Introduction to Internet and Usenet Access at Channel 1


      Internet services offered through the BBS include both
      interactive (ftp/gopher/telnet/etc) services and Internet
      Email and Usenet news services.

      Use INTERNET from the main prompt to access the interactive
      Internet services menu.  GO EMAIL for Internet email.
      J newsgroup number or GO GROUPNAME for Usenet newsgroups.


      EMAIL and USENET
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!P:\PCB\PPE\EMAIL\EMAIL.PPE

      To send private Internet mail Online:
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        J 700 or GO EMAIL
        E [Internet address]
        Subject: Hello
        Return Receipt: N

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Begin message text here.  No special addressing needed in the
text of the message, which may be 195 lines long.

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S)ave as usual.  Replies will be received in 700 and you will get
mail-waiting messages on login.

      To send a file attachment via Internet mail:
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        Enter message as above
        Use SA) Save Attachment when done
        You will be prompted to upload the attachment.

      For Usenet posting Online:
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        J news.group or ####
        E ALL or
        RE to a post
        Subject: Whatever
        Message Security: N
        Echo: Y <if asked>

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No special formatting necessary in the text of the message.
Message may be up to 195 lines long if sent via a mailreader.
All addresses converted To: ALL  when the message is sent.
Replies will be public in the same newsgroup, or will arrive
as private mail in 700 .

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S)ave as usual.  Replies, unless sent e-mail, will appear in the
same newsgroup, addressed to ALL.  You will not get any mail-
notification.

      For Offline Readers:
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        Some Offline Readers don't support the long To: fields
        necessary for many Internet addresses.  In this case,
        address the message in your reader:

        E PERSON'S NAME
        Subj: HELLO
        Echo message: Y

and place the address on the *first* line of your message:
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to: some.one@long.address.somewhere.in.the.world

Message text ....
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S)ave as usual.



      IMPORTANT:
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  --->  Please read the appropriate introductory documentation before
        posting to Usenet -- B 57 .  See directory 7 and the Internet
        Bulletins for relevant information and answers to frequently asked
        questions. Spend some time in news.newusers and news.answers to
        familiarize yourself with issues and procedures.  Use alt.test
        or misc.test to send test messages.

        Download CH1UUINF.ZIP for basic Internet/Usenet information,
        and CH1UULST.ZIP for the complete list of newsgroups and
        the newstree listing.


       Appendix: EMAIL Addresses
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    Format                Example
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1)  SITE!USER             Channel1!john.doe
                          cunews!carleton.ca!victor.kamutzki

        This was the original method used to send private mail on the USENET
        mail network.  It required the sender know every site the message had
        go through to get to the destination. This method is known as the bang
        path method.  A bang refers to the exclaimation mark used to seperated
        the piece of data in the address.


2)  USER@SITE             John.Doe@channel1.com

        This is referred to as the smart mailing method, because of the fact a
        user does not need to know the entire bang path to the receiver.  It
        was originally used with the Internet Mail network, but it is currently
        being adopted - if it hasn't been already - by most USENET sites.


3)  USER%SITE@VIA-SITE    John.Doe%Channel1@blister

        This method is primarily used when a direct path to the receiver does
        not co-operate.  For instance: Lets say LSUC (Law Society of Upper
        Canada) ran into some difficultity handling your message, it could be
        sent indirectly via another stop.  The example above tells the sites
        handling your message to send it to the site BLISTER first, then direct
        the message to the site Channel1.


4a) ####.#####@COMPUSERVE.COM    7453.77234@compuserve.com

        Use this method when you want to send private mail to a personal
        account on CompuServe.  The "####.#####" refers to the account of the
        receiver on CompuServe with the comma changed to a period.


 b) USER@ORGANIZATION.COMPUSERVE.COM  Joe@borland.compuserve.com

        The method is used when you need to send private mail to a company that
        has an account on CompuServe.


5)  ####@MCIMAIL           2344@MCIMAIL

        When sending mail to an account on MCIs E-Mail service.


6)  USER%SITE.BITNET@GATEWAY-SITE    USER%SITE@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
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                                 Good gateway for Channel1 callers

        This method is actually the same as method three except it explicitly
        mentions the fact that the message is bound of a user on the BITNET
        EMail netowrk.  The GATEWAY-SITE refers a system that is able to
        convert messages from a USENET system into a format the BITNET
        systems can handle.


7)  USER@P#.F#.N#.Z#.FIDONET.ORG    James Dean at the FidoNet Site 1:350/12.2
                                    would become:
                                    james.dean@p2.f12.n350.z1.fidonet.com

        For sending mail to users on the FidoNet mail network.