The Internet for dummies / by John R. Levine and Carol Baroudi ; foreword by Paul McCloskey.

By: Levine, John R .

Contributor(s): Baroudi, Carol .

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BookSeries: --For dummies: Publisher: San Mateo, Calif. : IDG Books, c1994Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xxviii, 427 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 1568842228 .Subject(s): Internet

| Computer networks

DDC classification: 004.67

Contents:

Part I: Getting onto the Internet -- Part II: Mail and Gossip -- Part III: Instant Gratification -- Part IV: Finding stuff on the Net -- Part V: The Part of Tens -- Part VI: Resource Reference.

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Would-be Internet surfers learn life-saving techniques in this guide to the Internet. Cartoons, tips, hints, and technical boxes lead the way to instructions on connecting to the Internet, using tools such as e-mail, mailing lists, and network news, file transfer, navigation tools, and troubleshooting. A reference section lists public Internet service providers, sources of Internet software, on-line resources and publications, and Internet geographic zones. Includes a glossary. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Includes index.

Part I: Getting onto the Internet -- Part II: Mail and Gossip -- Part III: Instant Gratification -- Part IV: Finding stuff on the Net -- Part V: The Part of Tens -- Part VI: Resource Reference.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

How to Use This Book (p. 1)
Finding Things in This Book (p. 2)
The Cast of Icons (p. 3)
Conventions Used in This Book (p. 3)
Where Did That Web Site Go? (p. 4)
Feedback, Please (p. 4)
Part I Getting to Know the Internet (p. 5)
What Is the Internet? (p. 6)
What's So Great about the Internet? (p. 6)
What Services Does the Internet Provide? (p. 8)
Will the Internet Take a Bunch of Your Time? (p. 8)
Part II Getting Started (p. 9)
Hooking Up to the Internet First Class (p. 10)
Cable TV (p. 10)
Digital Subscriber Lines (DSL) (p. 11)
Direct connection (p. 12)
ISDN (p. 12)
Hooking Up to the Internet Economy (p. 12)
Free e-mail and Internet access services (p. 12)
Network computers (p. 13)
Secondhand computers (p. 13)
Set-top boxes (p. 13)
Smart phones (p. 13)
Libraries and cybercafes (p. 14)
Hooking Up to the Internet Coach (p. 14)
Buying a Computer for Internet Access (p. 14)
Macintosh versus Windows (p. 14)
iMac (p. 15)
Desktop versus laptop (p. 15)
This year's model versus last year's model (p. 15)
Making sure that your computer is cable ready (p. 16)
Memory, hard disk, monitor, printer, and backup (p. 16)
Should you upgrade the computer you have? (p. 16)
What should you do with your old computer? (p. 17)
Modems (p. 17)
Modem specs (p. 17)
Modem types (p. 18)
"What do the lights on my modem mean?" (p. 19)
Other modem tips (p. 20)
Telephone line tips (p. 20)
Selecting an Internet Service Provider (p. 20)
Value-added online services (p. 21)
Internet service providers (p. 21)
PPP and shell accounts (p. 22)
Software for Internet Access (p. 23)
The Internet and the Year 2000 Problem (p. 23)
Part III Electronic Mail (p. 25)
Abbreviations and Acronyms (p. 26)
ABCs of E-Mail (p. 26)
Electronic etiquette (p. 27)
E-mail caveats (p. 27)
Finding e-mail addresses (p. 29)
Free e-mail (p. 30)
Headers (p. 30)
Rejected mail (p. 31)
Accounts on Online Services (p. 31)
Addresses (p. 32)
"What's my address?" (p. 33)
Host names and domain names (p. 34)
IP addresses (p. 34)
Top-level domains (p. 35)
Port numbers (p. 36)
X.400 addresses (p. 37)
URLs versus e-mail addresses (p. 37)
Smileys and Emoticons (p. 37)
Using America Online (AOL) (p. 38)
Finding an address (p. 38)
Reading incoming mail (p. 39)
Sending new mail (p. 40)
Replying to messages (p. 41)
Forwarding messages (p. 41)
Saving messages (p. 41)
Using Eudora (Windows and Mac) (p. 42)
Configuring Eudora (p. 42)
Getting incoming mail (p. 42)
Reading incoming mail (p. 43)
Sending new mail (p. 43)
Replying to messages (p. 44)
Forwarding messages (p. 44)
Saving messages (p. 44)
