EMAIL4U - Updated 20 Mar 97 by Bob Appleton ##email - 4u@interquest.de If this document is over 30 days old, please see NOTE 6. As far as I can determine, everything (programs, files, courses, services, etc.) mentioned in this document is FREE (FreeWare or Public Domain) for individual use. If you discover something that isn't, please let me know and it will be removed. All of the references below will describe how to get certain files, documents, etc. by e-mail and will be mostly in the following format: TO: SUBJ: BODY: The TO: block is the person/machine that will receive your message. The SUBJ: block is the subject of that message. The BODY: block is the space where the message is typed and must start on the first line and first column. All succeeding lines must be left justified with no empty lines between. If no SUBJ: and/or BODY: is shown then leave it blank or put in a period. Make sure that you type the address, subject, and body EXACTLY as shown. Updated/new items are designated with ## next to their index number. Actual date of update is shown in ( ) next to the item or file as is the size in Kb of the file, if known/appropriate. Before retrieving anything from a gopher or FTP server, you should always get their help file. Just send a message with help in the body of the message to each server that you want to use. Please read all NOTES at the end of this document. INDEX =1=Dr. Bob Rankin's "Accessing The Internet By E-Mail" =2=USENET Newsgroups =3=Test your e-mail address =4=Mailing lists - search engine, listings and some lists =5=Commands most often used by mailing lists =6=ROADMAP96 Internet training workshop =7=ACCMAIL mailing list re: accessing the internet by e-mail ##=8=Other interesting URLs =9=Decompressor programs - Stuffit, Wincode, and av.zip =10=Utilities that support MIME/BASE 64 encoding =11=Utilities to decode UNIX type files ##=12=UU/XX EN/DEcode programs =13=Search engines by e-mail (Gerry Boyd) =14=History of the Internet =15=E-mail providers =16=Scott Yanoff's list of Internet sites by subject =17=Used music server (Cds, records, tapes) =18=News via e-mail =19=Training course on how to use the Internet (Bob Behren) =20=NewbieNewz mailing list and Usenet CyberCourse (Don Z'Boray) =21=Play games via e-mail ##=22=Handy Utilities =23=List of country codes =24=Simtel.Net freeware/shareware mailing list =25=Freeware Programs =26=THE UnOFFICIAL SMILEY FAQ (Don Z'Boray) =27=EMPTY =28=Anti-virus information =29=Internet Service Providers (ISPs) =30=Just for Fun - newer items at top of section =31=Computer-oriented abbreviations and acronyms =32=Kevin Savetz's public domain resources ##=33=Other interesting autoresponders =34=Spectrum Virtual University classes =35=Little known simple programs that I use constantly =36=FTP servers that send missing parts from a large zip file =37=Net-Happenings mailing list devoted to everything Internet =38=Netiquette information =39=Answers to Commonly asked "New Internet User" Questions =40=Help file from the WHOIS server at internic.net =41=Mercury Mail - stock quotes, news, weather, sports and more =42=GETIT4U - alternate ways to retrieve files, programs, etc. =43=File formats =44=PIX4U - programs to view multimedia files =45=Ask an Expert =46=Finding addresses =47=Reminder services - URLs and important dates =48=Netscape FTP Information =49=Colleges and Universities =50=E-Zines =51=Michael Panayiotakis's list of just about everything =52=How to send mail from one network to another =53=Internet Users' Glossary =54=Perry Rover's Anonymous FTP Sites Listing ##=55=Email to Fax server =56=All About Words ##=57=What to do about spammers =58=RFC-INFO service =59=WWWFetch E-Mail Gateway - retrieving web pages by email =NOTES= =1= "Accessing The Internet By E-Mail" (1 Mar) (Ver 6.5) The absolute first document you need is called "Accessing The Internet By E-Mail - Doctor Bob's Guide to Offline Internet Access" This document is available from several automated mail servers. To get the latest edition, send e-mail to ONE of the addresses below. For those living in the US, Canada & South America TO: mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu BODY: send usenet/news.answers/internet-services/access-via-email For those living in Europe, Asia, and elsewhere TO: mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk BODY: send lis-iis e-access-inet.txt If you have trouble with one of the above then try: TO: drbob@mailback.com A complete list of Dr.Bob's guides can be obtained by message: TO: bobrankin@mhv.net SUBJ: list =2= USENET Newsgroups (see Notes 1, 2, 4 and 5) To learn about Usenet, Usenet access and newsgroups, Uzi Paz provides a file that is invaluable. If you are unfamiliar with these topics, get this file before sending for other files mentioned in this section. 