Автор неизвестен. Accessing the Internet by E-Mail FAQ

send usenet-addresses/Jane Doe Harvard

NETFIND is another more powerful search engine that uses a person's name
and keywords describing a physical location to return a bunch of info
about the person (or persons) who fit the bill.

Let's say we want to find someone named Hardy at the University of
Colorado in Boulder. Our Netfind query will be addressed to
an Agora server (see list in WWW section) and will contain the only line:

gopher://ds.internic.net:4320/7netfind%20dblookup?hardy+boulder+colorado

Netfind works in two phases. First it displays a list of internet
domains that match your keywords, then it looks for the person in the
domain you select. Netfind by e-mail is very similar, in that you'll
receive a listing of matching domains from which you must make one or
more selections.

Each selection is numbered and there are corresponding "gopher://"
commands at the bottom of the listing. Let's pick the selection for

cs.colorado.edu computer science dept, university of colorado, boulder

which means that our next command to the Agora server will be:

gopher://ds.internic.net:4320/0netfind%20netfind%20hardy%20cs.colorado.edu

If all goes well, you'll receive a list something like this:

full_name: HARDY, JOE (not a real person)
email: [e-mail]
phone: [phone]
address: Campus Box 777
department: COMPUTER SCIENCE

Note that if you know the person's domain name already, you can jump right
in with a query like the latter one above.

You can also try the "Four11 Online User Directory", a free directory of
users and their e-mail addresses. Send e-mail to [e-mail] for
details on how to search the Four11 directory.

ADDRESS/NAME SERVER INFO BY E-MAIL

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This is a little on the technical side, but anyway the Mail Name Server
offers some useful services by e-mail, such as translating host names to
IP addresses or finding nameservers for a host. Send e-mail to
[e-mail] with a Subject line of 'help' to get info on similar
services.

TELNET BY E-MAIL

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Sorry, it can't be done. Actually it CAN be done, but apparently nobody
has done it. I'd love to be proven wrong on this!

A FEW NET-GOODIES

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Here are some other interesting things you can do by e-mail. (Some of
them are accessible only by 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 75,000 others by
sending SUBSCRIBE TOURBUS Firstname Lastname in the BODY of a message to
"[e-mail]".

* GERMAN <-> ENGLISH TRANSLATION SERVICE
The LEO translation service is now available by email, by sending to
[e-mail]. The helpfile at http://www.leo.org/dict/mail.html
can be retrieved via webmail.

* REMINDERS BY E-MAIL

The E-minder service sends you reminders about your events. For directions
on setting e-minder appointments by e-mail, send a message to
[e-mail], with Subject line "e-minder help".

* FREE HOME PAGE BY E-MAIL (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.)

* RECEIVE E-MAIL WHEN YOUR FAVORITE WEBSITE CHANGES
Try URL-minder by e-mail. Send a message to [e-mail] with
HELP in the Subject line for instructions.

* MORTGAGE/LOAN CALCULATOR
To calculate your monthly loan payment, send this line to an Agora server:
http://www.ibc.wustl.edu/mort/mort.cgi?prin=100000&int=8.25&term=30
(Change the values for principle, interest and term as appropriate.)

* VIRTUAL PIZZA!
Order an electronic pizza by e-mail. Send e-mail to "[e-mail]"
with a subject of "pizza help" for details.

* WEBSTER DICTIONARY LOOKUP
To retrieve the definition of a word, send this line to an Agora server:
send http://c.gp.cs.cmu.edu:5103/prog/webster?whatever

* MORE WORD FUN!
The wordserver at [e-mail] will serve up A.Word.A.Day,
Thesaurus-by-mail, Acronym-by-mail, Anagram-by-mail and Rhyme-n-Reason.

* PLAY GAMES BY E-MAIL
Yoyodyne specializes in online games. Send mail to "[e-mail]".
You can also play games via the PBeM Server, for info, send e-mail to
"[e-mail]" with Subject: help

* 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://colet.uchicago.edu/htbin/KJV.sh?title=&word=angel+%23Mary
send http://colet.uchicago.edu/htbin/KJV.sh?title=&word=fig+tree&PHRASE=ON

* THE USENET ORACLE
A cooperative, anonymous and humorous exchange of questions and answers.
Send e-mail to [e-mail] for more information.

* SENDING A FAX BY E-MAIL
Free faxing via the Internet? You bet. For details, send the line below to
[e-mail] (in BODY of note)
send usenet/news.answers/internet-services/fax-faq

* U.S. CONGRESS AND THE WHITE HOUSE
Find out if your congressperson has an electronic address! Just send mail
to the address [e-mail] and you'll get a listing of
congressional e-mail addresses. You can also contact the President
([e-mail]) or Vice President ([e-mail]).

* OTHER SOURCES OF US GOV'T INFO:
Send the lines below to [e-mail] (in BODY of note)
send usenet/news.answers/us-govt-net-pointers/part1 (also part2)

* FINDING E-MAIL ADDRESSES
For a guide to finding someone's e-mail addresses, send the line below to
[e-mail] (in the BODY of the note)
send usenet/news.answers/finding-addresses

* SENDING MAIL TO VARIOUS NETWORKS
For a guide to communicating with people on the various networks that
make up the Internet, send the line below to [e-mail] (in
the BODY of the note)
send usenet/news.answers/mail/inter-network-guide

* MOVIE INFO
To learn how to get tons of info on movies, actors, & directors, send
mailto [e-mail] with HELP in the Subject of note for details.

* STOCK MARKET QUOTES
If you want to get a current quote for just 1 or 2 stocks, you can use
the QuoteCom service. They offer this free service along with other fee
based services. For details, send e-mail to "[e-mail]" with a
subject of HELP.

* CURRENCY CONVERSION
You can get foreign exchange rates for the U.S. dollar and other
currencies by sending one of these lines to an Agora server:
send http://cnnfn.com/markets/currencies.html
send http://www.dna.lth.se/cgi-bin/kurt/rates/rates?USD+ALL

* ANONYMOUS E-MAIL
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 one of these addresses: [e-mail],
[e-mail], [e-mail]

* ASK DR. MATH
Have a math question? No problem's too big or too small for The Swat
Team. Write to [e-mail]

* 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

* 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.

* SUICIDE HELPLINE
There's a suicide helpline accessible by e-mail. Send your message
to [e-mail] -- No syntax, they have humans!

* 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/???.html (where
???=your area code)

* E-MAIL TO FAX
Full-featured service with free trial period. They also accept resellers
who are able to promote the service on a personal home page. For details,
send e-mail to [e-mail]

* E-MAIL 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]

* FOR FURTHER READING
A variety of helpful files are available by sending to one of the webmail
servers listed earlier in this guide. Use the "send" commands below in
the body of your message to the webmail server.

send ftp://ftp.crl.com/users/iv/iverham/email4u.txt
- for additional information on e-mail retrieval services
send ftp://ftp.crl.com/users/iv/iverham/fun4u.txt
- for other fun things you can do with e-mail
send ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/gb/gboyd/wsintro.faq
- more details on using web search engines by e-mail

SOMETHING MISSING?

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This file should be somewhere between 1300 and 1400 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://biz.mhv.net/drbob
US Mail : Bob Rankin / P.O. Box 39 / Tillson, NY / 12486

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