Copyright: ® David Smith and Jim Husband


AutoWinNet  1.7

Getting Started

What is Automated Internet?

Why should I automate my Internet sessions?

Get a WWW page while I'm asleep?

What is the "LITE" version?

More features coming?

Limited warranty

Main Menu

Agendas

Creating an Agenda

Editing your Agendas

Agenda Steps

Downloading a file

Running an Agenda

Run Agenda dialog

Watching your agenda run

Frequent Run Agenda problems

Agenda Items

FTP Services

Mail

Mailing Lists

Editing Mailing Lists

Understanding Mailing Lists

Don't abuse mail

Faxing

USENET News

Posting USENET via E-Mail

World Wide Web

AutoWinNet Configuration

Special Features

Great DOS & Windows Sites

Check these out...

Where is the newest version?

WWW Distribution Sites

Internet FTP sites

FIDOnet Freq

Support Bulletin Boards

U.S. Mail

Electronic Mail

Authorized U.S. Distributors

AutoWinNet Professional

Professional Features

Order form

Check or Money Order

MasterCard / Visa / American Express / Discover

Foreign orders


What is Automated Internet?

Welcome to the most powerful communications package you'll ever find.   AutoWinNet  has been called "a batch file language for the Internet", but it's actually intelligent.  AutoWinNet is intelligent.  If  he doesn't find a ftp site, then he  doesn't try downloading files,  changing directories, etc. at that site...   If  it cannot find ONE  particular prompt, he looks for  others.  This super-advanced program  is the only one of its type.  Fast, efficient, and worthwhile to try out.

I use AutoWinNet every single day to find new files on the Internet for my bulletin  board.  I get the LATEST Scan, F-PROT, TBAV, and all the games FOR FREE!  No long distance charges.

If you are an Internet "dummy", don't use this program!  This is for  the average user of the Net that loves to wander around and find new cool files, but HATES spending hours at a time sitting in front of the computer.

  Here is your answer.

       AutoWinNet:

Gives you unlimited access to TERABYTES of  Internet files without  forcing you to sit in front of your computer for hours.

Mail your letters automatically, even to hundreds of recipients at one time.  Great for announcements, personal letters or business purposes.  Plus spell-check your work, and add both binary and text attachments.

Allows super-advanced Internet access using the graphical SLIP/PPP accounts.DOWNLOAD WWW Pages, even when you're not home....

Uploads files to Internet sites.  This is great for authors who want to distribute their programs automatically, or for Corporations that need to transfer a large quantity of files, but don't want the heavy long distance charges.

Leeches files from anywhere, take them all without hesitation, even access World Wide Web pages from all over the nation and view them offline.

Full Windows, Windows NT and Windows '95 support

Hammers at Internet sites that are busy, and require hours of  frustration to get on.  AutoWinNet will get on, guaranteed.  Even if it has to try for hours.  Even allows you to adjust the time between hammers!.

Obtain the latest sports, weather, and daily info.

Post Usenet messages - up to 1,000 of them without touching  your keyboard (with file attachments, too!)

Fax people from the Internet.  No long distance charges.

Find the latest new files and games.. WHILE YOU'RE NOT HOME!

Download more files than your hard disk can hold without long distance charges.

Get updates to your favorite programs automatically - direct from their support Internet site.

Access the Internet with super-speed.  You cannot type as fast as AutoWinNet can!

If you're calling long distance to access the Internet, AutoWinNet  cuts your phone bill in HALF by whizzing through your tasks  faster than you could do them.

Keep mailing lists of important clients - give them updated newsletters or up- to-the-minute information without having to touch your  keyboard.   Don't hire an extra person to handle your Internet  tasks, let AutoWinNet take care of them for half the cost. Also includes file attachments to your messages.

Completely integrated file manager, allowing advanced functions to your database, like viewing in a spreadsheet format, sorting by date/time, size, name, directory or site, a CLEANUP mechanism for deleting unused directories/sites from your dbase.

Importing unix-based LS -LR large file listings for easily adding huge number of files.

Customized FTP logins for administrators


Why should I automate my Internet sessions?

So...  you have a PPP/SLIP account?

Those are fantastic for getting or sending mail, but for files...   they just won't cut it.  You STILL have to sit at your  computer and click on the files you want, get them to your local computer,  then hunt down any new files that might  interest you at different  sites on the Net.

Tried logging onto wuarchive.wustl.edu lately?

How about ftp.cdrom.com?

Good luck.  You usually cannot get on.  And if you're persistent,  you can click on  the old FTP icon fifteen THOUSAND times and might get on.  But then, if the site  times out or disconnects you, I can personally guarantee you'll cuss at your  computer  violently and become very frustrated.

Argh... forget it.  Don't you have better things to do?

Isn't your time worth something?

Concerning Internet mail:  That's fun.  Just click on your recipient   and write a beautiful message.

But what happens when you become responsible for a mailing list?

You must type in all the recipients' names, separated by a  comma.  And if you miss a comma, or put a space in there accidentally,  you have to re-type it all over again.

Doesn't Windows' 8 point font look blurry after a while?  Wouldn't  it be nicer to simply click on the people you want  to add/remove  from the list and let AutoWinNet do all the messy work for you?

                         In short:    What a pain!

Your time is valuable... use AutoWinNet to retrieve any new files  and then download  them while you do something YOU  want to do.    Go jog, workout, shop, sleep, go out with your wife/girlfriend,  do the things you REALLY want to rather  than getting new files for hours at a time.

You can also use Automated Internet for DOS on your SHELL account, and save some money there, also!


Get a WWW page while I'm asleep?

         Absolutely.

When you dial in to your Internet provider, there is no one on the other end,  waiting to hand you your mail, or Internet  files...  so why should YOU be on YOUR end typing all the commands and clicking the icons?

Related Topics:

AutoWinNet is good for you

AutoWinNet is good for your provider


AutoWinNet is good for you

Obviously, because it saves you countless hours and headaches by doing tedious things for you.

Tried logging onto wuarchive.wustl.edu lately?

Good luck.   It's always busy.

However, if you call at 5:00am, when everyone else in your area	is asleep, you probably can get on immediately  instead of clicking on the FTP button 4,000 times.


AutoWinNet is good for your provider

Most people call their Internet provider after they get off work, or on weekends.  That means that most EVERYONE is logging on to the Internet during the evenings.

From a provider's standpoint, that's bad.  He has a limited number of modems in stock, and a limited number of  lines.  Plus, when everyone logs on during the evening, his UNIX box will naturally SLOW DOWN considerably,  and you will notice a huge performance drop.   Files transfer slower, your newsreader takes longer to update its screens, and Telnet sessions are bogged that you could cook dinner between keystrokes.

That's not good for you, the customer, and obviously not good for the provider.

By spreading the PEAK times around, AutoWinNet allows:

1.	Your file transfer rates are FAST

2.	Your mail is sent quickly

3.	Your provider doesn't have to purchase more modems, and therefore pass his savings onto YOU.

4.	Your provider has less support calls.  Since AutoWinNet does all the work,there's little chance of a typing error or mistake during file transfers.


What is the "LITE" version?

AutoWinNet Lite is a tool to automate your Internet sessions.

If you enjoy AutoWinNet Lite, you'll love

        AutoWinNet Professional.

The professional version allows:

•	Running scripts when you're not home - limited only by diskspace

•	Sending mail - up to 2,000 messages at once - and include file attachments!

•	Obtaining WWW pages in text format

•	Subscribe to various mailing lists, automatically, or get sex news, NASA newsletters, access Area Code information, plus tons more

•	Post messages in USENET newsgroups - unlimited numbers.

•	Advanced File Manager - handle your Internet files in your online database with powerful functions, such as viewing in spreadhseet format, sorting by anything, deleting old sites/directories, importing huge unix-based directory listings and much more.


More features coming?

There are many new and interesting features to come.  AutoWinNet is a constantly evolving, growing program designed for the home and business user.

All suggestions are welcomed and encouraged!

Our goal is to help YOU obtain more free time and enjoyment from the Internet, rather than be imprisoned at your desk for hours on end.

If AutoWinNet's features aren't enough for you, and your company needs a customized version, contact David Smith for pricing.  We can designed AutoWinNet around your corporate needs and create a copy with your logo, and your name on the front.

CURRENT FEATURE BOILERPLATE LIST

INSTANT FTP ACCESS

I like getting new files, so I created AutoWinNet to get new files listings from various sites, then I can choose them from a convenient Windows listbox, and wala!  He goes and gets all the files I want.