2 ways to retrieve the file. (23 Dec) TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.crl.com cd /users/iv/iverham dir get ua.txt TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://members.aol.com/bombagirl/freeware/ua.txt ----------------- For those of you who really want a fairly complete list of USENET newsgroups, here's the place to go. WARNING: the file is 283 Kb and is .GZ compressed (see section =9=). TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.uu.net cd /networking/news/config dir get newsgroups.gz quit ------------------------------ Here's another list of USENET newsgroups with a small description of each. Retrieved by gopher, this file is over 1MB. TO: gophermail@eunet.cz BODY: # Name=master.html Type=9 Port=80 Path=GET /usenet-i/hier-s/master.html Host=sunsite.unc.edu ------------------------------- This is a list of newsgroup hierarchies, to help readers of the news locate a hierarchy of interest. (8 Oct) TO: leisen@pfx.on.ca SUBJ: Send Master ------------------------------- Here are some sites that provide a list of FREE open NNTP news sites. The first URL listed is updated frequently. NOTE - NNTP sites come and go fast, so try a few and be flexible. (28 Dec) TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/2513/news.html send http://www.reed.edu/~greaber/url-servers.html send http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/2432/newsread.htm send http://www.krusty.net/usenet.html send http://www.GoExtreme.com/news.htm ------------------------------ This site also has a listing of open NNTP news servers but they are on 6 separate pages. Replace the ? in the URL with a number from 1 to 6 and send 6 lines to the agora server. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.ravenet.com/users/suz/news/servers?.htm =3= Test your e-mail address To test your e-mail address send a message with any subject and/or body to one of these addresses: TO: bouncer@ner.bbnplanet.com TO: internet@dummies.com =4= Mailing lists (see Note 2) If you're looking for a mailing list or a newsgroup, this search engine finds the words and terms that you specify. TO: liszter@bluemarble.net ------------------------ This is a fairly complete list of publicly accessible mailing lists indexed by name and by subject updated regularly. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.Neosoft.com/internet/paml/byname.html send http://www.neosoft.com/internet/paml/bysubj.html ----------------------- NEW-LIST is a moderated distribution list which may be used to announce the establishment of new e-mail mailing lists. TO: LISTSERV@VM1.NoDak.EDU BODY: info new-list ----------------------- This mailing list concerns newly issued, or revised electronic networked journals or newsletters. It is moderated and does not duplicate other lists such as NEW-LIST mentioned above. TO: Mjd@ccat.sas.upenn.edu BODY: info newjour =5= Commands most often used by mailing lists (Ver 1.5.3) (2 Jan) TO: listserv@listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu BODY: GET MAILSER CMD NETTRAIN F=MAIL =6= ROADMAP96 Internet training workshop ROADMAP96 is a 27-lesson, Internet training workshop designed to teach new "Net travelers" how to travel around the rapidly expanding (and often-times confusing) "Information Superhighway" without getting lost. For information send: TO: ROADMAP96-Request@LISTS.INTERNIC.NET SUBJ: INFO ROADMAP96 BODY: INFO ROADMAP96 =7= ACCMAIL mailing list A mailing list devoted to discussion and problems concerning accessing the internet by e-mail is called ACCMAIL. For info send: TO: LISTSERV@LISTSERV.AOL.COM BODY: INFO ACCMAIL =8= Other interesting URLs (see Notes 1 and 2) This site lists current versions of many popular PC software titles with daily file updates. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: http://www.versiontracker.com/pcarchive.html ------------------- If you've ever needed the email address of a company/vendor, this place has over 1700. In place of the *, substitute the first letter of the company name or a 0 (zero) if it begins with a number. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.comspec.com/mfglist/vend_*.html =9= Decompressor programs (see Note 3) This handy utility supports SIT, ARJ, ZIP, ARC, GZ, UUE, and HQX compression formats. (355) TO: ftpmail@sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk BODY: open cd /Mirrors/ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/win3/compress dir get sitex10.exe quit ----------------------------- Wincode v2.7.3a: Multi-Purpose Encoder/Decoder for Windows. Supports UU,XX,USR,BASE64(MIME),BINHEX,BTOA(4&5),BOO,ZIP/UNZIP encode/decode and Virus Scan programs. (1.02 MB) TO: ftpmail@sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk BODY: open cd /Mirrors/ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/win3/encode get wc273r16.zip quit ---------------------------- This small program by Joe Oliphant will extract files from: ARC/PAK, ARJ, GZ, GZIP, LHARC, PIT, SIT, TAR, ZIP, Z, ZOO and files compressed with Microsoft COMPRESS. (64) TO: ftpmail@sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk BODY: open cd /Mirrors/ftp.winsite.com/pub/pc/win3/util dir get av.zip =10= MIME/BASE 64 encoding (see Notes 1, 3 and 4) Here are 3 utilities that support the MIME/BASE 64 formats of encoding. Since these are at two different locations, you must send a separate message for each. (all under 50Kb) (SJHB64 - Ver 1.6) TO: ftpmail@sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk BODY: open cd /Mirrors/simtel.coast.net/SimTel/msdos/decode dir get mime64d.zip get mpack15d.zip quit TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open members.aol.com cd /sjhdown dir get sjhb64.zip quit =11= Utilities to decode UNIX type files (see Note 3) Another type of encoding utilizes the UNIX coding method. These files usually end with .z or .Z and can be decoded with this utility. (17) TO: ftpmail@sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk BODY: open cd /Mirrors/ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/compress dir get decomp2.zip quit ------------------------------- Sometimes a compressed file above is first bundled together using TAR with a filename such as file.tar.z You'd then use the utility above to decompress and then this one to extract the files. (11) TO: