From brain@conch.aa.msen.com Mon Oct 7 23:38:37 1996 Received: from MIT.EDU (SOUTH-STATION-ANNEX.MIT.EDU [18.72.1.2]) by bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU (8.6.13/2.3JIK) with SMTP id XAA22607; Mon, 7 Oct 1996 23:38:34 -0400 Received: from relay2.UU.NET by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA29630; Mon, 7 Oct 96 23:37:47 EDT Received: from conch.aa.msen.com by relay2.UU.NET with ESMTP (peer crosschecked as: conch.aa.msen.com [148.59.6.20]) id QQbkmg04010; Mon, 7 Oct 1996 23:37:33 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from brain@localhost) by conch.aa.msen.com (8.7.4/8.6.12) id XAA26879; Mon, 7 Oct 1996 23:37:32 -0400 (EDT) To: comp-answers@uunet.uu.net Path: conch.aa.msen.com!not-for-mail From: j.brain@ieee.org (Jim Brain) Newsgroups: comp.answers,news.answers Subject: COMP.SYS.CBM: General FAQ, v3.1 Part 5/9 Supersedes: Followup-To: comp.sys.cbm Date: 7 Oct 1996 23:36:13 -0400 Organization: Brain Innovations, Inc. Lines: 736 Sender: brain@conch.aa.msen.com Expires: 05 Nov 1996 Message-Id: Reply-To: brain@conch.aa.msen.com Summary: This posting contains answers to questions that commonly surface in comp.sys.cbm. This posting will tell you enough to get your computer connected to a network, fixed, and/or enhanced. This file should be read by new users of comp.sys.cbm before posting to the group. It should also be proofread by users who are currently active in comp.sys.cbm. Keywords: CBM FAQ Help List C64 C128 VIC Modem 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: 1996/10/06 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 USENET or NetNews? 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? | 6.6.5. How can I read comp.sys.cbm through email? + 6.6.6. How can I read comp.sys.cbm through WWW? 6.7. What is a FidoNET echo? [remainder of text deleted by folder-shrink.pl]