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INTERNET--Services
- Anonymous post: : mail anonymus+ping@tygra.michigan.com Body: "help"
- Anonymous post: : mail help@anon.penet.fi Body: "help"
- Anonymous remail: : mail remail@tamsun.tamu.edu Subject: remail help
- BITFTP: obtain files via anonymous ftp on Bitnet: mail Bitftp@PUCC.Princeton.edu Body: "help"
- Correct Time/NBS: tells National Bureau of Standards correct time (telnet://india.colorado.edu:13)
- Domain Name Lookup: translate domain names to numeric IP address (telnet://lookup@130.59.1.40) Login as : lookup
- Email FTP: get files at anonymous ftp sites via email.: mail ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com Body: "help"
- Email Gopher: use a gopher via email: mail gophermail@ncc.go.jp Body: "help"
- Email Gopher: use a gopher via email: mail gophermail@calvin.edu Body: "help"
- Email WWW: www URL); URL = Uniform resource locator (body: mail listproc@www0.cern.ch Body: "help"
- Email Usenet: post to newsgroup via email: mail hierarchy-group-name@cs.utexas.edu Subject: Your Subject Body: "Your Contents"
- FAXNET: FAX's via email ($): mail info@awa.com Body: "help"
- FAX FAQ: How can I send a fax from the Internet?, by Kevin Savetz (ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/internet-services/fax-faq)
- HTML Validation: a service to help you check the syntax of your HTML documents (http://www.webtechs.com/html-val-svc/)
- IP address resolver: given a site name, obtain its numerical IP address: mail resolve@widener.edu Body: "site SITE NAME"
- Mail name server: gives email information about many email names (e.g. IP address given name): mail dns@grasp.insa-lyon.fr Body: "help"
- NeverForget: a free email reminder service (http://www.neverforget.com)
- RFCs via mail: Request For Comments--documents about various issues for discussion, covering a broad range of networking issues.: mail rfc-info@isi.edu Body: "help: ways_to_get_rfcs"
There are a variety of services that you can take advantage of online; some are free; some offer you ways to communicate with other people in special ways (such as Internet-FAX gateways) or services to help you find specific information.