Internet for MACs for Dummies Quick Reference - Dan Parks Sydow - Paperback - 3RD/SPIRAL Book

Introduction

How to Use This Book
Who This Book is For
Finding Things in This Book
Conventions Used in This Book
The Cast of Icons

What Is the Internet?
What Can I Do with the Internet?
What Services Does the Internet Provide?
Why the Excitement about the World Wide Web?

Hooking Up

Computer requirements
Modem
Telephone line
Service provider
Software

Selecting an Internet Access Provider

Commercial online services
Internet service providers

Local Providers versus Commercial Services

Cost
Internet access software
Web access

Some Commercial Online Service Providers

America Online
CompuServe
Prodigy

Some Local Internet Access Service Providers

CRL
IDT
Pipeline NY
PSINet

Connecting to the Internet
TCP/IP and PPP: Internet Standards

TCP/IP
PPP

MacPPP and FreePPP: The Software Connection

Connecting to the Internet via FreePPP
Setting up FreePPP

General Internet Addresses
Internet Addresses for Commercial Online Service Users
America Online

Finding an address
Sending mail
Reading new mail
Replying to new mail
Forwarding mail to someone else
Saving read mail
Reading saved mail

CompuServe

Finding an address
Sending mail
Reading new mail offline
Reading new mail online
Replying to new mail
Forwarding mail to someone else
Saving read mail
Reading saved mail

Eudora

Starting Eudora
Setting up Eudora e-mail
Sending mail
Reading new mail
Saving your e-mail account password
Automatically checking messages
Replying to new mail
Forwarding mail to someone else
Saving read mail
Reading saved mail

Microsoft Internet Mail and News

Setting up Internet Mail and News
Opening the Mail window
Sending mail
Reading new mail
Replying to new mail
Forwarding mail to someone else
Saving read mail
Reading saved mail

Netscape Navigator

Setting up Navigator mail
Opening the Mail window
Sending mail
Reading new mail
Saving your e-mail account password
Replying to new mail
Forwarding mail to someone else
Saving read mail
Reading saved mail

Prodigy

Finding an address
Sending mail to one recipient
Sending mail to multiple recipients
Reading new mail
Replying to new mail
Forwarding mail to someone else
Saving read mail

Proper E-Mail Etiquette

About Mailing Lists

Receiving mail from a list
Sending mail to a list
Subscribing to a list
Unsubscribing to a list

America Online

Finding a particular list
Subscribing to a list
Unsubscribing to a list

CompuServe

Finding a particular list
Subscribing to a list
Unsubscribing to a list

Eudora

Finding a particular list
Subscribing to a list
Unsubscribing to a list

Prodigy

Finding a particular list
Subscribing to a list
Unsubscribing to a list

About Newsgroup Names
America Online

Starting the AOL newsreader
Moving to a newsgroup
Reading a newsgroup article
Saving a newsgroup article
Subscribing to a newsgroup
Reading a subscribed newsgroup article
Replying to the author of an article
Posting a response to an article
Posting an article for a new topic
Ignoring the threads in a newsgroup
Parental control
Unsubscribing to a newsgroup
Exiting the AOL newsreader

CompuServe

Starting the MacCIM newsreader
Moving to a newsgroup
Reading a newsgroup article
Saving a newsgroup article
Subscribing to a newsgroup
Reading a subscribed newsgroup article
Replying to the author of an article
Posting a response to an article
Posting an article for a new topic
Ignoring the threads in a newsgroup
Unsubscribing to a newsgroup
Exiting the MacCIM newsreader

Microsoft Internet Mail and News

Setting up Internet Mail and News newsgroups
Opening the Newsgroups window
Moving to a newsgroup
Reading a newsgroup article
Saving a newsgroup article
Subscribing to a newsgroup
Reading a subscribed newsgroup article
Replying to the author of an article
Posting a response to an article
Posting an article for a new topic
Ignoring the threads in a newsgroup
Unsubscribing to a newsgroup