I also HATE it when a FTP site is busy, and I have to re-click on the FTP icon OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER until I get on.

Frankly, I got better things to do!

Therefore, AutoWinNet hammers at the site until he gets on (you can configure how many times to hammer before he gives up)

MAIL ALL YOUR FRIENDS

I keep several mailing lists of friends, and people who want to find new info on Automated Internet.

So I invented a MAIL LIST function, and the regular MAIL functionality.  Now you can keep hundreds of mailing lists (customers, friends, associates) and automate messages to any of these.

Edit your messages...  Even include binary and text attachments!  You can also automated monthly mail, getting your mail, sending out regular stuff, etc...

USENET NEWS READING/POSTING

Instead of wandering through a newsreader, choosing messages, reading/writing, etc...  wouldn't it be great to post usenet messages automatically?

So I invented posting to groups without ever logging onto the Internet!

If ya need help with MICROSOFT WORD 6.0 problems, or just like to chat, you can post "HELP ME WITH MS-WORD!" along with all your problems to a couple of word-processing newsgroups.  If anyone can help ya, they can.

Edit your posts...  Even include binary and text attachments!  In turn, the people can write you mail in response to your questions...

DAILY STOCK REPORTS

Yes, yes.  You can subscribe to daily stock reports, White house updates, Yanoff's Internet list, plus tons more.  Just click the button and Automated Internet takes care of the rest.

You will receive these great things almost daily, and be updated on the world events...

IMAGINE THAT  :-)

WWW PAGES

I thought it would be great to get WWW pages (no graphics!  I ain't a graphics programmer!) off-line.

I hate waiting for the screen to update when trying out new WWW pages.  Wouldn't it be better to simply download all that junk off-line?

Then you could read it without the hassle, using your preferred web browser.

INTERNAL FILE MANAGER

Complete file manager that includes editing the incredible, internal database of files, querying the

database, plus tons more!  You will be *very* impressed with the file manager's robust features.


Limited warranty

LIMITED WARRANTY AND DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY

THIS SOFTWARE AND ACCOMPANYING WRITTEN MATERIALS (INCLUDING INSTRUCTIONS

FOR USE) ARE PROVIDES "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. FURTHER, DAVID SMITH

AND JIM HUSBAND DO NOT WARRANT, GUARANTEE, OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING

THE USE, OR THE RESULTS OF USE, OF THE SOFTWARE OR WRITTEN MATERIALS IN TERMS

OF CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, CURRENTS, OR OTHERWISE. THE ENTIRE

RISK AS TO THE RESULTS AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE IS ASSUMED BY YOU.

IF THE SOFTWARE OR WRITTEN MATERIALS ARE DEFECTIVE YOU, AND NOT

DAVID SMITH, JIM HUSBAND OR THEIR DEALERS, DISTRIBUTORS, AGENTS, OR EMPLOYEES,

ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR, OR CORRECTION.

THE ABOVE IS THE ONLY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,

INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND

FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, THAT IS MADE BY DAVID SMITH AND JIM HUSBAND,

ON THIS PRODUCT.

NO ORAL OR WRITTEN INFORMATION OR ADVICE GIVEN BY DAVID SMITH, JIM

HUSBAND, OR THEIR DEALERS, DISTRIBUTORS, AGENTS OR EMPLOYEES SHALL CREATE

A WARRANTY OR IN ANY WAY INCREASE THE SCOPE OF THIS WARRANTY AND YOU

MAY NOT RELY ON ANY SUCH INFORMATION OR ADVICE. YOU MAY HAVE OTHER

RIGHTS WHICH VARY FROM STATE TO STATE.

NEITHER DAVID SMITH, JIM HUSBAND, NOR ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS BEEN

INVOLVED IN THE CREATION,  PRODUCTION OR DELIVERY OF THIS PRODUCT SHALL BE

LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES

(INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION,

LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION, AND THE LIKE) ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR

INABILITY TO USE SUCH PRODUCT EVEN IF DAVID SMITH AND JIM HUSBAND HAVE BEEN

ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

This Limited Warranty shall be governed and construed in accordance with

the laws of the State of Texas.

 ACKNOWLEDGMENT

BY USING THE SHAREWARE VERSION OF AutoWinNet, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU

HAVE READ THIS LIMITED WARRANTY, UNDERSTAND IT, AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ITS'

TERMS AND CONDITIONS. YOU ALSO AGREE THAT THE LIMITED WARRANTY IS THE

COMPLETE AND EXCLUSIVE STATEMENT OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND

SUPERSEDE ALL PROPOSALS OR PRIOR AGREEMENTS, ORAL OR WRITTEN, AND ANY OTHER

COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE PARTIES RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE

LIMITED WARRANTY.


Agendas
View or edit Agendas

NEW

This creates a new agenda

You are then prompted for an Agenda name (which can be anything)  After you create this new agenda, you will be prompted for activities to add.

For example:

1.	Download file

2.	Upload a file

3.	Obtain new files list

EDIT

Edit the highlighted agenda

  You can double click on an agenda name to EDIT

You will be taken to the agenda editing screen, where you can choose different activities to add.

For example:

1.	Download file

2.	Upload a file

3.	Obtain new files list

4.	Send mail letters

5.	Post USENET news messages

6.	Get World Wide Web pages as text

COPY

Make a duplicate of the highlighted agenda

If you want a new agenda that will be similar to another you have already made, it's much easier to just copy the agenda to another name, then edit it.  This eliminates you having to type in all the activities again, and saves time.

After you create a name for your new agenda, it will appear in the All Agendas listbox, and you can then edit it.

DELETE

Delete the highlighted agenda

CAREFUL!

You may lose many hours of setting up if you delete the wrong agenda.


Creating an Agenda - Quick tutorial
Quick tutorial

CREATE A NEW AGENDA

Let's create a new agenda, to learn how one is made and what they consist of.

	Click VIEW OR EDIT AGENDAS from the main menu
	Click NEW to make a new agenda
	Type in TEST AGENDA 5 in the text box and click OK

That will be the name of our new agenda.

The EDITING AGENDA screen will appear, and you're now ready to add some steps.  Each agenda consists of several steps you want AutoWinNet to run.

For example, go get a new file list, download a file, upload a file, etc.

	Click FTP to create a FTP step.

The FTP SERVICES window should now appear, listing several possible FTP sites for you to visit.  In the dialog on the left, oak.oakland.edu should be listed.  If it's not there, click NEW then type in oak.oakland.edu.

	Single click on oak.oakland.edu in the FTP SITES listbox.  The buttons in the FUNCTION section should now come to life.
	Click REFRESH and the SELECT DIRECTORIES or the REFRESH dialog will appear.

Now, if you have visited oak.oakland.edu before, then you will see all the oak.oakland.edu directories listed up top.  When you click on one, it appears in the text line at the bottom.

Since we've never been here before, highlight the lower text box, and type in /SimTel/win3 then click the  SELECT button.

That tells AutoWinNet to FTP to oak.oakland.edu, and get all  the directories under /SimTel/win3, which is naturally all the Windows file directories they have.

The next time this dialog appears when you choose oak.oakland.edu, you'll see a ton of directories you can select from.

	After you clicked DONE, you should now be back at FTP SERVICES
	Since one agenda item is okay for our first try, click on the EXIT button to save your new agenda to disk, and exit

The EDITING AGENDA dialog should have one entry:

  Connect to oak.oakland.edu, refresh file list from /SimTel/win3

So click on EXIT then click the OK button on the AGENDAS dialog.

If you want to see the Agenda run right now, press the RUN button during your agenda edit.


Agenda Steps

1. 	Click on VIEW OR EDIT GENDAS from the main menu

2.  	Create a new agenda called TEST AGENDA 1

3.  	Click on  FTP

4.  	Click on oak.oakland.edu in the listbox

If it's not in there, add it using the FTP button

5. 	Now click the REFRESH FILES LIST and type in /SimTel/msdos at the bottom text box

Run that agenda to collect all the subdirectories of /SimTel/msdos at oak.oakland.edu

6.	Once it's done, go back to AGENDAS, then FTP and click on oak.oakland.edu again.  And wala!  You see all the new directories up top?  Those are ones we just obtained in that last agenda.

If, now you want to see what files are in the /SimTel/msdos/modem directory  (maybe a new version of AUTO-net for DOS!)

Click once on it, then click on EXIT

And the next time you click REFRESH DIRECTORIES, you'll find all the files inside /SimTel/msdos/modem


Downloading a file

1.	Click VIEW OR EDIT GENDAS, either create a new agenda, or click on an existing one, then FTP, oak.oakland.edu, like we did before.

