| Still the best book on the Internet. The Whole Internet User s Guide & Catalog， 2nd Edition is a comprehensive introduction to the international network of computer systems called the Internet， a resource of almost unimaginable wealth.As a complete introduction to the Internet， this book covers the basic utilities you use to access the network: mail， telnet， ftp， and news readers. But it also does much more. The Guide pays close attention to several important information servers (Archie， Wais， Gopher) that are， essentially， databases of databases: they help you find what you want among the millions of files and thousands of archives available. There s also coverage of the World Wide Web. We ve also included our own database of databases: a resource index that covers a broad selection of several hundred important resources， ranging from the King James Bible to archives for USENET news.So if you use the Internet for work or for pleasure -- or if you d like to， but don t know how -- you need this book. If you ve been around the Net for a few years， you ll still be able to discover resources you didn t know existed. Also includes a pull-out quick-reference card.Now more comprehensive than ever， here s what you will find in the second edition:An expanded， easy-to-use resource catalog. New and experienced users alike can refer to the catalog to discover what s available on the Net.Descriptions of three resources that serve as the Internet s "card catalog": InterNIC， GNN， and Almanac (what they are， what they re for).An explanation of multimedia mail (MIME): what it means， how to deal with it.An introduction to pine， a popular mail program that supports MIME.More on ftp-mail servers， and different kinds of mailing list managers， including Majordomo and Almanac.An introduction to xarchie， a popular X-based Archie client with an FTP client built-in， along with other improvements to the Archie service.What s new in the "white pages，" or the Internet s telephone book. In particular， the book covers Netfind.An introduction to tin， another popular newsreader.New features of Gopher， including Veronica and Jughead.New coverage of the swais line-oriented WAIS client.An expanded list of internet access providers. |
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