Humboldt Internet Tutorial

1. Eudora -- a popular email program
2. Netscape -- a popular Web Browser
3. Extracting Files -- How to handle files with .ZIP or .HQX extensions
4. Netscape Mail -- send and receive email through Netscape
5. Newsgroups -- how to read newsgroups in Netscape

Configuring Eudora

Open up Eudora, and notice the toolbar at the top of your screen that says, File, Mailbox, Messages, Special and Window.

Click on Special and then, depending on the version of Eudora you are using either click on Settings or configuration.

If you clicked on Settings you need to fill in Personal Information and Hosts:

POP Account: your login name @humboldt1.com (for example, adamo@humboldt1.com)
Your Real Name (guess what that is!)
Your SMTP server: mail.humboldt1.com

Under sending mail your return address is the same as your POP account.

To make an email message:

You should be looking at a window that has a header section and a blank body section. The header section contains something the looks like the following:

To:
From:
Subject:
CC:
BCC:

In the To: place, type in the address of the person you wish to email...for example, oz@humboldt1.com.

In the Subject: place, type in the subject of your message.

In the CC: place, type in the person you wish to send a Carbon Copy of this message to.

In the BCC: place type in the name of the person you wish to also receive a carbon copy. This person knows that the To: person and the CC: person received the message but the To: person and the CC: person do not know that the BCC: person received the message also...the BCC is called Blind Carbon Copy.

Click with your mouse into the body of the message. This is the area under line under the header information that you just filled out. Start typing your message. When you are done click the send button. Watch as your mail is being sent.

If you don't want to send your message right away, go into the configuration settings and take the X off the box marked immediate send under sending mail...if you are using an older version of Eudora it will be under Special under Switches.

Notice, now, that when you make a new message, instead of the word Send in the upper right of the message there is the word Queue. When you are all through making your many messages, get online and click File then Send Queued Messages.

To check your mail, click on File then Check Mail! You will see messages coming across and they will end up being dropped in your Inbox. You can find your Inbox my clicking on the Messages selection on your top menu bar.

When you have mail in your inbox you need to double-click on one of the messages and you will see it open up. If you want to reply to it click message then click Reply. Notice the return address of the person who wrote you the letter is in the To: section.

Click down into the body of the message. You can edit what parts you want to keep in the message just like a word processor. Just highlight the words with your mouse and cut them or paste them as you would in your word processor. Type your response a couple of lines lower than the words you are responding to in your friend's message.

If you want to Forward the message to a friend do the same moves as in the Reply except click Forward. Notice you have to fill in the address to the person you wish to forward the message to.

To send an attachment:

An attachment is a file you want to send along with your email message. If you have typed a long report and saved it in your word processor you will want to attach it to a short message that says "Here is the 10 page report that took me 6 days to write." Tell your friend in the body of your email message what the name of the file is that you are attaching and what type of encoding method you are using.

Encoding is the process the email program uses to convert the attached file into a form that can be transferred over the Internet. Windows people usually use MIME or UUENCODE to transfer their attachments. Mac people use BINHEX usually. If a Windows person wanted to send an attachment to a Mac person the Windows person would use BINHEX as the Mac person can't read an attachment encoded with MIME.

It is very important that both of you use the same encoding and decoding method. One person cannot send an attachment with one kind of encoding while the other is using a different type to receive the attachment. You both must agree to use a particular type of encoding. If you don't then your attachment is garbage when it is received.

The way you choose what type of encoding you want to use is to go into Special, Settings and Attachments. Choose the type of encoding you want to use, either BINHEX or MIME. Mac people get to choose Apple Double or BINHEX. (You may need to go in to Special, Switches and choose the encoding method there.)

To send an attachment you write a new message then click Message then Attach File. You will see a type of File Manager menu pop up that asks you what drive, what directory and what file you want. This is just like looking at your Windows Explorer (or File Manager if you are using 3.1). Double-click on the drive, directory and file you want then you will see it placed under the Attachment: section of your message.

When you receive an attachment you will either be asked where you want to place it or you will have it automatically dropped into a directory, probably your Eudora directory. If you forget where your attachment is go into your File Manager and do a search on your disk for the file! On Macintosh, go to the File menu and choose Find to search for your attachment. If you receive garbage it is no doubt encoded with the wrong encoding program. You will have to ask your friend to send it again, this time with the correct encoder or you will have to change your encoder in your Configuration to match what he sends you.