You should now be at the AGENDA-FTP SERVICES screen.

2.	Click on DOWNLOAD

Any files with a "0" size are either directories or user-oriented messages.

3.	The top listbox should contain several files, one of which is /SimTel/msdos/DIRLIST.TXT  If you don't see that filename, it's because you haven't REFRESHed FILES there, yet.

4.	Highlight those files (or type them in at the bottom of the screen, separated by semicolons) and click SELECT

5.	Now click EXIT from the AGENDA-FTP SERVICES screen

6.	Now click  RUN from the Editing Agendas Screen


Running an Agenda - Quick tutorial
Quick tutorial

RUNNING OUR NEW AGENDA

You ready to roll?

1.	Click ONLINE OPERATIONS from the main menu.

MAKE SURE YOU'RE CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET WITH YOUR DIALER AND YOU HAVE A SLIP/PPP ACCOUNT RUNNING!

I don't want any support calls from people who have shell accounts, and cannot figure out why this won't work.

2.	Highlight your agenda name and click on ADD >  (or double click the name)

If you don't see your agenda listed in the left listbox, start over from scratch.  You didn't create the agenda successfully.

3.  	In the right listbox, your agenda name should appear.

4.  	Click RUN


Run Agenda dialog

After pressing the ONLINE OPERATIONS button from our main menu, you will see the above dialog.

Add

Double click on an agenda name in the left listbox to add it.  Or simply press the Add button.  You can add multiple agendas by clicking on several agenda names in the left listbox.

Run

This runs the agenda listed in the right listbox immediately.

Later

This runs the agendas listed in the right listbox at a later time.  You will be prompted for the exact time and daet in which to start your agendas.  Once you press WAIT, AutoWinNet will minimize and wait for the desired day/time.  And when it arrives, he will pop up and begin running the agendas you have scheduled.

QUICK TIP: Double click the DATE field to get a calendar.  You can then simply scroll through the months/years/days and choose which day you want.

Most Internet sites do maintenance late during the evening.  If you run an agenda during this time, you will probably get many errors or time-outs logging onto the FTP sites.

While waiting for an Agenda to run, youll notice the buttons have changed (if you restore the minimized program).  You can now (while waiting) tell AutoWinNet to stop waiting, or continue.


Watching your agenda run

During the actual run, you can watch up top, as each step of your agenda takes place.  And on the bottom listbox, communication proceeds between AutoWinNet and your Internet site.

KILL

Stop the running agenda immediately.

The KILL button will terminate all agendas, and exit the program.  Be very careful when using this button, since it makes the Winsock unstable if used over and over and over and over.

RE-EDIT

Goes back into the agenda editor with your current agenda.  This is designed for creating and running temporary agendas - do NOT click RE-EDIT on your favorite agenda.  It will be wiped out.

HIDE

Minimize AutoWinNet while it's running your agenda.

QUICK TIP:  Use the RE-EDIT button!  It saves lots of time when you simply want to run an agenda, then re-edit the same name to perform more steps.


Frequent Run Agenda problems

It just sat there

Kept saying "Retrying site" and did nothing

It keeps timing out, no matter what I do

It just sits there...  Nothing is happening

The file manager does nothing

Frequently asked questions::

BEFORE REPORTING A PROBLEM:

Check the new Frequently Asked Questions WWW page:

http://www.computek.net/autownet/problem.html

Make sure your Winsock is connected, and you are logged into the Internet.  99.9999% of all problems are resolved if you just RESTART WINDOWS, and re-dial/login to your Internet provider.  Winsock (especially Trumpet's) is very unstable and can become hosed for almost any reason whatsoever.  We test new versions of AutoWinNet for almost THIRTY HOURS before shipping them out, so we know they work and function properly.  If you are having difficulty, we will attempt to resolve your problem as soon as possible.

AutoWinNet doesnt work with TIA

Thats right, and it never will.  TIA merely emulates a SLIP account, however its not a true SLIP connection.  Therefore, AutoWinNet cant do anything with it.

If you have a SHELL account, try Autonet for DOS - oak.oakland.edu/SimTel/msdos/modem/autont33.zip

I can't get onto any FTP sites

The most frequent cause of this is your CONFIGURATION.  Make sure your login name and host name are correct.  If you full address is physics@computek.net, then your login name is physics and your host name is computek.net

NETCOM is my provider, and AutoWinNet frequently times out

Netcom, in general is slower than all the other providers because of their large volume of members.  Try at a non-peak time, or obtain another Internet provider in your area.

Is there any way to have a list of News Groups to post to (similar to mailing lists)? If not, then How can I select more than 1 news group for a post (I tried both the shift and ctrl keys)?

News group reading, multi-newsgroup posting and mail retrieval and reading are due out in version 2.0

How do I create a custom login to an FTP site?

To create a custom login at a FTP site, choose FTP from the agenda editor, select a site in the listbox, and click the EDIT button.  Custom logins are used for security at some FTP sites.  If you are a system admin, or have an actual "REAL ACCOUNT" at an FTP site, you will be required to enter your name and password (instead of anonymous and your address)

Is AutoWinNet crippleware?

No, no no.  We have designed AutoWinNet so that you can VIEW all your steps, how to create them, and how to customize them for your own needs.  The only thing disabled in the Lite version is actually RUNNING mail, web and usenet features.  FTP is still fully functional, and is what most people utilize.  The features listed here obviously work, otherwise, people wouldn't be buying it (and trust me, they're buying a LOT of it).  So if you're happy and content with AutoWinNet Lite, I encourage you to get AutoWinNet Professional.  Otherwise, continue using the Lite version to your heart's desire.

I had an unknown problem.. now what?

Be sure to read over the help file, so you don't duplicate someone else's reported problem.  Then turn on VERBOSE LOGGING in your configuration, and try to reproduce your problem.  After gathering all that, send me your log, along with your config file (uuencode them first) to:  physics@computek.net, and I will try to resolve whatever difficulty you may be having.


It just sat there

Make sure your agenda has some items in it.  If your agenda is empty, it will appear to just sit and wait.

Another problem may be with your WINSOCK.  Frequently, a winsock dialer will time-out and hang up on your Internet provider without telling you.  Then, no matter what you do, all your Internet programs just do nothing.

Make sure you're still connected, and the WINSOCK dialer has not hung up.


Kept saying "Retrying site" and did nothing

If AutoWinNet does not log successfully on a site, it will "hammer" until it gets on.  You can tell AutoWinNet not to hammer at any sites, or you can specify how many times you want it to try getting on your FTP site before it quits.

Both of these features are adjustable in the OPTIONS section (a button on the main menu)


It keeps timing out, no matter what I do

The Internet is probably just REAL busy, and everything will run slow.  Try at a later time, or earlier time of the day.

If that still doesn't help, contact AutoWinNet technical support.


It just sits there...  Nothing is happening

Your WINSOCK program (Trumpet, Internet in a Box (tm)) probably timed out and hung up.  If nothing runs, and all your Internet programs simply die and time out, chances are you're no longer connected to the Internet.

Check your WINSOCK settings in TCPMAN.EXE (trumpet winsock) and increase your inactivity timeout.


The file manager does nothing

It's disabled in the Lite version.

FTP is the ONLY thing that works in the Lite version.  Upon purchasing the Professional Version, you get mailing lists,  sending mail, spell checking outgoing messages, posting to USENET, obtaining WWW pages, and the full-featured file manager (which includes internal PKZIP support and charts/graphs/reports of your Internet file database).


RUNTIME ERROR 202
POSSIBLE RUN TIME PROBLEM MASTER-LIST

Check the new Frequently Asked Questions WWW page:

http://www.computek.net/autownet/problem.html


FTP Services

To create a custom login at a FTP site, choose FTP from the agenda editor, select a site in the listbox, and click the EDIT button.

Custom logins are used for security at some FTP sites.  If you are a system admin, or have an actual "REAL ACCOUNT" at an FTP site, you will be required to enter your name and password (instead of anonymous and your address)

FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol.  You are most likely accustomed to calling various Bulletin Boards around town, and downloading files over your modem.

An FTP site is much like a bulletin board, where you can view file listings and decide which ones you would like to try out.  Unfortunately, most of these sites do not have file descriptions.  So when you download a file, you must look through it to determine what exactly it does.

All FTP sites have a variety of free or shareware programs available.  The shareware principle is simple:

Try the program for a few weeks.  If you like it, send the author a little money, and he will give you a "enhanced" version, or one without nagging reminders.

