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From : Yaroslav Klyukin 2:5020/400 09 Aug 2002 02:38:41
To : Andriy Semen
Subject : web via e-mail
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A FEW NET-GOODIES
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Here are some other interesting things you can do by e-mail. (Some of
them are accessible only by e-mail!)
* 100 THINGS TO DO BY EMAIL
Get instant answers amd information on almost 100 topics by e-mail.
Dictonary, encyclopedia, airfares, almanac, airports, currency
conversion, distance between two points, etc. etc. Send a blank e-mail
message to: topics@halibot.com Also try msnbcnow@msnbc.com
* ANONYMOUS EMAIL
An "anon server" provides a front for sending mail messages and posting
to Usenet newsgroups anonymously, should the need ever arise. To get
instructions send e-mail to remailer@gacracker.org with a Subject:
remailer-help
* ASK DR. MATH
Have a math question? Dr. Math answers questions from K-12 students and
their teachers about Mathematics. Write to dr.math@forum.swarthmore.edu
* ASK-A-GEOLOGIST
Send your earth-shattering questions to
ask-a-geologist@octopus.wr.usgs.gov and a US Geological Service
scientist will try to help.
* ASK-A-TECH
Send your computer hardware or software support questions to
helpdesk@ask-a-tech.org and this non-profit organization will try to
answer your question.
* BIBLE SEARCH
Search the King James version of the Bible. Examples below can be sent
to an Agora server. Use "+" to specify multiple words; prefix proper
names with "%23"; add "&PHRASE=ON" to find a phrase.
send http://estragon.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/KJV?title=&word=angel+%23Mary
send http://estragon.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/KJV?title=&word=fig+tree&PHRASE=ON
* CANCER DATABASE
To access the National Cancer Institute's database, send e-mail to
cancernet@icicb.nci.nih.gov with "help" or "spanish" in the message
body.
* CHECK YOUR EMAIL CONNECTION
The following are all autoresponder addresses that you can use to test
if your e-mail is working. You send a blank message to the address shown
and in a few minutes an autoresponse is received.
echo@seattlelab.com test-courrier@sogi.com (in French)
echo@telcomplus.net test@alphanet.ch
echo@tu-berlin.de test@mega.bw
internet@gurus.com test@netsydney.com
ping@stamper.itconsult.co.uk echo@tu-chemnitz.de
* COUNTRY CODES
The International E-mail accessibility FAQ is retrievable by e-mail.
Send e-mail to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu and enter only this line in the
BODY of the note:
send usenet/news.answers/mail/country-codes
Web site: http://www.nsrc.org/oclb
Stumped by those 2-letter country codes in Internet addresses? Send
e-mail to address-codes@GetResponse.com for an explanation.
* CURRENCY CONVERSION
You can get foreign exchange rates for the U.S. dollar and other
currencies by sending this URL to an Agora or www4mail server:
send http://cnnfn.com/markets/currencies.html
* EMAIL TO SNAIL-MAIL
Need to get a message to someone in Britain who doesn't have e-mail?
Send it to PaperMail! For full details on this fee-based service, send
e-mail to info@papermail.win-uk.net
* EMOTIONAL SUPPORT
There's a suicide helpline accessible by e-mail. Send your message to
jo@samaritans.org -- No syntax, they have humans! Also any mail to
care@netservs.com returns a listing of hundreds of emotional support
resources on the Internet.
* FINANCIAL AID FAQ
A comprehensive guide to higher education financial aid. Send blank
e-mail to send-faq@finaid.org OR query@finaid.org
* FINDING EMAIL ADDRESSES
For a guide to finding someone's e-mail addresses. Send e-mail to
mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu and enter only this line in the BODY of the
note:
send usenet/news.answers/finding-addresses
* FREE HOME PAGE BY EMAIL (For German residents only)
InetWire offers free non-commercial homepages with up to 500KB of
space. Make a zip file with index.htm being the home page, put a URL
something like "http://inetw.com/home/myname" in the Subject line and
then send your zip file as an ATTACHMENT to attach@inetw.com. (If your
e-mail program doesn't support file attachments, you're out of luck.)
* FTP UPLOAD VIA EMAIL
The first free publicly accessible FTP service that allows uploading via
e-mail has instructions available at: http://mail2ftp.hypermart.net/
You can also send the word "HELP" in the body of a message to
mail2ftp@rootshell.be or mail2ftp@treelife.org.ua
* FTPMAIL/WEBMAIL SERVER STATUS
Is your favorite FTPmail/Agora/GetWeb site overloaded or down? Find out
by sending the "get file stats.txt" command to mailserv@netservs.com
* INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE
Get tons of info on movies, actors, and directors. Send e-mail to
movie@imdb.com with HELP in the subject line.
* INTERNET TIMELINE
To learn the history of the Internet from 1950 to 1998, send blank e-mail
to timeline@hobbes.mitre.org
* THE INTERNET TOURBUS
Take a virtual tour of the Internet - hop on The Internet TourBus!
You'll receive a short mailing twice a week highlighting fun and
interesting sites on the Internet. It's absolutely free, and you can
join 80,000 others by sending SUBSCRIBE TOURBUS Firstname Lastname in
the BODY of a message to "LISTSERV@LISTSERV.AOL.COM".
* ISPs BY AREA CODE
For a list of Internet Service Providers in your area code, send this
line to an Agora server: http://thelist.iworld.com/areacode/XXX/
(where XXX=your area code)
* LANGUAGE TRANSLATION BY EMAIL
Send an e-mail as usual to a foreign language colleague in your native
tongue. In the "Cc:" line, send a carbon copy of the message to the
Universal T-mail Translator. The way you format the address will
determine how the message is translated.
