopher, 327-339
in menus, 330-334
for IP addresses via e-mail, 411
for libraries (WAIS), 350-356
for mailing lists, 103
for news articles, 193
for newsgroups, 183
through hypertext documents (Internet Explorer), 134
through newsgroup (see scanning)
with Veronica, 331-334
with WAIS, 345-370
when search fails, 358-359
Secure Transaction Technology (STT), 590
security, 48-53, 287, 451
CERT, 50
of e-mail, 57
and important software, 51-52
of Internet Explorer, 590
passwords, 50-51
responding to violation, 52-53
and Windows 95, 49
World Wide Web and, 137
(see also privacy)
Select All (Windows 95 Telnet), 217
semicolon (;), 75
semiconductors, 439
send command, 257
sending e-mail messages (see e-mail)
Sent Items folder (Exchange), 70
servers
Archie (see Archie)
Gopher
accessing with, 324-326
default, 341
searching with, 327-339
(see also Gopher)
Veronica (see Veronica)
white-pages, 334-338
servers command (Archie), 277
service providers, 496-530
Service Unavailable message, 97
set command (Archie), 276
Settings window (Eudora), 109
sexuality, 460
Shakespeare, William, 455
shareware, 42, 431
shortcuts (see hypertext links)
shortwave radio, 449
show command (Archie), 277
Show Read Articles button (Netscape), 204
Shuttle images, 415
signature files, 93, 112
signatures in news postings, 199
signoff command, 103
Sikhism, 479
Silicon Graphics WWW Server, 431
Sistine Chapel, 418
size of news items, 186
skiing, 474
Skip All button (Trumpet), 188, 191
skydiving, 419
slash (/) in URLs, 163
SLIP (Serial Line Internet Protocol), 31, 493-494
Small Business Administration (SBA), 424
smileys, 59
Smithsonian Institution, 447
smoking, 461
SNA (System Network Architecture), 22
soccer, 475
social studies (see politics)
software
errors in, 52
mathematics, 458
security risks of importing, 51-52
solar system, 418
sortby variable (Archie), 278
sound (see audio)
Soviet History, 447
space and space flight, 415, 418
spamming, 22, 47
speed, 493
Archie servers and, 263
of communication (but transfer), 21
downloading, 139
of e-mail, 56
spiritual healing, 458
spirituality (see religion)
sports, 473, 475
fishing, 448, 468
information on, 475
women and, 475
spreadsheet files, transferring, 239
Sprintmail, 63
standardized test preparation, 438
standards of Internet services, 287
Star Trek, 480
Start Logging item (see logging)
start page (see home pages)
status bar
Internet Explorer, 125
Netscape Navigator, 144
stock market, 423-424
Stop button (Internet Explorer), 139
Stop Logging item (see logging)
STT (Secure Transaction Technology), 590
student loans, 437
style, text, in e-mail messages, 74
subject (Re:) field, 75
of news items, 186
subscribing
to mailing list, 102
to newsgroups, 182-184, 190
in Netscape, 201
substance abuse, 459, 461
Sun Microsystems, 431
synchronization (see time services)
system names, 34
System Network Architecture (SNA), 22
T[ Top ]
tags, HTML (see HTML)
talk program, 374-376
tar utility, 243
taxes, 444
TCP (Transmission Control Protocol), 29-30
TCP/IP (TCP/Internet Protocol), 8, 531
installing/configuring
on LANs, 555-558
for Windows 95 dial-up, 547-551
teaching (see education)
telephone companies, 23
telephone directory, 476-477
telephone requirements, 495
telephone system, 22
television, 23, 480
Telnet, 209-221
for automatic message forwarding, 77
versus FTP, 247
IBM mainframes and, 220-221
logging into private accounts, 213
non-standard servers, 213-216
through Gopher, 339
using Archie with, 274-276
using Knowbots from, 306
using Netfind from, 308
Windows 95 client, 216-219
via World Wide Web, 160
tennis, 475
term variable (Archie), 278
terminal emulators, 220
terminal type, 213
terse option for output_format variable, 282
test preparation, 438
text files, 237-240
included in e-mail messages, 90-92, 113
looking at with Gopher, 324
sending binary files as, 92
text in e-mail messages, 74
textiles, 448
theater, 481
theology, 479
thesaurus, 477
Thomas Register of American Manufacturers, 424
threads, news, 174, 184
adding article to, 193-194
creating new, 194-196
marking as read, 205
in Netscape, 204
time services, 371-372
Time Warner, Inc., 467
Timed Out message, 98, 397
timesharing accounts, 495
token rings (see routers)
trains, 447
transferring files electronically (see FTP)
Transmission Control Protocol (see TCP)
transmission protocols, 29-31
transmit command, 540
travel, 481
trojan horse programs, 51
troubleshooting, 387-399
Trumpet newsreader, 174
configuring, 180-184
list of commands for, 197-199
Twain, Mark, 456
type command (Archie), 277
U[ Top ]
UDP (user datagram protocol), 31
Ukiyo-e art, 418
Uniform Resource Locators (see URLs)
United Nations, 443
UNIX operating system, 49, 431