Netscape Navigator

Setting up Navigator newsgroups
Opening the Newsgroup window
Moving to a newsgroup
Reading a newsgroup article
Saving a newsgroup article
Subscribing to a newsgroup
Reading a subscribed newsgroup article
Replying to the author of an article
Posting a response to an article
Posting an article for a new topic
Ignoring the threads in a newsgroup
Unsubscribing to a newsgroup

NewsWatcher

Starting the NewsWatcher newsreader
Setting up NewsWatcher newsgroups
Moving to a newsgroup
Reading a newsgroup article
Saving a newsgroup article
Subscribing to a newsgroup
Replying to the author of an article
Posting a response to an article
Posting an article for a new topic
Ignoring the threads in a newsgroup
Unsubscribing to a newsgroup
Exiting the NewsWatcher newsreader

Prodigy

Starting the Prodigy newsreader
Moving to a newsgroup
Reading a newsgroup article
Saving a newsgroup article
Subscribing to a newsgroup
Replying to the author of an article
Posting a response to an article
Posting an article for a new topic
Ignoring the threads in a newsgroup
Unsubscribing to a newsgroup
Exiting the Prodigy newsreader

Proper Newsgroup Etiquette

About Connecting to an FTP Site
America Online

Connecting to an AOL-selected FTP site
Connecting to a known FTP site
Downloading a file
Disconnecting from an FTP site

CompuServe

Connecting to a CompuServe-selected FTP site
Connecting to a known FTP site
Downloading a file
Disconnecting from an FTP site

Fetch

Starting the Fetch application
Connecting to a Fetch-selected FTP site
Connecting to a known FTP site
Downloading a file
Disconnecting from an FTP site

Prodigy

Connecting to an FTP site
Downloading a file
Disconnecting from an FTP site

Uncompressing Downloaded Files

.cpt
.hqx
.sea
.sit

About Searching Resources

Archie
Gopher
Veronica
WAIS
Which search method should you use?

America Online

Starting Gopher
Searching with Gopher
Searching with Veronica

Anarchie

Preparing to start Anarchie
Starting Anarchie
Searching with Archie
Downloading a file

CompuServe
Prodigy
TurboGopher

Starting TurboGopher
Searching with Gopher
Searching with Veronica

Web Basics

Graphics and the Web
Uniform Resource Locators (URLs)
Navigating the Web

America Online

Starting the AOL Web browser
Following a hypertext link
Turning image-loading off
Turning image-loading on
Moving to a URL
Saving a URL in your Favorite Places
Moving to a Web page via your Favorite Places
Searching the Web
Exiting the AOL Web browser

CompuServe
Microsoft Internet Explorer

Starting the Internet Explorer Web browser
Changing the home page
Following a hypertext link
Turning image-loading off
Turning image-loading on
Moving to a URL
Saving a URL via the Favorites menu
Moving to a Web page via the Favorites menu
Changing a favorite page's name
Rearranging favorite pages in the Favorites menu
Removing a favorite page from the Favorites menu
Searching the Web

Netscape Navigator

Starting the Netscape Navigator Web browser
Changing the home page
Following a hypertext link
Turning image-loading off
Turning image-loading on
Moving to a URL
Saving a URL via the Bookmarks menu
Moving to a Web page via the Bookmarks menu
Changing a bookmark's name
Rearranging bookmarks in the Bookmarks menu
Removing a bookmark from the Bookmarks menu
Searching the Web

Prodigy

Setting Up a Web Site

HTML -- the language of the Web
Graphical Web page authoring tools
The PageMill solution
The PrimeHost solution

Getting Your Page Noticed

Yahoo! and WebLaunch
AAA Internet Promotions

Gopher Server Addresses

Archie Server Addresses
FTP Addresses

Web Pages

http://www.apple.com
http://galaxy.einet.net
http://www.commerce.net
http://rever.nmsu.edu/~elharo
http://www.yahoo.com
http://www.metrowerks.com
http://aol.members.com/dansydow
http://lcewww.et.tudelft.nl/people/vdham/info-mac
http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperArchive.html

Animal Interests
Comedy
Computer Users
Fan Clubs
Games
Religion
Sports

Glossary: Techie Talk

Index

Reader Response Card