MAP-EXTRA: Neat Stuff to Check Out

EDUPAGE

EDUPAGE is a "summary of news items on information technology, and is provided three times each week as a service by Educom -- a consortium of leading colleges and universities seeking to transform education through the use of information technology."

EDUPAGE does not talk about education, but it does give one paragraph summaries of technology stories printed in leading newspapers and magazines. (EDUPAGE is a distribution list, much like the Roadmap list. You can't send letters to the EDUPAGE list, you can only receive letters from the EDUPAGE list).

How to get it:

Through e-mail:

send an e-mail letter to LISTPROC@EDUCOM.EDU which says

SUB EDUPAGE <YOUR NAME>

in the body of your e-mail letter.

NEW-LIST

This LISTSERV list is the place where new LISTSERV lists are announced. (NEW-LIST is a distribution list, not a discussion list). If you want to keep up to date on new LISTSERV lists, NEW-LIST is for you!

How to get it:

Through e-mail:

send an e-mail letter to LISTSERV@NDSUVM1.BITNET which says

SUBSCRIBE NEW-LIST <YOUR NAME>

in the body of your letter.

SPECIAL INTERNET CONNECTIONS

Also known as "Yanoff's List," this is a list of hundreds of Internet resources that are available through e-mail, telnet, FTP, Gopher, Finger, and the Web. This list is ESSENTIAL for anyone who wants to be a serious net traveler.

How to get it:

Through Usenet:

alt.internet.services

Through FTP:

address: csd4.csd.uwm.edu
path: /pub/inet.services.txt

Through Gopher:

address: csd4.csd.uwm.edu
to menu: Remote Information Servers
to document: Special Internet Connections

Through e-mail:

send a blank e-mail letter to

inetlist@aug3.augsburg.edu

and the address will auto-reply

Through WWW:

http://www.uwm.edu/Mirror/inet.services.html
(this is a document with links to all of the items on the list!)

Through LISTSERV:

Subscribe to INETLIST@CSD.UWM.EDU (remember to send your subscribe command to the LISTSERV address!!)

DR. BOB'S "ACCESSING THE INTERNET BY E-MAIL"

For those of you with Level One access to the Internet, you should certainly check out this free file. It talks about how to access FTP, Archie, Gopher, Veronica, and several other Internet tools using nothing but e-mail (btw, this is from Dr. Bob Rankin and not from my dad -- the Rev. Bob "Bob" Crispen)

How to get it:

Through e-mail:

Send an e-mail letter to LISTSERV@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU which says

GET INTERNET BY-EMAIL NETTRAIN F=MAIL

in the body of your letter.

ARLENE RINALDI's "THE NET: USER GUIDELINES AND NETIQUETTE"

This is the ULTIMATE Internet netiquette guide, and is required reading for any user who wants to keep from making stupid mistakes.

How to get it:

Through FTP:

address: ftp.lib.berkeley.edu
path: /pub/net.training/FAU/Netiquette.txt

Through Gopher:

address: TRAINMAT.NCL.AC.UK
to menu: Networking Guides
to menu: Other networking guides ...
to document: Rinaldi ...

address: GOPHER.IC.MANKATO.MN.US
to menu: Information Booth ...
to document: Netiquette Explained ...

address: ESUSDA.GOV
to menu: Internet Services and Information
to menu: Using the Internet
to document: Netiquette ...

Through WWW:

http://rs6000.adm.fau.edu/faahr/arlene.html

COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION (CMC) SOURCES ON THE INTERNET

Also known as December's List, this list is FOUR TIMES as long as Yanoff's list, and lists pointers to information describing the Internet, computer networks, and issues related to computer- mediated communication.

How to get it:

Through Usenet:

alt.internet.services
alt.answers
news.answers

Through FTP:

address: ftp.rpi.edu
path: /pub/communications/internet-cmc.txt

NETTRAIN REVIEWS

James Milles, the author of the "Discussion Lists: Mail Server Commands" file that I used in MAP06: Other Mail Servers, is also the listowner of the NETTRAIN LISTSERV list. NETTRAIN is a discussion list for Internet trainers, and these trainers are often asked by James to review some of the Internet training books that are available at your local bookstore.

Before you head off to the bookstore and pay upwards of $25.00 for an Internet book, you might want check the NETTRAIN reviews to see if the book is REALLY worth the money!

How to get it:

Through e-mail:

send an e-mail letter to LISTSERV@UBVM.BITNET which says

GET NETTRAIN REVIEWS F=MAIL

in the body of your letter. This will send you an index of the reviews, and you can then use the GET command to get the review that you want (reviews are stored in 4 different files, so you will need the index to figure out which file you should get).

RICHARD SMITH'S "NAVIGATING THE INTERNET" AND "LET'S GO GOPHERIN'" WORKSHOPS

These are the workshops that started it all! Smith's lessons have taught thousands, and he was the inspiration for the Roadmap workshop.

How to get it:

Through FTP:

address: ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu
path: /navigate/*
or /gophern/*

Through e-mail:

send an e-mail letter to LISTSERV@UBVM.BITNET which says

INDEX NAVIGATE F=MAIL

or

INDEX GOPHERN F=MAIL

and then use the GET command to get the files that you want.

Through Gopher:

address: wings.buffalo.edu
to menu: Access the Internet ...
to menu: About the Internet, Gopher, etc.
to menu: Navigate the Internet ...
or to menu: Let's Go Gopherin' ...

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   /O O `./      .'               PATRICK DOUGLAS CRISPEN
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    / .  . )    \                THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
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   .(   _(   )_.'         Roadmap: Copyright 1994 Patrick Crispen.
  '---.~_ _ _&                      All rights reserved.

                          The views expressed in this letter do not
                            necessarily represent the views of the
                             University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa.

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