There are hundreds of thousands of shareware and freeware programs available.  You are sure to find something you like, but searching for it is half the battle.  And always remember:  Virus scan everything you download!

It's best to be safe rather than sorry.

Most FTP sites are organized into directories.  And the pathnames have a forward slash rather than a backward slash (which takes some adjusting to!)

The public programs are commonly in the /PUB directory and its subdirectories.

For example:	Many Unix programs will be in /PUB/UNIX and Ms-Dos programs in /PUB/MSDOS and of course, Windows programs in /PUB/WINDOWS    or    /PUB/WIN3

These are organized into further subdirectories, depending on what type of program it is.

For example:	File utilities (directory listers, etc...) might be in   /PUB/MSDOS/FILEUTIL and WordPerfect enhancements in   /PUB/MSDOS/WP6

For the most part, trial and error is the best method of finding files you like.

REFRESH

Refresh directories from a FTP site.  In order for AutoWinNet to give you files to browse, and possibly download, you must first connect with a site, and get his directory structure.  That way, you can pick and choose directories that you are interested in (for example: /WINDOWS, /MSDOS) and tell AutoWinNet to get a file listing from those.

QUICK TIP:  REFRESH means to get the directory structure from the FTP site.  DOWNLOAD will let you download a file off the FTP site.  Your usual order of things is:  REFRESH to get a file listing/directory listing.  Then click DOWNLOAD to pick some files from those directories that you want.

RECURSE

This recurses through a large directory structure, and gets a BIG LISTING of directories/files within it.

BE VERY CAREFUL - most FTP sites contain several GIG of files, and recursing a large site will result in you being one miserable camper.  Your database will quickly fill up, and your program will run slower because of the lag.

Linked entries - exclude any directories that are links rather than real directories

Directories starting with . - Directories that are messages/wasteful dirs.

Recursion limits:

Directory levels - how many directories deep should AutoWinNet go?

Directories - how many total directories to process

Files - how many total files to process

DOWNLOAD

Select a file to download from the already REFRESHED directories.  If you know the name/directory of your file without actually refreshing it, merely type it in at the bottom textbox.

UPLOAD

Select a file on your hard disk to upload to the FTP site.

   Most FTP sites do not accept uploads.

FTP SITE EDITING:

DELETE

Delete the FTP site from your list

EDIT

Edit your name and login password for the FTP site.

NEW

Create a new FTP site


Mail

AVAILABLE IN AutoWinNet Professional

EDIT

This opens NOTEPAD and allows you to edit your message.

Once in notepad, you can copy text from other applications and include them in your message.  When you're finished editing, save the message in notepad, and you will return to the above dialog.

Now click SEND and your message will be added to the current agenda, and later sent out to the people you specified in the TO: listbox.

   If the TO listbox is empty, you cannot send your message

POST

This adds your message to the AGENDA.  It will be sent when your agenda is run.  If in doubt, use the TUTORIAL on editing and sending messages.

CANCEL

This cancels all current editing and closes the dialog.

    Any changes you made will be lost

TO:

If you want to add an address to the TO:  listbox that is not in the MEMBERS listbox and is not included in your mailing lists, then type the address in here.

Once an address is in the TO:  section, click the ADD:  button directly to the left of it to add this new name into the listbox.

When your message is sent out, that person will receive it.

It's not necessary to type anything in here!

If the address is listed under MEMBERS at the bottom, simply double-click on that address to add it to the TO:  listbox.  If you want to add an entire mailing list, simply double-click on a mailing list name, and those people therein are immediately added to the TO:  listbox.

EDIT  (Mailing lists)

This will open the EDIT MAILING LIST dialog (see below)

ADD Mailing list

This expands the currently selected mailing list, and adds each member to the TO: listbox.

ADD and DELETE from the TO: list

The TO: listbox holds all the addresses you want to send this message to.  Each recipient will get the same message.

When you click ADD, whatever you have typed in the TO:  line up top is added to your recipients.  And DELETE will remove the highlighted recipient.

If no one is highlighted, then nothing will be deleted from the TO:  listbox.

SUBJECT:

The subject of your message.

ATTACHMENTS:

Like most great mail programs, AutoWinNet allows you to attach files in messages.  These files are then encoded with UUENCODE and sent to their recipients.  Mailers such as Pegasus mail, registered Eudora and Internet in a Box support uuencoded attachments.

If your mailer does not support these, then you can download a good uudecoder from just about anywhere on the Internet.

The BROWSE button obviously lets you look around for the file you want to attach.


Mailing Lists

AVAILABLE IN AutoWinNet Professional

Mailing lists contain more than one address that you want your message to go to.  For example, if I had two supervisors that wanted E-MAIL each month containing what work I have done, I would mail two separate letters each month:

One to major@info.com

and  another to asstmajor@info.com

So instead of writing two messages every month, I could automate a message and include both of those people in my mailing list.

To create a new mailing list, click the EDIT MAILING LISTS button.

And to add the members of a mailing list to your TO:  listbox, simply double-click on the mailing list name.  All of the addresses will be searched, and added up top.


Editing Mailing Lists

AVAILABLE IN AutoWinNet Professional

This allows either creating a new mailing list, or editing an already existing one.

The directions are very simple.  Highlight all the addresses under MEMBERS that you want included in a new mailing list, then type in the name of that list up top.

Now, if you go back to the main mail dialog, you'll notice your new list has been added to the MAILING LISTS section.

MEMBERS

These are the "REAL NAMES" of all your friends, relatives, and business associates.  When you add them to the TO: listbox, or a mailing list, you can access them easily, and write letters to them often.

Editing a list is very easy, and once done, you can EDIT MAILING LISTS and create new mailing lists from the existing addresses you have.

NEW

Create a new mailing list.

You will be prompted for a name, then allowed to select the members of that list.

ADD

Add a new or existing member to your mailing list.

DELETE

Nuke one of the members of this mailing list.

    He must be highlighted before pressing DELETE


Understanding Mailing Lists

Frequently, you will have several people that you write on a weekly or daily basis.

You may announce a new product, remind them of an upcoming event, or be in charge of a "mailing list" for your club, business or organization.

In either case, writing them the SAME message over and over becomes a hassle.  And quite time consuming.  AutoWinNet allows broadcasting messages quickly and easily - with a very attractive interface:

INTERNET IN A BOX (tm) offers a one-line, comma-separated list, but you can only fit ten people in it.

EUDORA offers a comma-separated list, but it looks like this:

WESTSAT!SAT1!OSGBAM@westtx.attmail.com,mjordan@thetics.europa.com,rob.perelman@cnb.com, Leogates@cris.com,macdade@computek.net,fred@quess.com,john.silber@stalag13.com,smhenry@vt.edu,bklim@vms4.sci.csupomona.edu,kad@awod.com,bkmurph@mcs.net,richard.hatch@sdsu.edu,terry@edge.net, aawadde@pb1.PacBell.COM,griffin@worf.infonet.net,sparment@mail.public.lib.ga.us,jskewes@metronet.com

Pretty ugly, huh?

Where are their real names?  And who the hell is silber@stalag13.com???

AutoWinNet offers a much much more appealing substitute:

MEMBER NAME	MAILING ADDRESS

Fred Smith	fred@quessa.com

John Jones	dipwad@unicomp.net

SELECT

Highlight the member you want to select, then press this button.

NEW

Add a NEW member to the above list.  Another dialog will appear (see below)

EDIT

Edit the currently highlighted member

DELETE

Delete the currently highlighted member


A quick Mail tutorial

Let's assume our member list is:

physics@computek.net

tmartin@iadfw.net

PRESIDENT@WHITEHOUSE.GOV

ceo@iadfw.net

wmartin@iadfw.net

BEGIN BY MAILING wmartin@iadfw.net

Let's start by mailing Mr. Martin a letter.

Since he's already in the MEMBERS section, you'll notice his address appears in the MEMBERS section at the bottom of our dialog.

Now double-click on his name down in MEMBERS to add him to the TO:  listbox.

You see his name appear up there?

Now type "HOWDY WILLIAM!"  in the SUBJECT: section.

So we're all set.  We have a recipient for our message, a subject, and now we just need to type in a message.

Click on EDIT,  and NOTEPAD appears.

Cursor down a couple of lines below the SUBJECT: portion of your message, then type  "Hi there John.   Just testing out the New AutoWinNet"

And choose FILE, then SAVE from the menu.

Now close down NOTEPAD by choosing FILE then EXIT.

Ok.  We have our message, and we're ready to send it.  So click POST and this message will be added to your current agenda.