Reading saved messages (p. 44)
Attaching a file (p. 45)
Using Juno (Windows) (p. 45)
Getting and installing Juno software (p. 46)
Using the address book (p. 46)
Reading incoming mail (p. 47)
Composing and sending new mail (p. 47)
Replying to messages (p. 48)
Forwarding messages (p. 48)
Saving messages in a folder (p. 48)
Using Netscape (Windows and Mac) (p. 49)
Setting up Netscape for e-mail (p. 49)
Getting and reading incoming mail (p. 50)
Sending new mail (p. 50)
Replying to messages (p. 51)
Forwarding messages (p. 52)
Saving messages in folders (p. 52)
Reading saved messages (p. 52)
Using Outlook Express (p. 52)
Getting and reading incoming mail (p. 53)
Sending new mail (p. 54)
Replying to messages (p. 55)
Forwarding messages (p. 55)
Saving messages in folders (p. 55)
Using Pine (UNIX) (p. 56)
Running Pine (p. 56)
Reading incoming mail (p. 57)
Sending new mail (p. 57)
Replying to messages (p. 58)
Forwarding messages (p. 58)
Saving messages to a file (p. 58)
Part IV Usenet Newsgroups (p. 59)
DejaNews and Usenet Indexers (p. 60)
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) (p. 61)
Newsgroup Names (p. 61)
News Netiquette (p. 62)
Posting Your First Article (p. 64)
Ramp Up Your Own Newsgroup (p. 65)
Reading News with DejaNews (p. 66)
Searching DejaNews (p. 66)
Using DejaNews as a newsreader (p. 67)
Reading a newsgroup that's not on the list (p. 67)
Subscribing to newsgroups (p. 67)
Unsubscribing from newsgroups (p. 68)
Saving articles (p. 68)
Replying to articles by e-mail (p. 68)
Posting a follow-up article (p. 68)
Posting a new article (p. 69)
Part V Mailing Lists (p. 71)
Addresses Used with Mailing Lists (p. 72)
Finding a Mailing List (p. 73)
Getting On and Off a Mailing List (p. 73)
Lists maintained manually (p. 73)
Lists maintained automatically (p. 74)
Open and Closed Mailing Lists (p. 75)
Receiving Digested Mailing List (p. 75)
Sending Messages to a Mailing List (p. 75)
Special Requests to Mailing Lists (p. 76)
Starting Your Own Mailing List (p. 77)
Using Filters (p. 78)
Part VI The World Wide Web (p. 79)
ABCs of the Web (p. 80)
Finding Your Way around the Web (p. 81)
Kids, Porn, and the Web (p. 82)
Access supervision (p. 83)
Buying filtering software (p. 83)
Using an online service with built-in filtering (p. 83)
Plug-Ins, Helper Programs, and ActiveX Controls (p. 84)
WinZip (Windows only) (p. 84)
StuffIt Expander and DropStuff with Expander Enhancer (p. 85)
RealPlayer (formerly RealAudio) (p. 85)
Acrobat Reader (p. 85)
Macromedia Shockwave (p. 85)
Apple QuickTime (p. 86)
Privacy, Security, and Cookies (p. 86)
Cookies (p. 86)
Secure surfing (p. 87)
Problems and Error Messages (p. 88)
Displaying a page takes too long (p. 88)
Error message "The server does not have a DNS entry" (p. 88)
Error message "www.bigsite.com has refused your connection" or "Broken pipe" (p. 89)
Error message "404 File Not Found" (p. 89)
Your browser keeps crashing (p. 90)
Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) (p. 90)
Using AOL to Browse the Web (p. 92)
Starting the browser (p. 92)
Going to a URL (p. 93)
Using bookmarks (p. 93)
Using Internet Explorer to Browse the Web (p. 94)
Running Internet Explorer (p. 94)
Following a hypertext link (p. 94)
Going to a URL (p. 95)
Playing favorites (p. 95)
Go for history (p. 96)
Using Lynx to Browse the Web (p. 96)
Starting Lynx (p. 96)
Browsing with Lynx (p. 97)
Using Netscape Navigator to Browse the Web (p. 98)
Running Netscape (p. 98)
Following a hypertext link (p. 98)
Going to a URL (p. 99)
Using bookmarks (p. 99)
Remembering where you came from (p. 100)
Using Netscape plug-ins (p. 100)
Part VII Finding and Using Resources on the Internet (p. 101)
Directories, Search Engines, and Portals (p. 102)
Directories (p. 102)
Engines that search (p. 102)
Portal sites (p. 103)
Portals with a twist (p. 104)
Power searching (p. 105)
Search strategies (p. 106)
Great Surfing Ideas (p. 107)
Information Sources (p. 107)
The CIA World Fact Book (p. 107)
Maps (p. 107)
Regional information providers (p. 108)
CityNet (p. 108)
World time (p. 108)
Libraries (p. 108)
Newspapers (p. 109)
