This Web page is an electronic companion to Chapter 2 of the book Learning to Use the Internet, by Ernest C. Ackermann . It contains links to the Internet resources, sites, and services mentioned in the chapter. Using this you can access them directly, without typing the long addresses or URLs for each item. Please send any comments, questions or suggestions to Ernest Ackermann. For orders or requests for examination copies contact the publisher at jimleisy@fbeedle.com.

Chapter 2 Electronic Mail: The basics about e-mail

Illustration by Karl Ackermann.

Finding Someone's Internet E-Mail Address - Automated Services

• WHOIS Service
• Start a telnet session with rs.internic.net No login name required.
• Point your gopher to rs.internic.net Choose InterNic Registration Service, and then choose WHOIS Searches
• Phone Books
• Point your gopher to gopher.tc.umn.edu and choose Phone Books
• Usenet-addresses Server
• Send e-mail to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with "send usenet-addresses/name" as the body of the message. Substitute the name you're looking for in place of "name".
• NetFind Lets you search for an e-mail address based on a person's name and location or Internet domain name. To access NetFind
Start a Telnet session with ds.internic.net and use netfind when prompted for a log-in name.

Useful items for working with e-mail

• Sending e-mail from one network to another
• The Inter-Network Mail Guide tells how to send e-mail from one network to another.
• On-line Guides to e-mail Programs
• Mailx
• Point your Gopher to sunspot.ssl.berkley.edu, choose "Software_on_sunspot", then choose "Mail", and finally choose mailx
• On the World Wide Web Using the 'mailx' command
• Pine
From University of Washington:
• Getting Started With Email Using Pine
• Pine User's Guide
• Pine Information Center

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