Cc: (Original language)-(Final translation)@t-mail.com
English (en or an), French (fr), German (ge or de), Italian (it),
Spanish (sp or es), Portuguese (pt or po)
So English to French translation would be en-fr@t-mail.com
* LEARN TO SPEAK GEEK
Get BABEL, a glossary of computer abbreviations and acronyms. Use a
web-to-mail server to retrieve this file.
http://www.geocities.com/ikind_babel/babel/babel.html [214K]
* MEDICAL INFORMATION BY EMAIL
Send a blank e-mail message to hnet@usa.healthnet.org to receive a FAQ
which lists locations for medical information that can be accessed by
e-mail methods.
* MORE WORD FUN!
The wordserver at wsmith@wordsmith.org will serve up A.Word.A.Day,
Dictionary by Mail, Thesaurus by Mail, Acronym by Mail and Anagram by
Mail. Send blank e-mail for the help file.
Merriam-Webster dictionary offers the word of the day -- To subscribe,
send mail to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.WEBSTER.M-W.COM with the command
SUBSCRIBE MW-WOD [your name].
* MORTGAGE/LOAN CALCULATOR
To calculate your monthly loan payment, send this line to an Agora
server:
http://www.interest.com/hugh/calc/simple.cgi?amt=100000&int=8.00&yrs=30
(Change the values for principle, interest and term as appropriate.)
* NUMBER SEQUENCES
To find out how a number sequence continues (such as 2 3 5 7 11 ..., the
prime numbers), send e-mail to sequences@research.att.com with the
following in the message body: lookup 2 3 5 7 11. For help on
this service, send e-mail with a body of "help" to the same address.
* PDF CONVERSIONS BY EMAIL
You can convert PDF documents to text or HTML via e-mail. For internet
files put the URL in the body of an e-mail message to
pdf2txt@adobe.com (for plain text) or to pdf2html@adobe.com (for HTML).
If the file is on your PC then include as a MIME attachment and send
to the same addresses depending uopn whter you want text or HTML.
* PLAY GAMES BY EMAIL
You can play games via the PBeM Server, for info, send e-mail to
pbmserv@gamerz.net with Subject: help tutorial
* RFCS BY EMAIL
Details on obtaining RFCs via FTP or EMAIL may be obtained by sending
an EMAIL message To: rfc-info@ISI.EDU with help: ways_to_get_rfcs in
the message body.
* SCOUT REPORT
...is a weekly featuring announcements of new and interesting resources
on the Internet. To subscribe, send e-mail to listserv@cs.wisc.edu with
"Subscribe scout-report Your Name" in the body.
* SENDING A FAX BY EMAIL
The TPC.INT "Remote Printing Experiment" is the grandfather of Internet
faxing services. Send e-mail to tpcfaq@info.tpc.int with no subject and
"help" in the body. For a list of country phone numbers served by this
service, send e-mail to tpccover@info.tpc.int with no subject and nothing
in the body.
You can also get the FAX FAQ via electronic mail. Send e-mail to
mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu and enter only this line in the BODY of the
note:
send usenet/news.answers/internet-services/fax-faq
* SENDING MAIL TO VARIOUS NETWORKS
For a guide to communicating with people on the various networks that
make up the Internet, send e-mail to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu and enter
only this line in the BODY of the note:
send usenet/news.answers/mail/inter-network-guide
* STATLIB
A system for distributing statistical software, datasets, and
information by electronic mail, FTP, and WWW. To get the index, send
e-mail to statlib@lib.stat.cmu.edu with the one line message "send
index".
* STOCK MARKET QUOTE
To get a stock market quote, send this line to an Agora server:
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?d=t&s=xxxx where xxxx is the stock market
symbol.
* TRACK UPS PACKAGES
You can track your UPS packages now thru e-mail. Send an e-mail to
totaltrack@ups.com and in the subject or the body place the complete
tracking number.
* THE USENET ORACLE
A cooperative, anonymous and humorous exchange of questions and
answers. Send e-mail to oracle@cs.indiana.edu for more information.
* U.S. CONGRESS AND THE WHITE HOUSE
You can contact the President (president@whitehouse.gov) or Vice
President (vice_president@whitehouse.gov).
* OTHER SOURCES OF US GOV'T INFO:
Send e-mail to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu and enter only these lines in
the BODY of the note:
send usenet/news.answers/us-govt-net-pointers/part1
send usenet/news.answers/us-govt-net-pointers/part2
* VIRTUAL PIZZA!
Order an electronic pizza by e-mail. Send e-mail to
"pizza@ecst.csuchico.edu" with a subject of "pizza help" for details.
* VIRUS PROTECTION SOFTWARE
F-Prot, one of the top PC virus scanners can be requested by e-mail. To
get the current version (uuencoded) send e-mail to
f-prot-update@complex.is with this message body:
send-as: uue
* WEB PAGES BY EMAIL
Use web2mail to have your favorite web pages delivered by e-mail whenever
they change.
The basic subscription form is at this web page:
http://www.web2mail.com/signup.php
* WEBSTER DICTIONARY LOOKUP
To retrieve the definition of a word, send either of these lines to an
Agora type server:
send http://www.britannica.com/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=whatever
send www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=whatever
* FOR FURTHER READING
For more details on using web search engines by e-mail use a web-to-mail
server to get this file
send ftp://ftp.expita.com/wsintro.faq
Всех благ! Мой настоящий имел: bulldozer@skintwin.no-ip.com ICQ# 1045670
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