Zen and the art of the internet : a beginner's guide

1. Network Basics. Domains. Internet Numbers. Resolving Names And Numbers. The Networks. The Physical Connection. 2. Electronic Mail. Email Addresses. %@!.: Symbolic Cacophony. Anatomy of a Mail Header. Bounced Mail. Chain Letters. Sending and Receiving Mail. Mailing Lists. Listservs. Pine Mail Program. Some Fun With Email: The Oracle. 3. Anonymous FTP. FTP Etiquette. Basic Commands. Creating the Connection. dir: Directory of Files. cd: Changing the Current Directory. get and put: File Transfer. ASCII vs. Binary. mget and mput: Multiple Files. Those '.Z' Files. The Archie Server. Using Archie Today. Archie Clients. Mailing Archie. Gopher Space. More Information on Archie. 4. Usenet News. What Usenet Is. Reading News. Bogus Newsgroups. Hierarchies. Moderated vs. Unmoderated. news.groups and news.announce.newgroups. How Usenet Works. Mail Gateways. Usenet Netiquette. Signatures. Posting Personal Messages. Posting Mail. Test Messages. Famous People Appearing. Summaries. Quoting. Crossposting. A Dying Boy's Last Wish. Recent News. Computer Religion. Quality of Postings. Useful Subjects. Tone of Voice. Frequently Asked Questions. The RTFM Archive. A Final Note. 5. Telnet. Using Telnet. Telnet Ports. Publicly Accessible Libraries. Internet Services List. HYTELNET. The Cleveland Freenet. Directories. Knowbot. White Pages. Databases and Other Resources. ATI-Net. AMS E-Math. Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries (CARL). Dartmouth Dante Project. European Commission Host Organization (ECHO). NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Clemson University Forestry and Agricultural Network. Geographic Name Server. Ham Radio Callbook. LawNet. Library of Congress. NASA SpaceLink. Net Mail Sites. Ocean Network Information Center. PENpages. Science and Technology. Information System. SuperNet. Washington University Services. Weather Services. Bulletin Board Systems. 6. WWW: World Wide Web. The Beginning. Using the Web. Web Browsers. URLs. Home Pages. Other Types of URLs. Basic Commands. Types of Oages. Searching the Web. Web Pages. 7. Various Tools. Finger. Ping. Talk. Internet Relay Chat (IRC). Internet Navigation. Wide Area Information Server (WAIS). The Internet Gopher. Veronica. Netfind: Finding Your Friends. The WHOIS Database. Other Uses of WHOIS. 8. Commercial Services. ClariNet News. Bunyip Information Services. Commercial Databases. Internet Shopping Network. Online Services. America Online. 9. Things You'll Hear About. The Internet Worm. A Coke Machine on the Internet? The Cuckoo's Egg. Organizations. The Electronic Frontier Foundation. The Internet Society. The Society for Electronic Access. The InterNIC. The White House. GriefNewt. Text Projects. Project Gutenberg. Project Runeberg. Advances in Networking. Global Schoolnegl. NREN. Internet Talk Radio. Online Career Center. 10. Finding Out More. Magazines and Newsletters. Internet World. Net Guide. InfoBahn. Matrix News. Planeete Internet. IInternet Columns. News Articles. InterNIC Directory of Directories. Electronic Journals. The MaasInfo Package. John December's Internet CMC List. Requests for Comments. Conclusion. Appendix A. The Kids on the Net. A Safe Online Presence. Web Pages for Children. Classroom Connect. Appendix B. Getting to Other Networks. Appendix C. Retrieving Files via Email. Archive Servers. FTP-by-Mail Servers. Appendix D. Items Available for FTP. Appendix E. Services via Telnet. Appendix F. Country Codes. Appendix G. HTML. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.