ftpmail@sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk BODY: open cd /Mirrors/ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/arcers dir get extar10.zip quit -------------------- This program extracts files from TAR, GZIP, TGZ (tar.gz) archives. It can also extract PKZIP-compressed TAR archives. (163) (25 Feb) TO: ftpmail@sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk BODY: open cd /Mirrors/ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/arcers dir get untgz095.zip quit ------------------- To uncompress .zoo files use this program by Rahul Dhesi. (55) TO: ftpmail@sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk BODY: open cd /Mirrors/ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/arcers dir get zoo210.exe quit =12= UU/XX EN/DEcode programs (see Notes 2, 3 and 4) A simple utility that supports UUENCODE, XXENCODE, MPACK, SHIP and HEXBIN. (author - Peter Liebel) (15 Jul 95) (18) TO: ftpmail@sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk BODY: open cd /Mirrors/ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/decode dir get udec1_1.zip quit ---------------------------- Two more programs, one for DOS, the other for windows, that support UU/XX, BASE64, and BinHex encoding and decoding. (author - Frank Pilhofer) (24 Feb) (117) (7 Mar) (435) TO: ftpmail@sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk BODY: open cd /Mirrors/ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/decode dir get uudvd05d.zip cd /Mirrors/ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/win3/encode dir get uudw11a.zip quit =13= Search engines by e-mail (see Notes 1 and 4) 2 Jan To use search engines by e-mail, you'll need the helpful files of Gerry Boyd. This message retrieves all the files in his library. TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.netcom.com cd /pub/gb/gboyd dir get wssearch.zip quit --------------------------------- Once you have these files and want a ready-to-go message to send, see section =7= of getit4u. =14= History of the Internet A nice compilation of the history of the Internet from 1950 to 1996, complete with a chronological discussion and graphs showing growth of the Internet can be obtained by sending: TO: timeline@hobbes.mitre.org =15= E-mail providers - free The software to connect to Juno may be obtained by calling: 1-800-654-JUNO or retrieve from: http://www.bpserv.com/juno115.zip See section =3= of 'getit4u' for instructions on retrieval via gopher. ----------------- FreeMail is a new email provider for those residing in the UK and offers email, the software and telephone costs, all free of charge. TO: register@swf.telme.com You can retrieve the software (1.3MB) by sending this message. TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open users.aol.com cd /ejnb get freemail.zip quit =16= Internet sites by subject (see Notes 1 and 4) (10 Dec) Scott Yanoff maintains a list of Internet sites by subject. This list should have something for everyone. 2 ways to get it. TO: inetlist@aug3.augsburg.edu SUBJ: yanoff BODY: yanoff TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.csd.uwm.edu cd /pub dir get inet.services.txt =17= Used music server The used music server maintains a database of used music (Cds, records, tapes, etc.) for sale and a separate (but equal) database of used music that is wanted. TO: used-music-server@draco.mv.com SUBJ: help =18= News via e-mail Andy Roberts maintains this, as of now, small list of newspapers and ezines available via email and the web. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY send http://www.cix.co.uk/~rnet/text/newsmail.txt send http://www.cix.co.uk/~rnet/text/zinemail.txt --------------------- Two services that will send you news via e-mail. They both tend to go down a lot and can not be relied upon for steady news. TO: User-Manual@Reference.COM BODY: HELP TO: info@vigilant.bc.ca TO: filter@vigilant.bc.ca =19= How to use the Internet Bob Behren's training course by e-mail provides the basic information needed to learn how to use the Internet. New course starts 1 Feb TO: rbehrens@kersur.net SUBJ: MJRB-TRAINING INFO =20= NewbieNewz Learn all about the USENET from NewbieNewz with Don Z'Boray's CyberCourse lessons. Also gives info on joining the NewbieNewz mailing list. There are currently 5 parts to this course. TO: usenet-part1@newbie.net =21= Play games via e-mail For those of you who like to play games via e-mail, get info from these 4 sources with 4 separate messages and a subject of help: TO: munch@soda.berkeley.edu TO: fm@eiss.erols.com TO: pbmserv@kelp.boston.ma.us TO: pbmserv@eiss.erols.com SUBJ: help ----------------------------- Here's one devoted to Rugby and maintained by William Cairns TO: cairnswm@mwp.eskom.co.za SUBJ: RUGBY RULES ---------------------------- This one concerns the game Diplomacy. TO: judge@math.utoledo.edu BODY: help =22= Handy Utilities (see Notes 1, 3 and 4) Here are 4 utilities that you'll wish you'd had when things go wrong in your operating system. They save the boot sector, fat, partition, MBR, floppy boot sector, CMOS ROM, CMOS memory sections to a floppy disk to be retrieved later if something nasty happens to your OS. (38) (15) (11) (13) TO: ftpmail@sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk BODY: open cd /Mirrors/ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/diskutil get stbfp11a.zip cd /Mirrors/ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/sysutl get rom2.zip get cmos93cd.zip quit TO: bitftp@vm.gmd.de BODY: open ftp.germany.eu.net cd /pub/comp/msdos/mirror.garbo/bootutil