======== Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: COMP.SYS.CBM: General FAQ, v3.1 Part 5/9 From: brain@mail.msen.com (Jim Brain) Date: 13 Aug 1996 00:47:27 -0400 X-Posted-By: YPost, version 0.08 Archive-name: cbm-main-faq.3.1.p5 Comp-answers-archive-name: commodore/main-faq/part5 News-answers-archive-name: commodore/main-faq/part5 Comp-sys-cbm-archive-name: main-faq/part5 Version: 3.1 Last-modified: 1996/08/12 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents (for this file) --------------------------------- 6.5. What is electronic mail? 6.5.1. What are mailing lists and how do I join one? 6.5.2. What is a Mail Server? How do I use one? 6.5.3. How do I contact people on Compuserve, Genie, etc.? 6.6. What is US What is a USENET newsgroup? 6.6.1. What news groups cater to Commodore 8-bit machines? 6.6.2. What types of discussions belong in comp.sys.cbm? 6.6.3. Which issues does comp.sys.cbm discuss regularly? 6.6.4. How do I post in comp.sys.cbm? | ad comp.sys.cbm thro email? + 6.6.6. How can I read comp.sys.cbm through WWW? 6.7. What is a FidoNET echo? 6.7.1. What echoes cater to Commodore 8-bit machines? 6.7.2. How do I post in an echo? 6.8. What is the World Wide Web? 6.8.1. What WWW sites have Commodore information? have Telnet WWW Browsers? 6.9. What is File Transfer Protocol (FTP)? 6.9.1. What FTP sites have Commodore Information? 6.9.2. What is an FTP Mail Server? How do I use one? 6.9.3. How do I send files to an FTP site? 6.10. What is Internet Relay Chat (IRC)? 6.11. What else is available online? ------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.5. What is electronic mail? Electronic mail is the online equivalent of post office mail. Although email is a general term, its use is usually meant to mean "Internet email". To use email, you must have access to an internet email program. On UNIX, these programs are called mail, elm, or pine. BBS systems usually have a special message area for Internet email. You address a message to a user by using his or her internet email address, which is usually of the form name@machine_name.doamin_name.type_of_institution_or_country. An example would be brain@mail.msen.com, which would be user "brain" at machine "mail" in doamin "msen" and the type "com" which means company or commercial. After addressing the message and choosing a sutiable subject, the body of the message is written with information meaningful to the addressee. Usually this information is textual in nature and reads much like a is possible to mail people binary files. To do this, you need access to a program called uuencode. Most, if not all UNIX machines have this command available, and there are versions available for IBM, Amiga, and Macintosh. There is also a version of uuencode available for the Commodore 64 and 128 as part of the ACE 128/64 OS replacement. (See section 8.3) The uuencode program takes a binary file and expands it so that it only contains 7-bit ASCII characters. This resulting file can then be mailed to a recipient, who then uses a similar program called uudecode that will transform the uuencoded file into the resulting binary file. This encoding technique is a standard one used across multiple platforms. If you want to send a file to another Commodore owner, you can use bcode, which is a Commodore-specific encoding available in ACE 128/64. 6.5.1. What are mailing lists and how do I join one? A mailing list o a USENET newsgroup like comp.sys.cbm, in that it provides a place for people to talk among each other and ask questions. The difference is that the mechanism used is mail. You mail a message off to the list, the messagts sent out to all members of that list, they read and reply to the list, and the process repeats. It is used for topics that are considered temporary or topics that have a limited scope and may not sustain an entire newsgroup being devoted to them. It may also be used when people want to privately discuss some issue. There are a number of Commodore 8-bit mailing lists for you to join: cbm-unix - This is a list devoted to the discussion of alternate operating systems for the Commodore line that have the familiar UNIX shell look-and-feel. You can join this one by sending mail to mailserv@lists.funet.fi with the message: subscribe cbm-unix Jim Brain <use your own name> review cbm-unix <this will show you who is on the list> help <this will explain how to use the list> you can then send mail to the list by addressing it to: cbm-unix@lists.funet.fi. old-cbm - This is a list devoted to discussions of older Commodore equipment. Typically, this list discusses issues concerning PETs, the VIC-20, Plus 4 and C16, and other lesser used machines. You can join this one by sending mail to mailserv@lists.funet.fi with the message: subscribe old <use your own name> review old-cbm <this will show you who is on the list> help <this will explain how to use the list> you can then send mail to the lisressing it to: old-cbm-unix@lists.funet.fi. c64-hackers - I do not know much about this list other than it is used to discuss issue realting to timing and special opcodes used in Commodore programs. You can join this list by sending mail to mailserv@lists.funet.fi with the message: subscribe c64-hackers Jim Brain <use your own name> review c64-hackers <this will show you who is on the list> help <this will explain how to use the list> you can then send mail to the list by addressing it to: .funet.fi. commodor - This is a list that is for all Commodore 8-bit computer discussion. This list mirrors most of the discussion on comp.sys.cbm, so I would post to both places. You subscribe by sending a mail msg to: listserv@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu with the message: subscribe commodor Jim Brain <use your own name> review commodor <this will show you who is on the list> help <this will explain how to use the list> you can then send mail to the list by addressing it to: commodor@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu c65 - This is a list that discusses the various aspec Commodore C65 Prototype system. There are files and information available through this list to C65 owners. Note that this is NOT the list to ask where a C64 can be purchased from, since the C65 is not a product, per se, as all available units were in-house prototypes liquidated at a warehouse. You can subscribe by sending a mail msg to: c65list-request@dce.vic.gov.au with the subject: subscribe You can then send mail to the list by address it to: ic.gov.au c=hacking - This list is set up to automatically mail out the latest copy of Commodore Hacking Online Magazine upon publication. It is run through Jim Brain's mailserver. You can subscribe by sending a mail message to: brain@mail.msen.com with a subject line of: MAILSERV with a message of: subscribe c=hacking Jim Brain <use your own name> help <this will explain how to use the list> trivia - This list is set up to automatically mail out the latest copy of the Commodore Trivia as sublished on USENET. through Jim Brain's mailserver. You can subscribe by sending a mail message to: brain@mail.msen.com with a subject line of: MAILSERV with a message of: subscribe trivia Jim Brain <use your own name> help <this will explain how to use the list> cbm-main-faq - This list is set up to automatically mail out any major updates to this Frequently Asked Questions List. It is run through Jim Brain's mailserver. You can subscribe by sending a mail message to: brain@mail.msen.com with a subject line of: MAILSERV with a message of: subscribe cbm-main-faq Jim Brain <use your own name> help <this will explain how to use the list> c64coders - This list is for Commodore 64 coders. Not much is known about the list, but here is how to message to: c64coders-request@uclink2.berkeley.edu with a subject line of: subscribe. 6502 C compiler - This list is set up to discuss writing a C compiler for the 6502. To subscribe send a message to: majordomo@solar.miya.cs.it-chiba.ac.jp with subject of: subscribe 6502cc You can send messages to the list by addressing them to: 6502cc@solar.miya.c...
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