Magazines and Literature (p. 109)
Shareware and Freeware Software (p. 110)
c\net Shareware.com (p. 110)
The Info-Mac Archive (p. 110)
Shopping Online from A to Z (p. 111)
Airlines (p. 111)
Books (p. 111)
Condoms (p. 112)
Dolls and other collectibles (p. 112)
Electronic auctions (p. 112)
Flowers (p. 112)
Groceries (p. 112)
Houses (p. 113)
Internet service providers (p. 113)
Jobs (p. 113)
Love (p. 113)
Macintoshes (p. 113)
Overcoats and boots (p. 114)
PCs and accessories (p. 114)
Quesadillas (p. 114)
Radios (p. 114)
Stocks and bonds (p. 114)
Tapes and CDs (p. 114)
Used cars (p. 115)
Vitamins (p. 115)
Web page design (p. 115)
Xylophones (p. 115)
Yankees tickets (p. 115)
Zen (p. 115)
"Should You Give Out Your Credit Card Number over the Internet?" (p. 115)
The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software (TUCOWS) (p. 116)
Telephone Directories (p. 116)
Uncompressing and Decoding Retrieved Files (p. 116)
.hqx (p. 118)
.gif (p. 118)
.gz and .z (p. 118)
JPEG (p. 118)
MPEG (p. 118)
.sit (p. 118)
.tar (p. 118)
.Z (p. 119)
.ZIP (p. 119)
Usenet Search Engines (p. 119)
Viruses (p. 119)
Part VIII Online Communication (p. 121)
Chatting Online (p. 122)
Conversations: They can be hard to follow (p. 123)
Etiquette for chatting (p. 124)
Safe chatting (p. 125)
Smileys, abbreviations, and emoticons (p. 126)
Weeding out disruptive chatters (p. 127)
Chatting on America Online (AOL) (p. 128)
Beginning to chat (p. 128)
Rooms with a view (p. 128)
Choosing a screen name (p. 130)
Filing a complaint (p. 130)
Instant messages (p. 130)
Private rooms (p. 131)
Profiles (p. 132)
Buddy Lists (p. 132)
Making sounds (p. 133)
ICQ (p. 133)
Getting ICQ (p. 133)
Making contact (p. 134)
Let's chat (p. 134)
Taking a message (p. 135)
Filing a complaint (p. 135)
Internet Relay Chat (IRC) (p. 135)
Starting IRC (p. 136)
Picking a server (p. 136)
Issuing IRC commands (p. 137)
IRC channels (p. 138)
Joining a channel (p. 139)
Leaving a channel (p. 139)
Listing available channels (p. 139)
Choosing an IRC nickname (p. 140)
Holding a private conversation (p. 140)
Starting your own channel (p. 141)
Types of channels (p. 141)
Filing a complaint (p. 142)
Getting more info (p. 142)
Web-Based Chat (p. 142)
MUDs and MOOs (p. 142)
Using MUDs (p. 143)
Finding MUDs (p. 143)
Getting started in MUDs (p. 144)
Internet Telephony (p. 144)
Part IX Advanced Topics (p. 147)
Encryption and Internet Security (p. 148)
Cryptography (p. 148)
Public-key cryptography (p. 148)
The politics of cryptography (p. 149)
How secure is public-key cryptography? (p. 149)
Key size (p. 150)
Government access to keys and key recovery (p. 151)
Internet Explorer and Netscape Communicator (p. 151)
Outlook Express and Netscape Messenger (p. 152)
Pretty Good Privacy (p. 152)
Obtaining a copy of PGP (p. 153)
Getting started with PGP (p. 153)
Public-key Infrastructure (p. 154)
Passwords and pass phrases (p. 155)
Java and Network Computers (p. 155)
Java applets (p. 156)
Network computers (p. 156)
Internet Radio (p. 157)
Creating Your Own Web Home Page (p. 157)
Why would you want your own home page? (p. 157)
Building your page (p. 158)
Tips for effective Web pages (p. 160)
Web page maintenance (p. 162)
HTML editors (p. 162)
Creating a home page on America Online (p. 163)
Publicizing your page (p. 163)
Link exchanges and Webrings (p. 164)
META tags (p. 164)
Starting a Business on the Web (p. 165)
Part X Classic Internet (p. 167)
FTP (p. 168)
Using FTP programs (p. 168)
Navigating files and directories (p. 168)
Uploading and downloading files (p. 169)
Telnet (p. 169)
Using telnet from a Winsock or MacTCP program (p. 170)
Connecting to remote computers (p. 170)
Disconnecting from remote computers (p. 170)
UNIX commands (p. 171)
Using Gopher to Cruise Gopherspace (p. 171)
Finger (p. 172)
Appendix Internet Country Codes (p. 173)
Glossary Techie Talk (p. 181)
Index (p. 197)
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Author notes provided by Syndetics

John R. Levine, Carol Baroudi, and Margaret Levine Young are veteran Internet experts who have written many other books to help new PC users