security of, 452
"unknown" error message, 396
unknown hosts, 95-97
"unreachable" error message, 396
unread news articles, 191
unset command (Archie), 277
unsubscribing
from mailing lists, 103-104
from newsgroups, 190
with Netscape, 201
Up One Level icon (Exchange), 74
URLs (Uniform Resource Locators), 142, 161-163
for Gopher items, 343
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 409
U.S. Army, 445
U.S. Congress, 443
U.S. Constitution, 454
U.S. Department of Education, 437
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 415
U.S. Department of Education, 445
U.S. Department of the Navy, 444
U.S. Geological Survey, 442
U.S. House of Representatives, 446
U.S. Supreme Court, 454
USENET, 175-179, 485
newsgroup about, 176
resources, 485, 487
user list, 298-299
World Wide Web and, 123, 158-160
user datagram protocol (see UDP)
User Unknown message, 97
UUCP addresses, 63
uuencode utility, 239, 259
V[ Top ]
Vatican, 418
VAX/VMS systems, 250-252
vegetarianism, 434
verbose option for output_format variable, 282
Veronica, 331-334
(see also searchable indexes)
version command (Archie), 277
veterinary medicine, 470
video, 381-384, 463
video games (see games)
Vietnam veteran resources, 450
viewers, graphics, 429
View/List button (Trumpet), 187
virtual ports, 214
virtual reality, 432
(see also MUDs; VRML)
visual impairment, 459
VM systems, 254-256
VMS systems, and FTP, 250-252
volcanos, 442
VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language), 170, 432
Internet Explorer and, 591
vt100 terminal type, 213
W[ Top ]
WAIS (Wide Area Information Service), 345-370, 407
accessing client, 348-362
adding libraries (sources), 359-360
Directory of Servers, 350, 361-362
failed searches, 358-359
public clients, 365-369
relevance feedback, 347, 356-358
searches, 153-154
World Wide Web and, 160, 362-365
waitfor command, 540
weather, 419, 485
WebChat, 490
WebCrawler search engine, 146, 490
whatis command (Archie), 277, 281-282
whatis service, 262
White House, 446
white pages, 285
Four11 directory, 311-313
servers, 64, 334-338
whois (see whois directory)
white pages directory, 293-298
Whitman, Walt, 456
whois directory, 293-298
list of servers, 486
wildcards, 229
when searching for files, 269
Windows 95, 234
WinCode utility, 92
Windows, 432
Gopher for, 318
(see also Gopher)
IRC for, 377
WAIS clients for (see WAIS)
X.500 client software for, 302
Windows 95
accepting multimedia mail attachments, 87-90
error messages, 392
FTP application, 224-225, 233
troubleshooting, 248
LANs and, 555-558
mail package (see Microsoft Exchange)
misunderstanding file formats, 92
Netscape Navigator for, 143
newsreader, 174
Personal Information Store, 66
ping utility, 397-398
PPP and, 545-555
resources for, 428
security of, 49
setting up Internet connection, 531-560
automatic login, 538-541
Telnet client, 210-213, 216-219
preferences for, 217-218
wildcards, 234
WSArchie, 272-274
Windows->Mail option (Trumpet), 188
Windows->News option (Trumpet), 189
windsurfing, 475
wine, 433
Winsock, 427
WinTalk program, 374-376
winWAIS, 348-362
adding libraries (sources), 359-360
WinWhois, 294
women, resources for, 450, 472, 475
word processing files, transferring, 239
World Arts Resources, 418
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), 171
World Wide Web (WWW), 117-171, 405
browsers, 118
Explorer (see Internet Explorer)
Internet Explorer, 121-122
Internet Explorer 2.0, 587-591
Internet Explorer (Microsoft), 119, 121-143, 163
Netscape (see Netscape Navigator)
Netscape Navigator, 119, 143-153, 246, 490
Netscape Navigator 2.0, 591-592
Netscape Navigator Gold 2.0, 592
commerce on, 170
directory services, 487
finger utility and, 291
forms on, 136-138, 145
FTP via, 123, 155-158, 223, 244-246
future of, 168-171
GNN and, 407
Gopher via, 123, 158, 343-344
home pages, 121
Internet indexes, 128-130, 146
navigating outside of, 160
personal home pages on, 164-166
search engines, 127-128
security of, 137
subject-oriented catalogs on, 408
Telnet via, 160
tools for, 487
USENET news via, 123, 158-160
using Archie from, 264-272
WAIS and, 160, 362-365
WWW Virtual Library, 408
Yahoo Internet index, 408
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 417
writing, 457, 478
HTML, guides for, 488
writing articles (see posting news articles)
writing e-mail messages (see e-mail)
WSArchie client, 272-274
WS_FTP client, 243
WSGopher, 320-326
bookmarks in, 340
WWW Virtual Library, 408
WYSIWYG applications, transferring files of, 239
X[ Top ]
X.500 directory services, 299-306
X.500 standard, 287
Y[ Top ]
Yahoo Internet index, 128, 408, 487
Yanoff list, 487
Z[ Top ]
Z39.50 standard, 346
Zen, 480
Zimmermann, Phil, 41