ADDING A MAILING LIST

Included with your AutoWinNet package are several sample mailing list

If you pull this up into NOTEPAD, you'll notice that it also consists of several E-MAIL addresses, each on a line.  You can edit this file with NOTEPAD or choose EDIT MAILING LISTS from the mail dialog.

Find the list:  SAMPLE in the mailing list box near the bottom of our mail dialog.  Now double-click on it, and you'll notice it dissappears, and a whole bunch of addresses appear up top in the TO:  listbox.

Since you have a few addresses up there, let's go ahead and write them all a letter.

Type "test message" in the SUBJECT portion, then click on EDIT MSG like you did before.  NOTEPAD will come up, with a SUBJECT: portion already filled out for you.  Now simply cursor down a couple of lines below the subject, and type in a sample message.

When done, choose FILE then SAVE from NOTEPAD's menu and exit out.

When back to our mail dialog, click POST  and this message will be added to your current agenda.


Don't abuse mail

Please don't abuse E-MAIL by sending tons of useless messages.  And definately do not send multiple messages to the same person.

Be fowarned, anyone who decides to include my E-MAIL address 100 times in their mailing list will receive ten-fold that amount in theirs   :-)


Faxing

AVAILABLE IN AutoWinNet Professional

To fax, you must send a message via E-MAIL

You can send files to any FAX machine by using the following format in your TO: section of the message:

  remote.printer.FIRSTLINE/SECONDLINE@[phone number, backward].tpc.int

The first and second line are the header that will appear on the fax, and the phone number backward looks like:	2.9.2.6.1.4.6.4.1.2.1  (that's a BBS number 1-214-641-6292)

So to fax that bbs:

remote.printer.DAVESMITH/HI_THERE_DAVE@2.9.2.6.1.4.6.4.1.2.1.tpc.int

That huge address would go in the TO: section of your message and you can put anything you want in the SUBJECT section.


USENET News

AVAILABLE IN AutoWinNet Professional

As you can see from the dialog, 10,000 USENET newsgroups are included with AutoWinNet.

Popular USENET groups

From the combo box, you can choose the type of group you want.

For example:

alt	-	alternative issues

comp	-	computer-related

rec	-	recreation and sports

dfw	-	Dallas/Fort Worth issues

Subgroups

After you choose a major group, the subgroups appear in this listbox.  Highlight one to select it.

USENET group

As you highlight one of the subgroups, it will appear in this text box.

SUBJECT

What's the subject of your new USENET post?

POST

POST IT!

The currently edited message will be sent out when your agenda is run.

EDIT

Start NOTEPAD and edit your new usenet message.

TYPICAL USENET MESSAGES:

Group: alt.comp.virus

Subject: I got a virus

I recently came down with the GOLDBUG virus, and was wondering how to get rid of it?

Group: alt.games.descent

Subject: Cheat codes?

Does anyone know the cheat codes for the great game DESCENT?


Posting USENET via E-Mail

AVAILABLE IN AutoWinNet Professional

In addition to the AutoWinNet method of posting to USENET, you can also do so by sending mail in the following format:

groupname@cs.utexas.edu	use dashes instead of dots in groupname: alt-binaries-pictures

or

groupname@pwd.bull.com

So if I wanted to post a great message to the group: alt.bbs.ads, I would type:

alt.bbs.ads@pwd.bull.com

in the TO: text box, and fill out the subject, etc... and type a message into the main text.  This in turn would be mailed out immediately, and posted to alt.bbs.ads.

I strongly recommend posting all test messages to ALT.TEST, so in case you screw up the message, 14,000 people don't respond and mail-bomb your site.


World Wide Web

AVAILABLE IN AutoWinNet Professional

The "web" and "web-surfing" has become one of the most well-known activities of all time.  And AutoWinNet allows you to retrieve WEB pages as text, and save them into files.

   No graphics are saved... only text.

To select a World Wide Web site, simply highlight one of the 250 included sites, then fill in what filename to save to.

When done, press OK

If you have another cool web site that's not listed, simply type it into the SITE ADDRESS box, choose a filename in the SAVE TO FILE box, and press OK.

QUICK TIP:  When specifying a filename, do NOT put in an extension.  AutoWinNet will automatically make the extension .HTM   If you specify a weird extension, such as .WWW or whatever, then you will not be able to browse the web pages you downloaded using AutoWinNets internal web browser.

  All web files are saved into the WWW directory, unless otherwise specified.


Options

User Name                Login Site (host)

    |                                                   |

     ---->     physics@computek.net   <-------

Username

Your login name (mine is physics)

Login Site

The name of your provider, sometimes called host.  If in doubt, contact your provider.

Keep file links as directories

Some FTP sites use nicknames for directories to make them easier to read (for example /PUB instead of .7/INCOMING).  These new names are not actually directories, but are links to directories.  So when you change into them, you actually change into another directory.

Display Splash at startup

Show the beautiful and wonderful splash screen we created?   ;-)

Notify before starting a delayed run

When you have an agenda scheduled for a later time, AutoWinNet will warn you that he is about to begin a delayed, scheduled run.  This is important if you are on the modem, and need to get off quickly before an agenda begins.

Retry failed connections

If a FTP site is busy, AutoWinNet will retry logging on until it gets through.  This is great for places like wuarchive.wustl.edu, which are always difficult to log on.

Pause between retries

The number of times AutoWinNet should retry a FTP site before giving up, and moving on to the next agenda item.

Timeout

How many seconds should pass without activity before AutoWinNet moves on to the next agenda item.

  This must be between 5 and 55 seconds, otherwise, youll get an error message.

Download directory

When downloading a file from a FTP site, where should AutoWinNet put it?

If the file already exists, it will be renamed with a ??0 extension, then ??1, etc.  So if AUTONT32.ZIP already existed, it would be downloaded as AUTONT32.ZI0

Mail site

Where to post mail messages at...   If in doubt, contact your provider.

News Site

Where to post news messages at.

Please post messages at your own provider's site.  Otherwise, you probably won't be able to post at all.  Again, if in doubt, contact your provider.

Verbose output to system log

DON'T TURN THIS ON unless I tell you!  This produces mostly debugging information that I may need if you have problems, and it spits out a LOT OF INFORMATION!

You'll quickly tire of all the junk scrolling by.

Backup files at startup

Back up important files before starting?


Utilities

AutoWinNet comes with a variety of useful utilities.

File Manager

The file manager is a convenient way to organize, view, and maintain your database of Internet files.

He allows sorting file lists by date/time, size, name, directory, and FTP site, plus querying for new files since a specific date, and much more.

QUERY	New files for the past ____ days, and don't include zero byte files, etc...

SORT	You can sort on date/time, size, name, directory or FTP site

Import Unix Directory Listings

Frequently, you may want to import a LARGE file listing into AutoWinNet containing many directories and files.

A sample listing would look like:

./docs/misc:

total 834

drwxrwxr-x    2 jschuur       512 Mar  7 18:57 .

drwxrwxr-x    6 jschuur       512 Feb 15 15:26 ..

-rw-rw-r--    1 jschuur      7995 Feb 28 13:50 dm2tourn.txt

-rw-rw-r--    1 jschuur       285 Jul 15  1994 dmhowto.txt

-rw-rw-r--    1 jschuur      3837 Jul 15  1994 dmhowto.zip

-rw-rw-r--    1 jschuur      2482 May 26  1994 dminfo2.txt

-rw-rw-r--    1 jschuur      9490 Jul 18  1994 doom11.story

-rw-rw-r--    1 jschuur     12895 Jul 18  1994 doom12.story

-rw-rw-r--    1 jschuur      9924 Jul 18  1994 doom13.story

-rw-rw-r--    1 jschuur       322 Feb  6 13:19 doom2how.txt

-rw-rw-r--    1 jschuur      4138 Feb  6 13:19 doom2how.zip

-rw-rw-r--    1 jschuur     11459 Dec  4 09:55 doomhelp.txt

-rw-rw-r--    1 jschuur    283401 Dec  4 09:56 doomhelp.zip

-rw-rw-r--    1 jschuur      4118 Jul 18  1994 doompro.story

-rw-rw-r--    1 jschuur        80 May 12  1994 doomread.txt

On a UNIX machine, you would type:  LS -LAR and would then receive a LONG listing of the directory you are currently in, plus all its subdirectories.  While most people won't utilize this, it's good for system administrators, FTP site maintainers or Internet providers, and allows a powerful, fast method of importing large file lists.