get sbabr100.zip quit -------------------------- This program translates the .MOZ files generated by Netscape to their equivalent .HTM files. (28) TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.volftp.vol.it cd /pub/pc/windows/win3xx/progs/communications/internet/browser dir get netcache.zip quit -------------------------- Bruce Guthrie supports 20 programs; this one converts html files to readable text and can be configured as you desire. Within the zip file is a listing of his other programs. Excellent (7 Mar) (176) TO: ftpmail@sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk BODY: open cd /Mirrors/ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/html dir get htmst702.zip quit -------------------------- This utility splits large files of any type into smaller chunks and will recombine same. (28 Dec) (8) TO: ftpmail@sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk BODY: open cd /Mirrors/ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/fileutil dir get bisect10.zip quit =23= List of country codes Want to know the codes associated with each country like UK = United Kingdom, DE = Germany? Olivier M.J. Crepin-Leblond maintains the list and is available via e-mail. TO: ocl@ic.ac.uk SUBJ: archive-server-request BODY: get mail/country-codes ------------------------ Another list of country codes sorted by country and by code. Includes info on 3 letter zone designators. TO: address-codes@newbie.net =24= Simtel.Net freeware/shareware mailing list There is a mailing list from Simtel.Net that gives info on the latest freeware/shareware uploaded to their facility and where to get it. TO: listserv@Simtel.Net BODY: get ms-news.info =25= Freeware Programs Yves Bellefeuille maintains a list called "Best Freeware Programs for DOS and Windows 3.1". Before buying, check it out. (27 Dec) TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~an448/free96ca.zip -------------------- Software by Design - Free Windows Software by Gregory Braun TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://members.aol.com/GreggBraun/HomePage.htm =26= THE UnOFFICIAL SMILEY FAQ If you don't know what smileys are :-) :-( then you probably want to get THE UnOFFICIAL SMILEY FAQ written by Don Z'Boray. TO: SMILEYS@Newbie.NET =27= EMPTY =28= Anti-virus information (see Notes 1, 2 and 4) VGrep is an attempt to provide a system to cross-reference the myriad of names used by different anti-virus companies. This auto-responder will show you how to retrieve the latest .zip file which is 304Kb. TO: getvgrep@virusbtn.com SUBJ: help ------------- Before you send out a virus warning, get this latest bulletin from CIAC which addresses many hoaxes and erroneous warnings. (5 Feb) TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html ------------ David Harley's alt.comp.virus FAQ - version 1.02f (29 Nov) TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.gate.net cd /pub/users/ris1 get acvfaq.zip quit ------------ Richard Martin maintains a FAQ on macro viruses. TO: Bd326@TorFree.Net SUBJ: PLEASE SEND FAQ ----------- Nick FitzGerald is the maintainer of the VIRUS-L FAQ TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.cs.ucr.edu cd /pub/virus-l get vlfaq200.txt quit ------------------------- Another source for the Good Times virus hoax and other urban legends. TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.usit.net cd /pub/lesjones dir get good-times-virus-hoax-faq.txt get good-times-virus-hoax-minifaq.txt quit ------------- VIRUS-L is a mailing list devoted to discussions about computer viruses and virus related questions/answers. TO: listserv@lehigh.edu BODY: info virus-l --------------- Handy utility that checks to see if a program writes to, deletes, or messes with areas of your computer that might upset you. (8) TO: ftpmail@sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk BODY: open cd /Mirrors/ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/virus dir get chk4bomb.zip quit ----------------- F-PROT anti-virus program for personal use (27 Feb) (949) TO: ftpmail@sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk BODY: open cd /Mirrors/ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/virus dir get fp-226.zip quit NOTE: This program is updated approximately every 2 months and the current version can easily be determined with this message. TO: f-prot-update@complex.is BODY: send version F-Prot also makes available an *hourly* update to their MACRO.DEF file (MACRODEF.ZIP), which detects Word Macro viruses. The basic program F-MACROW.EXE is included in their anti-virus program mentioned above. Get the /pub directory and check date before retrieving. TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.complex.is cd /pub dir quit ------------------------ Another Macro Anti-Virus by Eliashim (11 Feb) TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.eliashim.com cd /pub/products dir get vdoczip.exe quit ------------------------ Other anti-virus info is found in section =16= of GETIT4U. =29= Internet Service Providers (ISPs) A list of over 3,100 American and Canadian Internet Service Providers (ISPs) can be obtained via e-mail. NOTE: Your telephone area code goes in the subject area, (example - SUBJ: 405). If you live in a non-metropolitan area, then SUBJ: 800 TO: ISP@Penny-a-Pic.com SUBJ: see above --------------------------- Here are some sites with a bunch of links to ISPs world-wide TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www1.tagsys.com/Provider/ListOfLists.html send http://www.celestin.com/pocia/domestic.html send http://www.celestin.com/pocia/foreign.html send http://thelist.iworld.com/country/country.html send http://thelist.iworld.com/countrycode/countrycode.html send http://www.best.be/iap/ -------------------------- Substitute your area code for XXX in URL below for USA and Canada. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://thelist.iworld.com/areacode/XXX.html =30= Just for Fun (see Note 2) What does your phone number spell? Substitute a 7 digit phone number in place of XXX and see what words and phrases it spells, or enter 3 or more digits and see what words start with those digits. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.best.com/~jgro/phone.cgi?n=XXX ---------------------------- How many people are on the Internet? How many web sites are there? Check daily and watch the numbers grow. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.netree.com/netbin/internetstats/ --------------------------- This random site returns complete details on a major flight that is in transit. Gives you an idea of the info that you can get with this flight-tracking search tool. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://sapphire.thetrip.com/random.hts ----------------------------- These 3 tests will find the probablility that you are a human/vampire, and your compatibility with and vulnerability to vampires. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.cs.utk.edu/~ghenry/vamptest.html send http://www.cs.utk.edu/~ghenry/vhcompat.html send http://www.cs.utk.edu/~ghenry/vampvuln.html --------------------------- Here is the public domain version of the Myers-Briggs Personality Analysis program. It does what the name implies. (19) TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://members.aol.com/hheweb/myers.zip -------------------------- This URL takes you to a random puzzle page on the puzzle webring. All types of puzzles included. It seems to work 25% of the time. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=puzzle&random --------------------------- Random favorite sayings by people you don't even know. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.rabble.com/cgi-bin/quote/quote.show.pl ------------------------------ This service will take your pizza order and return to you an image of your order. Send 3 messages with the subjects as listed. TO: pizza@ecst.csuchico.edu SUBJ: pizza help SUBJ: pizza info SUBJ: pizza menu ------------------------------ Let's play roulette - these URLs, will return a completely random site. WARNING - you could receive web pages that are not exactly for the easily offended. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.uroulette.com:8000/cgi-bin/rand_reloc send http://www.yahoo.com/homeb/?http://random.yahoo.com/bin/ryl send http://www.mit.edu/cgi/autopilot This URL lets you choose the category from which you'd like to get a random site. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp send http://altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=s And here, 10 random sites are listed with their URLs. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp send http://webcrawler.com/cgi-bin/random -------------------------- Shell Clark has a pen-pal service for all ages. Just send your requirements for a pen-pal in the body of a message to include such items as age, sex, country, hobbies, etc. It is not a dating service. Shell will also send you a list of those already signed up, if you state your preferences and your desire for the list. TO: shellspals@juno.com SUBJ: Penpal ad -------------------------- Sign-up for a pen-pal by email. This service is for all ages. TO: piggly@juno.com SUBJ: Piggly Pen Pals BODY: Please send info -------------------------- If you're completely bored get this spoof of "Get Rich Quick" schemes. It contains ascii art so set your font to "Courier", "Courier New" or "Fixed Sys". TO: ASCIIFUN@ansaback.com -------------------------- Are you a clueless newbie? Ed Cherlin gives 10 signs. TO: Are.You.A.Clueless.Newbie@newbie.net -------------------------- Figlets are words written in ascii characters. The best way to understand this is to get the help file. Make sure that you type the subject exactly as shown. TO: Michel.Eftimakis@sophia.europe.vlsi.com SUBJ: Figlet: Help And if you'd like to create your own figlets, check out the home page of Ian Bagley, creator of the program. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.bagley.demon.co.uk/siggen.html --------------------------- Any-Day-in-History site will give the births, deaths, holidays, and other information for any day of the year. Substitute a month (01-12) for MM and day (01-31) for DD in the URL below TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.scopesys.com/cgi/today2.cgi?askmonth=MM\&askday=DD -------------------------- How about some e-mail contests/sweepstakes? (22 Nov) TO: win@yoyo.com Or maybe you'd like to get some FREE stuff by email? This site is updated frequently so check back monthly. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.free-n-cool.com/coolest/freememl.html ------------------------- Find out the origin of your first name and what it means. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.miworld.net/~ctwright/frstname.htm ------------------------- How about solving some mazes. Everytime you send a message, a different maze will be generated. There are two URLs, a regular maze and one for the kids. Hint - start with the latter. The mazes come uuencoded and when decoded will leave a file name such as "!WWW!W3M" or "!TMP!WWW". Just change it to "maze.gif". Good Luck. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.neta.com/cgi-bin/getmaze send http://www.neta.com/cgi-bin/kidsmaze ------------------------- Feel like getting insulted? OK - here's 3. The first one gets you insulted by the old bard Shakespeare. The others have some rough language. Everytime the message is sent, new insults are generated. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.nova.edu/Inter-Links/cgi-bin/bard.pl send http://www.xe.net/cgi-bin/nph-abuse send http://www.xe.com/cgi-bin/nph-abuse2 Send off for this help file for other insulting annoyances. TO: insult-daemon@kite.ml.org BODY: help =31= Computer-oriented abbreviations and acronyms (see Note 1) BABEL: 2 ways to get this glossary of computer oriented abbreviations and acronyms. (Ver 97A) (28 Dec) (146) TO: listserv@vm.temple.edu BODY: GET BABEL TXT HELP-NET --- TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY:open ftp.temple.edu cd /pub/info/help-net dir get babel.txt quit ---------------------------- Another listing of acronyms by Elianah Siepmann from 1994 TO: acronyms@newbie.net =32= Public domain resources(see Note 2) 26 Sep Kevin Savetz maintains a web page of tons of public domain resources. Quoting Kevin "public domain means it is owned by everyone". TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.northcoast.com/savetz/pd/pd.html =33= Other interesting autoresponders With the U.S. tax deadline approaching, you may want to get this file with sites to visit for tax info/forms/topics. TO: edit@epinc.com SUBJ: TAXTIPS ----------------------------- Quote.com supplies financial market data, financial research services, and real-time news services to Internet Users. Only some of their services are free but it may be enough. TO: info@quote.com ---------------------------- Net Directories publishes a list of providers of permanent e-mail address and e-mail forwarding services. TO: fwdlist@netdirectories.com ---------------------------- JobSAT is a database containing thousands of employment opportunities from Canada and the United States - updated daily. TO: JobSAT@Hookup.Net =34= Spectrum Virtual University classes (7 Mar) The Spring 1997 calendar of free email classes at Spectrum Virtual University is now available. Registration deadline 7 Apr. TO: Calendar@vu.org =35= Programs I use constantly (see Notes 1 and 3) This DOS program lets you jump directly to any subdirectory in any drive. (29) TO: ftpmail@sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk BODY: open cd /Mirrors/ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/dirutl dir get todir22.zip quit -------------- A program that replaces the Windows Task Manager. (39) TO: ftpmail@sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk BODY: open cd /Mirrors/simtel.coast.net/SimTel/win3/taskman dir get taskvw30.zip quit ------------------ A Mini Status Bar that reports system resources. (11) TO: ftpmail@sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk BODY: open cd /Mirrors/ftp.winsite.com/pub/pc/win3/desktop dir get mininfo.zip quit ------------------ SuperPad is a replacement for Microsoft Windows' Notepad that can edit files of any size. (106) TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.zdnet.com cd /pcmag/1995/0411 dir get spad.zip quit ------------------- Have you ever installed a program, didn't like it, and then tried to find what this new program installed and where? Here are 2 programs that keep track of everything that was installed. (216) (36) TO: ftpmail@sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk BODY: open cd /Mirrors/simtel.coast.net/SimTel/win3/utility dir get inctrl2.zip cd /Mirrors/simtel.coast.net/SimTel/win3/install dir get instl330.zip quit =36= FTP servers that send missing parts (1 Dec) As of now, 2 ftp servers have a command to send to you ONLY those parts of a large file that did not arrive at your mailbox. TO: ftpmail@sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk BODY: help TO: ftpmail@ieunet.ie BODY: help =37= Net-Happenings mailing list The NET-HAPPENINGS mailing list is dedicated to announcing new sites, events, publications, training, and miscellaneous information happening on the Internet. TO: Majordomo@lists.internic.net BODY: info net-happenings =38= Netiquette information (see Note 2) One source of info on Netiquette is a Request for Comment (RFC) file which provides netiquette guidelines to the Internet community. TO: mailserv@ds2.internic.net BODY: send rfc1855.txt ---------------- Netiquette: Minding Your Manners When Using E-Mail Here's another place to learn about email Netiquette. Other links are shown which should help you to become a good Netcitizen. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://bbs.augsburg.edu/library/aib/mailmanners.html ---------------- The Net: User Guidelines and Netiquette by Arlene H. Rinaldi Althought dated Jul 94, it still is applicable today. There are other documents here as well; the 2nd line of the body gets their help file. TO: almanac@esusda.gov BODY: send docs-gen rinaldi-netiquette send guide --------------- An excellent source of information is Editing EMail - A Guide with Examples written by Sven Guckes. This'll show you how to use email properly with some rather humorous examples and comments. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.math.fu-berlin.de/~guckes/mail/editing.txt =39= "New Internet User" Questions Answers to Commonly asked "New Internet User" Questions is the title of another RFC (see =38=) from the DS server TO: mailserv@ds2.internic.net BODY: send rfc1206.txt =40= WHOIS server Since the DS server is mentioned in both =38= and =39= above, you may want to get their help file. They maintain the WHOIS server. TO: mailserv@ds2.internic.net BODY: help =41= Mercury Mail Mercury mail offers stock quotes, news briefs, weather coverage, sports, entertainment, and more. TO: info@merc.com SUBJ: help BODY: help NOTE: It seems there may be a problem unsubscribing from some of their services. If so, send your unsubscribe request here: TO: chrisk@merc.com SUBJ: unsubscribe BODY: unsubscribe =42= GETIT4U (see Note 2) GETIT4U includes various files, programs, etc to get from robot servers with specific and easy to follow examples. Use ONE of the 3 lines listed and send in the body of a message. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://members.aol.com/bombagirl/freeware/getit4u.txt send ftp://ftp.crl.com/users/iv/iverham/getit4u.txt send http://inetw.com/home/ak/4useries/getit4u.txt =43= File Formats (see Notes 2 and 3) Listings that show file extensions, descriptions, and their uses. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://ac.dal.ca/~dong/appen.htm send http://rodent.lib.rochester.edu/multimed/appen.htm ------------------------------- The Graphic Utilities' Site & Version FAQ Here you'll find many of the programs needed to view the file formats mentioned above as well as enough links and information on graphics to make you a veritable expert in the field. (Brian Starks) NOTE: Put send before http below (not enough room to get on one line). TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~stark/a/pub/utilities/GUtil_SV.FAQ ------------------------------- The alt.binaries.multimedia help page. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/7917/Help.htm =44= PIX4U - programs to view multimedia files PIX4U shows you how to get FREE programs needed to view multimedia files. Formats for each program are shown as well as the operating system needed and where the programs are located on FTP sites. Use ONE of the 3 lines listed and send in the body of a message. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://members.aol.com/bombagirl/freeware/pix4u.txt send ftp://ftp.crl.com/users/iv/iverham/pix4u.txt send http://inetw.com/home/ak/4useries/pix4u.txt =45= Ask an Expert (see Note 2) There are 10 web pages of sites and email addresses of experts in various fields such as agriculture, medicine, sports, well you get the idea. Send this message with 10 URLs, substituting the numbers from 1 to 10 where I show a question mark. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.askanexpert.com/askanexpert/askanexpert?.html =46= Finding addresses (see Note 2) This document details many ways to find email addresses. TO: finding-addresses@newbie.net --------------------------- Retrieve this document and you'll have an extensive list of colleges and how to find the email address of their faculty and students. The file is 240Kb and comes in 4 parts with 2 sections per part. (29 Oct) TO: mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu BODY: send usenet/news.answers/mail/college-email/* -------------------------- Another list of 3000+ colleges is maintained by Christina DeMello. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://web.mit.edu/cdemello/www/univ.html =47= Reminder services This service sends you an email message each time a URL, that you specify, changes its contents. For an example of how to use it, see my other file 'getit4u' (=42=). TO: URL-minder@netmind.com SUBJ: URL-minder help ------------------------------------- You can also register important dates like birthdays and this service will notify you a few days before the event. TO: e-minder@netmind.com SUBJ: e-minder help =48= Netscape FTP Information Receive instructions on how to download Netscape software plus answers to some frequently asked questions. TO: ftp@netscape.com =49= Colleges and Universities (for addresses see section =46= above) This site bills itself as "the most comprehensive available list of american college and university admission office email addresses". TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.novakint.com/colleges/ ---------------------- This Financial Aid FAQ is compiled by Mark Kantrowitz and is the most comprehensive guide to higher education financial aid. TO: query@finaid.org BODY: send faq --------------------- This report by Neal Voron offers suggestions for a general strategy for students to consider when pursuing scholarships. TO: wtsh@voron.com =50= E-Zines (see Note 5) This is a summary of 1332 electronically-accessible zines - what they are, who publishes them, and where you can find them. This file is 990 KB and is maintained by John Labovitz. TO: gophermail@eunet.cz BODY: # Name=e-zine-list.txt Type=9 Port=80 Path=GET /~johnl/e-zine-list/e-zine-list.txt Host=www.meer.net --------------- Todd Kuipers E-Mail Zines Listing is much smaller but is still another good source. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://propagandist.com/tkemzl/full.htm =51= Mike's list (see Notes 1 and 4) Oct 96 Mike's list is a compilation of Internet related subjects that should keep you busy for a few hours or days retrieving this and that. The file is 111Kb and includes a program to convert the text file to html files for use with a browser. TO: ftpmail@sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk BODY: open cd /Mirrors/ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/info dir get ml96oct.zip quit =52= Send mail from one network to another (see Notes 1 and 4) 18 Oct This file documents methods of sending mail from one network to another, ie. from AOL to Compuserve, from internet to fidonet, etc. TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.csd.uwm.edu cd pub dir get internetwork-mail-guide quit =53= Internet Users' Glossary (see Notes 1 and 4) The Internet Users' Glossary concentrates on terms which are specific to the Internet. TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open nic.merit.edu dir cd /internet/documents/fyi get fyi18.txt quit =54= Anonymous FTP Sites Listing (see Notes 1 and 4) 12 Oct This is a 400Kb zipped list of most of the anonymous FTP sites. TO: ftpmail@sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk BODY: open cd /Mirrors/ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/info dir get ftp-list.zip quit =55= Email to Fax server Get this FAQ to learn how to send a fax via email. (19 Feb) The second message retrieves a list of areas covered. (6 Mar) TO: tpcfaq@info.tpc.int TO: tpccover@info.tpc.int =56= All about Words Send this message with a word you would like defined and the definition will be returned. Substitute your word for XXXXX. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://c.gp.cs.cmu.edu:5103/prog/webster?XXXXX ------------------------- The Index of Online Dictionaries provides links, not only to online dictionaries, but to thesauri, and other reference works pertaining to words and phrases. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.bucknell.edu/~rbeard/diction.html send http://www.bucknell.edu/~rbeard/diction2.html Word-a-day, dictionary, thesaurus, acronym, anagram, & rhyme-n-reason all via e-mail from Wordsmith. TO: wsmith@wordsmith.org SUBJ: help -------------------------- Another acronym server that not only does a search for the word you specify but allows submissions of new acronyms. TO: freetext@bureau.ucc.ie SUBJ: help -------------------------- And for those of you who want your own multilingual translating dictionary, go here and decide for yourself. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://www.travlang.com/Ergane/ send ftp://travlang.com/outgoing =57= What to do about spammers When you receive a SPAM, send the entire message to include all header fields TO: spam-list@toby.han.de This is a mailing list of people who are devoted to ridding the Internet of these spamming bozos. --------------------------------- You should also send the entire message including headers to the net abuse newsgroup through one of the gateways to USENET newsgroups found in section =14= of GETIT4U. e.g. news.admin.net-abuse.email@news.cs.dal.ca --------------------------------- The National Fraud Information Center should also be advised on all questionable mail you receive. You could receive a reward of $500 if they nab an illegal operation ie. chain letters. As above, send the entire message including headers TO: nfic@internetMCI.com --------------------------------- These are THE sites for information and resources on spam. TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://spam.abuse.net/spam send http://www.abuse.net/ send http://www.vix.com/spam --------------------------------- Spam Hater, the tool to help you hit back at Unsolicited Bulk E-Mail has been upgraded. (Ver 1.00) (436) TO: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu BODY: open ftp.compulink.co.uk cd /pub/net-services get spamhl.exe quit =58= RFC-INFO service RFC-Info is an e-mail based service to help in locating and retrieving RFCs, FYIs, STDs, and IMRs. TO: RFC-INFO@ISI.EDU BODY: help =59= WWWFetch E-Mail Gateway (28 Nov) Webfetch has just revised their email retrieval of web pages. TO: wwwfmail@linux.netmor.com SUBJ: info =NOTES= NOTE 1: Sometimes, these bitftp servers get ornery and return to you a message that states the site that you requested is not a recognized ftp host, when, in fact, it is. Just resubmit the message. I have included the dir command in each of the messages to a bitftp server. If you don't want a listing of the directory that has the file you are requesting, then delete the line with the command dir on it. NOTE 2: Agora/agora-like servers: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp agora@kamakura.mss.co.jp getweb@info.lanic.utexas.edu getweb@usa.healthnet.org w3mail@mogli.gmd.de web@glr.com webmail@www.ucc.ie The same orneriness applies here as in NOTE 1 above. If you get a message back saying the requested URL is empty there are 2 reasons: the site was too busy to handle the request or the URL was invalid due to misspelling or is out-of-date. NOTE 3: If the author's e-mail address is included with a FREE program that you use, why not drop him/her an email message of thanks. NOTE 4: The bitftp servers have a default of approximately 38Kb per message. If you want messages sent to you in larger or smaller segments, use the 'chunksize' command. This command is placed on the next line after the 'open' command. Example: Get messages sent to you that are 90Kb in size: open ftp.anywhere.com chunksize 90 NOTE 5: Gopher servers have a default of 27Kb per message. To receive segments in larger or smaller chunks, use the 'Split' command. This is placed on the first line of the body of the message. Example: Get messages sent to you in 150Kb segments: Split=150K ##NOTE 6: Use ONE of the 3 lines listed and send to: TO: agora@dna.affrc.go.jp BODY: send http://members.aol.com/bombagirl/freeware/email4u.txt send ftp://ftp.crl.com/users/iv/iverham/email4u.txt send http://inetw.com/home/ak/4useries/email4u.txt ===END OF FILE===