Technology Corner

Accessing the Internet By E-Mail If you have only an e-mail connection to the Internet, you can still access the World Wide Web, and use other technologies such as FTP--by e-mail. This document, by Gerald Boyd, a retired IBM mainframe systems programmer by profession, and a part-time community college teacher, was most recently revised in early 2002. It offers much more than the title suggests. Be sure not to miss the last section, "A Few Net Goodies."

The document is also  available from several automated mail servers. To get the latest edition, send e-mail to one of the addresses below. 

For US, Canada & South America

To: [email protected]  Enter only this line in the BODY of the note: send usenet/news.answers/internet-services/access-via-email 

For Europe, Asia, etc.

To: [email protected]  Enter only this line in the BODY of the note: get lis-iis\e-access-inet.txt

For a Russian version of the document

Just send an e-mail without any message in it to this address: [email protected]

Introduction to Internet Listservs For beginners: What they are, how they work, and how to sign up to automated lists.

Web sites that facilitate collaboration among members of a group or association through the Internet are increasingly popular. One such site is My eGroups.  By paying an annual fee of US$12.95, a member of My EGroups can "share information, schedule events, post discussion items, take a group vote, or keep an updated contact list."  The service claims to be "extremely flexible and designed to allow any type of group to collaborate and organize on-line!" 

Specialized Search Engines Search engines which search in languages of the NIS, search specific topics (ie environment), and a Russian-English English-Russian translation program.

Russian Internet Search Engine Indexes only Russia and former Soviet related Internet resources. Search in English or one of four Russian fonts by word or phrase.

Int'l direct dial city/country telephone codes for the fSU and CEE Ever have a phone number for someone in the NIS, but didn't know what area or country codes to dial first?

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