Your BASE DIRECTORY is the directory you were in when doing the LS -LAR

Cleanup File Database

File database getting too large and bulky?  Haven't gone to wuarchive.wustl.edu in a LONG time?  Then its probably a great idea to clean up your file database.  Select this item from the utilities menu, then choose the directories you want nuked, then click SELECT.  This allows a quick and effecient method of doing file database housecleaning.

View World Wide Web Pages

All the downloaded web pages are stored in your \WWW directory (off the main autowinnet directory).  To view one, double click on it, and your default web browser will be spawned, and you can interactively view those pages offline.

Edit Mailing Lists

This is EXACTLY the same as "Mailing lists" section above.

Special Services

AutoWinNet can subscribe you to interesting mailing lists, get GREAT SEX updates, plus a whole lot more.  Click on one of these related topics to get an idea of what's possible:

Related Topics:

Daily Stock Quotes

White House information

Music updates

Yanoff's List

Bert's BIG FUN on the Internet

Letterman's Top 10 List

Lookup area code information

Get updated sports information

Get magnus newsletter

Obtain GREAT SEX newsletter

NASA space newsletter


Daily Stock Quotes

WARNING: You will get daily messages if you subscribe!  Receive daily stock quotes to your mailbox from Martin Wong  (messages are quite large!)


White House information

WARNING: You will get daily messages if you subscribe!  Receive White House updates, get facts on what the President is up to, plus staff changes and congress legislation.


Music updates

WARNING: You will get daily messages if you subscribe!  Receive various music news - what's hot, what's not...


Yanoff's List

A huge list of GREAT places to visit on the Internet.  This is known throughout the world as being the absolute best source of hot spots.

Here's an example snippet:

-Economics Gophers    gopher gopher.lib.umich.edu

    Choose: Social Sciences Resources | Economics

                        gopher niord.shsu.edu (Choose: Economics)

                        gopher wuecon.wustl.edu 671

                        gopher ecix.doc.gov            [US Commerce Department]

  -Enterprise Develop.  http://www.fed.org/fed/

    offers: Equity compensation, employee involvement, business strategies.

  -Entrepreneurs WWW    http://sashimi.wwa.com/~notime/eotw/EOTW.html

    offers: A place where entrepreneurs can find useful business information.

  -FINWeb               http://riskweb.bus.utexas.edu/finweb.html

    offers: Financial economics WWW servers.

  -Internet Biz Center  http://www.tig.com/IBC/index.html

    offers:  WWW for information specifically related to biz use of the 'net.

  -IRS                  http://www.ustreas.gov/treasury/bureaus/irs/irs.html

    offers: Tax FAQs, forms and instructions, where to file.

  -Mutual Funds         http://www.ai.mit.edu/stocks/mf.html           [Charts]

                        http://networth.galt.com/www/home/nav/netnav.htm

    offers: Free Mutual Fund quotations direct from NASDAQ

http://networth.galt.com/www/home/mutual/mutualmn.htm

    offers: The Mutual Fund Market Manager

  -Patent Searching     http://sunsite.unc.edu/patents/intropat.html

  -Personal Finance     http://nearnet.gnn.com/gnn/meta/finance/

  -Small Business Admin gopher www.sbaonline.sba.gov

    offers: Small Business Administration programs, services, and lists.


Bert's BIG FUN on the Internet

Very similar to Yanoff's List, except more oriented toward entertainment.

Here's an excerpt:

 Big Fun in the Internet with Uncle Bert

                  =======================================

      Yer luvin' Uncle Bert stumbles through the gateway, scurries across

     the 'Internet land, eyes agog, then has Big Fun in the nether regions.

    [These are all ftp, telnet and email sites all over the world that have

    all kinds of neat resources available.  At the end of this file are the

                     info, about, and usage notes.]

                                General Fun

                                ===========

=== freenet            (free internet account, email, USA Today Headline News)

35.208.17.4    m-net.ann-arbor.mi.us  login: newuser (The Once & Future M-Net)

18.72.1.146 techinfo.mit.edu   (Information service including lyrics database)

128.6.60.6  quartz.rutgers.edu     login: bbs                    (discussions)

152.2.22.81 sunsite.unc.edu   pub/docs/about-the-net/cwis/cwis-l    (Freenets)

=== Coke Machines & fortune cookies

128.105.2.6    coke@cs.wisc.edu finger

128.2.209.43   bargraph coke & mnm@coke.elab.cs.cmu.edu finger

128.2.222.173  coke@cs.cmu.edu finger

128.193.124.2  almanac@oes.orst.edu message: send quote (or moral-support)

129.21.60.132  graph@drink.csh.rit.edu info@drink.csh.rit.edu finger

=== IRC                           (Internet Relay Chat ð CB radio, IRC access)

128.2.54.2     bradenville.andrew.cmu.edu

143.248.1.53   ara.kaist.ac.kr     login: irc


Letterman's Top 10 List

The latest TOP 10 LIST on file (usually updated daily):

 > From the home office in Sioux City, Iowa ...

TOP TEN SIGNS YOU HAVE GAMBLING FEVER

10. At this year's Super bowl you lost $10,000 on the Buffalo Bills

 9. Whenever you meet someone, you put a coin in his mouth and start

    yanking on his arm

 8. You're wearin' green felt underpants

7. When you order at Wendy's you say, "I'd like to double down on

    some of them biggie fries"

 6. You just can't tear yourself away from the slots [videotape of

    Mujibur and Sirajul playing slot machines]

 5. You've got fifty bucks that says Judge Ito will wear a pink

    robe tomorrow

 4. When they pass around the collection plate at church, you ask,

    "What kind of odds am I getting?"

 3. After sex, you tell your wife, "Okay, double or nothing"

 2. You're putting it all on Letterman for best supporting actor

 1. You owe Pete Rose money


Lookup area code information

This references a geographical area based upon your entered area code,

or it can do a reverse lookup when you specify a city name, or Country.

 Subject: Results of AREA 817

If you don't see any results, then no matches were found.

+7-817    CIS     -  Vologda, Russia *

+1-817 Fort Worth, Temple and Waco, (North Central) Texas

+42-817    Czechoslovakia     -  Nove Zamky

+86-817    China (People's Republic)   -  Nanchong

___________________________________________________________________________

InfoBot: automated response (do not quote this line when replying!)

   For Help:  email the InfoBot  <infobot@infomania.com>  Subject: HELP

   Comments:  email Jason Fesler <jfesler@infomania.com>

   (Note that I do NOT run the various services, only the email interface.

    I can not answer questions about the actual individual services.

    I also do NOT respond to mail that should have gone to the infobot.)

This mail server speaks only for itself, and not its employers.


Get updated sports information

A ton of interesting information, mainly on sports and daily

topics.

For example:

 Here is a list of upcoming games  (note: all times are EST)

NBA schedule for today...

          New Jersey   at Cleveland    ( 7:30 pm)

          Sacramento   at Washington   ( 7:30 pm)

          Golden State at Houston      ( 8:30 pm)

          LA Lakers    at LA Clippers  (10:30 pm)

On the WEB 'the' source for sports info is . . .

http://www.netgen.com/sis/sports.html


Get magnus newsletter

The intent of this newsletter is to provide information about the Magnus

Computing BBS and Magnus Computing products.  But the TRIVIA and

miscellaneous fun reading make it very worthwhile!

       TRIVIA TIME

                     By Cyndi Williams

                        cyndiw@magnus1.com

          This column is for all of you trivia buffs out there, who just

can't resist challenging your memories. We will challenge you with  a variety

of trivia questions weekly. Send your answers to Cyndi by 12noon on Friday.

ENJOY!

                         Movies / TV

  1. What was the name of "The world's biggest record company" headed by

     B.D. Brockhurst in the 1978 movie "Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band" ?

  2. What was the name of Gomer Pyle's favorite hangout outside Camp

     Henderson in the series "Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. ?

  3. What was the name of the small newspaper founded by John Boy Walton

     in the series "The Waltons" ?

  4. In the 1965 movie " How to Murder Your Wife", Stanley Ford drew what

     comic strip, which was syndicated in 463 newspapers,?

  5. What was the name of Laverne and Shirley's stuffed toy cat, often

     found sitting on their sofa ?

                         Music

  1.  What street is mentioned in the following songs : Kansas City

      (Wilbert Harrison), "Love Potion No 9" (Clovers) and "Dead Man's

      Curve" (Dan & Jean) ?

  2. What is the oldest member of "The Fab Four" born Richard Starkey

     on July 7th , 1940 better known as ?

  3. What two "rock" musicans where schoolmates at Bromley Technical

     school in Kent England , where they had rival bands , one with

     George and the Dragons and the other with Little Ravens ?

