"Daniel M. Wheaton" wrote
> Am I barking up the wrong tree? Can someone tell me how
> to get started. I am an avid email user but I have
> limited internet access (5 hrs / month).
OK Daniel, you are up the right tree.
If you look again at the 'Introduction' file that you
received when you joined the list, you will see
instructions for obtaining the list archives. All the
information you need is there. If you have lost it, the
footer of this email tells you how to get the latest
version.
New people join this list every week, so I think the
'Intro' file is the best place for this information.
However, you are not the first person to make the
request, so from today the 'Intro' file also outlines
the basic steps.
We have also decided that we will send these basic
instructions to the list twice a year -- starting now.
Old subscribers -- we hope you don't getting this again.
New members need it!
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SIGNING UP AT INTERNETTRASH.COM
STEP 1
Send an email
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: New User
In the body of the message, insert this line
Password: <your-password>
where <your-password> is a word which you will not forget!
The response from InternetTrash.com is usually rapid. Please
read it carefully - it contains the InternetTrash terms of
service.
STEP 2
Reply to the message from InternetTrash.com. Make sure that the
subject header contains your ticket number. The message body
should be
Password: <your-password>
... and nothing else. Do not append a signature.
The response will confirm that you have successfully signed up
with InternetTrash.com.
Trouble-Shooting
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It is very unlikely that you will get any problems during the
simple sign-up process. However if something goes wrong, check
that you have not sent your messages in HTML or multi-part
format. If you did - try again using plain text format. If a
problem persists, please report it to this list (specifying your
email program and version).
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SUBMITTING A PAGE TO INTERNETTRASH.COM
The next thing to do is submit your first home page file. The
name of the file must be index.htm or index.html, and it must,
of course, be in HTML format.
You should send InternetTrash three further items of information
about your home page ...
1. An alias.
This is optional, but very useful. For example, suppose your
name is Fred Nurk and your email address is
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your default home
page URL is
http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
which is not what you want.
By setting an alias, you can simplify your URL, and make it
independent of your email address. So if you set your alias
to frednurk, your URL can be
http://www.netnormal.com/users/frednurk/.
The alias may contain only alphanumeric characters. Use
lower-case characters. Some people have reported problems
with aliases containg upper-case characters.
2. A category.
It is essential to choose a category from the InternetTrash
list. By default, your category is 'people.newusers', but you
must change it to something else - InternetTrash will delete
your account if you don't. The full list of categories is
long, tedious, and of doubtful significance. Sun Zoom Spark
recommends that you set your category to 'people.normal', and
leave it at that.
3. A title.
Optional -- but you will definitely want to provide one. The
title is a short text string which describes your web site.
Alias, category and title may be changed at any time.
Here are Sun Zoom Spark's current settings:
alias: websitebyemail
category: people.normal
title: Tutorial on creating an Internet presence by email-only methods
STEP 3
Send an email
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: <anything>
In the body of the message, insert these lines
password: <your-password>
alias: <your-alias>
category: <your-category>
title: <your-title>
Your index page must be a MIME attachment to the email message.
This is the point at which errors are most likely to occur. If
the attachment is not encoded exactly as InternetTrash expects,
it will not be recognised -- and you will get back a message
saying no attachment was found.
Fortunately, the default MIME encoding of most email programs
works. The only exception I have come across (so far) is
Pegasus.
If you are a Pegasus user, do this ...
* Click on the Encoding drop-down list.
* Change the method from 'Mailer Decides' to 'Basic MIME'.
MS Outlook Express users, do this ...
* Click the 'Tools' menu.
* Pick 'Options', then the 'Send' tab.
* In the 'Mail text settings' section, click the 'Plain text
settings' button.
* Set the message format to 'MIME' and the encoding to 'none'.
The response from InternetTrash is usually rapid. It will tell
you everything that has happened.
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SUBMITTING MORE FILES TO INTERNETTRASH.COM
Your InternetTrash web site exists from the moment you submit
your first index page.
You can add further HTML pages and other files (eg: images) in
exactly the same way.
If you want to replace an existing file, just submit the new
version. You don't have to delete the old one first.
You can send as many attachments as you wish in one email. If
you run into problems with multiple attachments, try sending one
MIME type with each email -- for example, all HTML pages
together, then a separate email for all gif image attachments.
You will probably find it helpful to keep copies of all emails
you send and receive from Internettrash.
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DELETING FILES FROM INTERNETTRASH.COM
To delete a file from your InternetTrash site, send an mail to
InternetTrash in the usual way. Include your password, then add
this line ...
delete <filename>
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LINKING TO YOUR INTERNETTRASH WEB SITE
Fortunately, you do not have to use a 'trash' URL. These
alternatives are available to you.
http://members.netnormal.com/<your-alias>
http://members.netordinary.com/<your-alias>
http://www.netnormal.com/users/<your-alias>
http://www.netordinary.com/users/<your-alias>
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For list info & help, including subscription options, email
message "intro website-by-email" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web URL is http://www.netnormal.com/users/websitebyemail/