  4. What was the first rock group to play at NY' Carnegie Hall (1971) ?

  5. What four words does Carly Simon whisper at the beginning of her

     1972 hit "Your So Vain" ?

                  Brain Teaser

             -------------------

     I have in my hand a solid object called a 'squiffle'

     which reminds me of the Hydra-the nine headed monster

     that Hercules came up against. This squiffle has four

     things on it-let us call them 'driggles'. If I cut

     off these four driggles with my knife, I discover that

     my squiffle now has twelve driggles. In fact, it is no

     longer a squiffle, but the four driggles which I have

     cut off have transformed themselves into squiffles! And

     since each of these has four driggles, I now have a

     total of 28 driggles.


Obtain GREAT SEX newsletter

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Do NOT complain about this feature!

You'd be amazed at how many people compliment this addition

to Automated Internet for DOS.

Here's an example:

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I MUST GET ONE THING STRAIT WE ARE NOT ADVERTISING OR LOOKING FOR

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Brandy.com is up.... sorta. The mail is working you can send mail to any

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We have been collecting pictures for over 4 months now and have a great

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ftp        gallery.brandys.com

login:     anonymous

password:  your E-mail address

The Gallery at Brandys is free like every thing else But also like every

thing else is usualy swamped.

For those who dont want to wade thru all the thousands of guys trying to

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For technical questions about what we are doing send your questions to

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I (trisha) am sending out a weekly update on mondays (or thereabouts).

If you would like to get them send me (trisha@ramp.com) a note with the

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carefull cuz the monday updates sometimes include some pretty wild

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(ONLY SEND ONE AND YOU WILL BE ON THE LIST TILL YOU ASK TO BE REMOVED)


NASA space newsletter

Fabulous for your techno-junkies!

Example:

MIT Center for Space Research

______________________________________________________________________

This NasaNews service is brought to you by the Microwave Subnode of

NASA's Planetary Data System.  AOL users can receive this bulletin

as:     keyword "Gopher" > Aerospace and Astronomy > Nasa News.

We also maintain an email listserver for planetary microwave inform-

ation at "pds-listserver@space.mit.edu", an anonymous ftp server at

"delcano.mit.edu", and a WWW home page at "http://delcano.mit.edu/".

If you have any suggestions for how we might improve our services,

please mail them to "pds-requests@space.mit.edu".

NASA press releases and other information are available automatically

by sending an Internet electronic mail message to "domo@hq.nasa.gov".

In the body of the message (not the subject line) users should type

the words "subscribe press-release" (no quotes). The system will

reply with a confirmation via E-mail of each subscription. A second

automatic message will include additional information on the service.

Questions should be directed to (202) 358-4043.

NASA bulletins are also frequently posted to the "sci.space.news"

Usenet newsgroup, and are also available via anonymous ftp from the

"NASA.News" directory of "spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov", or via World Wide

Web from "http://spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov/". NASA also broadcasts

NASA TV on Spacenet 2, transponder 5, channel 9, 69 degrees West.

The transponder frequency is 3880 MHz, audio subcarrier is 6.8 MHz,

and the polarization is horizontal.

______________________________________________________________________

                            C O N T E N T S

 1  Wed Feb 22 18:18  KSC  Status Report

 2  Wed Feb 22 21:24  KSC  GOES-J Arrives at KSC

 3  Wed Feb 22 21:49  JSC  Students to Use Robotic Rover

 NOTE: THIS NASANEWS SERVICE IS TAKING A VACATION -- BACK MARCH 3

________________________________________________________________________

Date: Feb 22 18:18 UTC

Subject: KSC Status Report

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1995 (10:12 AM EST)

MISSION: STS-67 -- ASTRO - 2

VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105

LOCATION: Pad 39A

LAUNCH DATE and TIME: March 2 at 1:37 a.m.

LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes

KSC LANDING DATE and TIME: March 17 at 3:09 p.m.

MISSION DURATION: 15 days, 13 hours, 32 minutes

CREW SIZE: 7

ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 218 statute miles/28.45 degrees

NOTE: Yesterday, workers removed from Endeavour a failed mass memory unit

and replaced it with one from Discovery. The replacement unit will be

tested later today. No impact to the schedule is expected.

IN WORK TODAY:

  * Pressurize hypergolic reactant tanks

  * Close outs of aft engine compartment

  * Test replacement mass memory unit no. 1

WORK COMPLETED:

  * Ordnance installation

  * Load hypergolic fuels


Check these out...

My favorite are:

wuarchive.wustl.edu	- One of the absolute best.  Good luck in getting on however, since its so popular.  This site has several "mirrors", which means that all the good files you'll find here are carried elsewhere, too

ftp.funet.fi	- My personal favorite.  Plenty of things to see and directories to wander around inside!  Lots of games:

        cd /pub/msdos/games/arcade

        cd /pub/msdos/games/misc

        cd /pub/msdos/games/solutions

        cd /pub/msdos/games/id

        cd /pub/msdos/games/apogee

        cd /pub/msdos/games/epic

        cd /pub/msdos/games/New

complex.is	- has the newest AntiVirus scanner, F-PROT

        cd /pub

ftp.uwp.edu  	- has great games and fun stuff.. but  hard to get on

ftp.eff.org	- Good antivirus programs.  Carries the virus-l digest also.

ftp.uni-stuttgart.de	- Great games and various msdos programs.

oak.oakland.edu  	- Very large site, plenty of new files to choose from.  You can spend a good hour here just writing down good directories!

        cd /SimTel/msdos

        get SIMLIST.ZIP

NCTUCCCA.edu.tw	- Mirrors a TON of other popular sites, including wuarchive.wustl.edu and garbo.

        cd /PC/wuarchive/games

        cd /PC/wuarchive/cheats

        cd /PC/wuarchive/utils

        cd /PC/wuarchive/win_multimedia

        cd /PC/wuarchive/windows

        cd /PC/wuarchive/graphics

        cd /PC/wuarchive/comm

        cd /PC/wuarchive/sounds

        cd /PC/wuarchive/shareware

        cd /PC/wuarchive/gif

ftp.marcam.com	- Lots of great Windows files

        cd /win3

        get last100uploads

ftp.uml.edu	- Good games.  Known as one of the best sites for games, other than wuarchive.wustl.edu

        cd /msdos/Games

        get games.idx    (GAMES LISTING)


WWW Distribution Sites

The official Automated Internet World Wide Web Sites are up!

You can download the latest copy of AutoWinNet, or Automated Internet for DOS and get the latest scoop on enhancements, new products, and other goodies.

http://www.computek.net/autownet


Internet FTP sites

The following sites usually carry AutoWinNet.

Version numbers are posted with AUTOWN##.ZIP

So for example, version 2.3 would be:	AUTOWN23.ZIP

And version 4.1 would be:	AUTOWN41.ZIP

oak.oakland.edu	/SimTel/win3/winsock

ftp.iadfw.net	/pub/systems/pc/windows

ftp.imagi.net	/archives/autonet

wuarchive.wustl.edu	/pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS/winsock

wuarchive.wustl.edu	/pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS/autownet

ftp.demon.co.uk 	/simtel20/win3/winsock

ftp.technion.ac.il 	/pub/unsupported/simtel/win3/winsock

micros.hensa.ac.uk 	/mirrors/simtel/win3/winsock

ftp.iij.ad.jp 	/pub/win3/winsock

ftp.sunet.se 	/pub/pc/mirror/SimTel/win3/winsock

ftp.switch/ch 	/mirror/simtel/win3/winsock

ftp.uni-marburg.de 	/mirror1/simtel/winsock

ftp.unicamp.br 	/pub/simtel20/win3/winsock

ntuix.ntu.ac.sg 	/.2/win3/winsock

pereiii.uji.es 	/pub/mirror/win3/winsock

plaza.aarnet.edu.au 	/micros/pc/oak/winsock

bunsen.hrz.uni-marburg.de	/mirror1/simtel/winsock

info.nic.surfnet.nl 	/mirror-archive/software/simtel-win3/winsock

terra.stack.urc.tue.nl 	/pub/simtel/winsock

wrzx02.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de 	/pub/pc/simtel/winsock

sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de 	/pub/simtel/winsock

If you want to be added to the official distribution FTP list, contact physics@computek.net  And if you cannot find AutoWinNet from any of the above spots, write me a letter and I'll mail one to ya!


FIDOnet Freq

These people have been gracious enough to allow my program on their systems:

BLUES CAFE BBS - the HOME of AutoWinNet

Always a free download here!

Ten lines, no busy signal - and catch the AutoWinNet message conference

1:124/5134	(214) 638-1187

1:124/8014	(214) 638-1186

(214) 638-1181

(214) 638-1182

(214) 638-1183

(214) 638-1184

(214) 638-1185

(214) 638-1186

(214) 638-1187

(214) 638-1188

COM-DAT BBS

1:105/330	(503)681-8324

1:105/317	(503)640-0278

1:105/314	(503)681-0543


Support Bulletin Boards

This is a list of BBS's that agreed to carry my software.  I do not operate them, and have no affiliation to their operations.  Any support questions need to be directed at Jim Husband or myself.   If you ask any of these sysops a technical question about my sofware, they will say "I dunno", and re-direct you to me.

Or call the OFFICIAL AUTOWINNET SUPPORT LINE:

1-500-776-SMITH

CALIFORNIA

File Bank	(619) 728-7307

(You can telnet to the filebank:     telnet bbs.tfb.com)

TEXAS

BLUES CAFE BBS	(214) 638-1181

Home of AutoWinNet	(214) 638-1182

(214) 638-1183

(214) 638-1184

(214) 638-1185

(214) 638-1186

(214) 638-1187

(214) 638-1188

Hogard Software Solutions	(214) 641-6292

(214) 641-4646

TechLine	(214) 317-4345

User to User	(214) 393-9317

User to User II	(214) 393-9318

OREGON

Com-Dat I	(503)681-8324

Com-Dat II 	(503)640-0278

Com-Dat III 	(503)681-0543


U.S. Mail

David Smith

1104 Mason Drive

Hurst, TX 76053

Or call the OFFICIAL AUTOWINNET SUPPORT LINE:

1-500-776-SMITH


Electronic Mail

David Smith

Internet:	physics@computek.net

Compuserve:	INTERNET:physics@computek.net

All E-Mail will be responded to very quickly, since I frequently check it, and try to be prompt in my replies.  If my E-Mail has problems getting to me, please try again later.  Be sure to include your HOME telephone number in case your E-Mail does not reach you.

Or call the OFFICIAL AUTOWINNET SUPPORT LINE:

1-500-776-SMITH


Authorized U.S. Distributors

These people are authorized to answer any questions and take orders for AutoWinNet.  Please remember, however, that they did not write the program, and therefore cannot answer any technical questions.

Mark Elson - The BLUES CAFE BBS	214-638-1189   (voice)


Professional Features

With your payment, you receive a licensed, fully functional copy of AutoWinNet Professional, along with the IRC program and a printed manual.


Order form

To print this order form, select  PRINT  then  TOPIC  from the menu above.

Please allow one week to process all orders.  Absolutely no *RUSH* orders unless you have previously contacted me via E-Mail, and made prior arrangements.  If you need your copy immediately, I can post it for you to download from an Internet site.

David Smith and Jim Husband cannot be responsible for lost mail or orders that do not arrive.  If you think your order has gotten lost, please contact David Smith at physics@computek.net and I will usually respond to your E-Mail message within 10 hours.

When writing E-Mail, please include your HOME telephone number and/or FAX number.  Frequently, I will try to respond to someone, only to find their E-Mail bounces back and does not reach them.

Send this order form along with a check/money order to:	David Smith 1104 Mason Drive Hurst, TX 76053

Name:	__________________________________________________________________

Address:  ________________________________________________________________

Address Line 2: ____________________________________________________________

City: __________________________________     State:  __________________________

Zip code:   _____________________________     Country:  _________________________

Evening phone (home): ______________________________________________________

FAX Number: _______________________________________________________________

Your E-MAIL address:  _______________________________________________________

Product you are ordering:

AutoWinNet Corporate Designed for large business and corporations.  Pricing will depend on number of site licenses		Variable - contact physics@computek.net for site license prices
AutoWinNet Professional Free upgrades for TWO years, and full technical support		$69.95
AutoWinNet Full Version One upgrade only, and full technical support		$49.95
Upgrade Renewal  Free upgrades for TWO years.  Order this if you own AutoWinNet Full and would like to get our  upgrades every two months.		$19.95
Automated Internet for DOS     (shell account use only)		$40.00
SUB TOTAL:		________________________
Shipping inside the United States		add    $10.00
Shipping outside of the U.S.  (Canada and foreign)		add  $14.00
TOTAL:		________________________

Serial number from this version of   AutoWinNet Lite  (located on title of First Screen)

Serial number:  ______________________________________________________________________

Suggestions for future versions:


Check or Money Order

The following rules apply to all checks and money orders:  Absolutely NO RUSH ORDERS unless arranged in advanced.  And again, please allow one week for delivery.  If you have an urgent need for your copy, I will arrange you to download it from an Internet site.

•	They must be drawn on an American bank

•	Absolutely NO cash or foreign money orders accepted.

If you live outside the United States, see the Foreign Orders section below.

Make a check or money order to:   DAVID SMITH

and fill out the ORDER.FRM

Then mail both items to:

David Smith

1104 Mason Drive

Hurst, TX 76053

All orders will be shipped within one week of their arrival.

To check on your order, call the OFFICIAL AUTOWINNET SUPPORT LINE:

1-500-776-SMITH


MasterCard / Visa / American Express / Discover

Credit cards are always gladly accepted!

Credit Card Ordering:

To order by MasterCard, Visa, American Express, or Discover, call the Public (software) Library at 1-800-2424-PsL or 713-524-6394 or send your order by FAX to 1-713-524-6398 or by CompuServe Email to 71355,470 or Internet mail to 71355.470@compuserve.com.

You can also mail credit card orders to PsL at

Public Software Library

P.O. Box 35705

Houston, TX 77235-5705

or ORDER ONLINE with your modem:

To check on your order, or make any comments/suggestions, call the

OFFICIAL AUTOWINNET SUPPORT LINE:

1-500-776-SMITH

Send your credit card order via E-Mail:

If you want to send your credit card number to me directly, please use the PGP encryption software, available from many Internet sites.  My public key is below, and there is literally zero risk of anyone unencrypting the message other than me  (PGP is 99.9999% secure)

-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

Version: 2.7.1

mQENAy/X3J8AAAEIANDC25Xo+BtHs9JCKnkT0eDtVe7sYhxbTMdIbauTEEyT9PBi

PCtjEst+9Q7srtAxzajAFQTz/j4IC9m5CmHx14qwzAN/2IkWqU3cWwP2Sk2esR9u

4TeH4EVDZosxxmr22LkMLPM1P9ghMXbYZ2C30mJ1YWrTWDK4W7YwWUIGQTVqeUkr

P2laeR1pQJJk2Y9fBGUrCghgvYr2If1wzI28Qdl8/zG+4AoiIbXcxq6UUyuU3xuN

aSkgEeio8G+kCOCgvsAJ3qW9HhF/iFUzpPY4bcYy5T4geV2uTB1HFiNcQUL0Eall

LENxrr7SSJ+hz5jEpckzlaAsxl4W3V9s7YRFSPMABRG0C0RhdmlkIFNtaXRo

=/ZXP

-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

Place your credit card order online with our BBS:

THE BLUES CAFE BBS	(214) 638-1181

David Smith and Jim Husband cannot be reached at the numbers above.

These numbers are for PsL, a credit card order taking service only.  Please be sure to include your credit card number and expiration date on all credit card orders.

Any questions about the status of the shipment of an order, refunds, registration options, product details, technical support, volume discounts, dealer pricing, site licenses, etc., must be directed to David Smith at:

David Smith

1104 Mason Drive

Hurst, TX 76053

E-Mail:  physics@computek.net


Foreign orders

All foreign orders must be paid through Credit Cards or by a Postal Money Order.  Please contact your local Post Office concerning a postal money order, or see the Credit Card section above.


D2HGlossary|Glossary of Terms

PEAK times

serial number

FIDOnet

SHELL

wife/girlfriend

wuarchive.wustl.edu

ftp.cdrom.com

Jim Husband


PEAK times

Times of the day when EVERYBODY and their grandmother log into the Internet


serial number

Located on the beginning screen.


FIDOnet

An E-mail system over the phone line where System Operators can share information


SHELL

A UNIX shell system that requires you type all your UNIX commands by hand.


wife/girlfriend

Hopefully, you don't have both  :-)


wuarchive.wustl.edu

A great FTP site for MSDOS files


ftp.cdrom.com

A very popular site for games and miscellaneous MS-DOS files


Jim Husband

The Judge Dredd of the Internet coding - the AWESOME programming connoisseur - and the final word on C, C++, Delphi, and Mainframe programming.