Sometimes your mail program jams because of an extra large message or an encoded message your program can't deal with. The symptom of this is that your e-mail program will download the first few messages properly, and then will either freeze up or will complain about an "Error of Type 1" while downloading one of your mail messages. This is known as "stuck email."

If you believe you have "stuck email", please call our technical support at 825-INET. If you are getting your email from telnet, type himenu at the home$ prompt, and choose "clear stuck mail." If you get stuck email frequently, you may want to get a telnet account so you can "unstick" the offending message(s) on your end.

1. Web pages consist of hyperlinks, which are underlined or colored bits of text that, when clicked on by the mouse, link you to another web page.

2. Note there is a long white box that probably has an address in it that starts with http:// This is called the URL or Uniform Resource Locator. You can change this address by typing in an address of your choice. Try changing the address you see by typing in http://www.humboldt1.com in this box instead of the existing address and then press enter. This will take you to the Humboldt Internet home page.

II. Setting Netscape's Preferences:

I am using Netscape 2.02 or Netscape Gold
I am using Netscape Communicator

A. If you are using Netscape 2.02 or Netscape Gold:

1. Go to the Options menu, and select Mail and News Preferences. This brings up a window with several tabs.

2. Click the Servers tab. Your ingoing and outgoing mail servers are both mail.humboldt1.com. Your POP user name is your login (the first part of your email address--login@humboldt1.com.) Your news server is news.humboldt1.com or news2.humboldt1.com

3. Click the Identity tab. Enter your full name in the Your Name field, or however you would like your name to appear when you send email. Your email and reply-to addresses are both login@humboldt1.com, where login is your username.

4. Click OK

B. If you are using Netscape Communicator:

1. Click on Edit and select Preferences. Click the plus sign next to Mail and Newsgroups to bring down a list of sections.

2. Click Identity. Enter your full name in the Your Name field, or however you would like your name to appear when you send email. Your email and reply-to addresses are both login@humboldt1.com, where login is your username.

3. Click Mail Servers. Click Add and enter mail.humboldt1.com

4. Click OK

5. In the slot marked Outgoing mail (SMTP) server type mail.humboldt1.com

6. In the slot marked Outgoing mail server user name type your login, which is the first part of your email address. (For example, login@humboldt1.com)

7. Click Newsgroup Servers. Click Add and enter either news.humboldt1.com or news2.humboldt1.com

8. Click OK

9. Click OK again

III. Search Engines on the Web:

1. Because of the vast quantity of material on the web, search engines are helpful in finding specific information. A useful search engine on the web is Yahoo, which can be found at http://www.yahoo.com

IV. Keeping track of your favorite web sites using Bookmarks:

1. When you come to a web site that you think you may want to visit again some time, go to the Bookmarks menu and select Add Bookmark. Now you have added that web site to your list of bookmarks. The next time you want to go there just go to the Bookmarks menu and select the page you want to visit from your list.

V. Downloading Files to a Disk:

1. Netscape can be used to download files from the internet. Often you will navigate through a series of hyperlinks before reaching the file you want to download. Hyperlinks to downloadable files will often be the filename, which includes its suffix. This suffix will be .exe or .zip or .hqx for program files you want to run.

2. Once you've clicked on this hyperlink, on some web browsers, you may be informed that the browser doesn't have the appropriate viewer for the selected file. At this point you want to select "Save" or "Save to Disk", name the file and choose where you want it saved. It's a good idea to first create a directory in File Manager (if you are using Windows 3.1) or to create a new folder on your hard drive (if you are using Win95/98) so you have a place to put the file you are downloading.

3. Some browsers won't ask you where to save, but will go ahead and save it in some default download directory. You will notice the file being automatically downloaded by watching the bottom left of your screen...you will see transmitting numbers flash by.

4. If you don't know where the file you've just downloaded was saved:
   1. In Windows 95/98, do a search through Windows Explorer or the C: drive. In Windows 3.1, do a search through File Manager.
   2. On Macintosh, choose Find from the finder File menu and search for the filename you just downloaded.

VI. Extracting Files:

Most programs you download off the Internet will be compressed. There are two main types of compressed files. One is a self-extracting file and one is a zipped file. The extension for the self-extracting file is .exe (.sea on Macintosh) and for the compressed file it is .zip (.sit or .cpt on Macintosh). Once you've downloaded a file you need to process the self-extracting file:

FOR FILES WITH THE EXTENSION .EXE

1. Copy the file into its own directory (you might need to create a directory in your File Manager or create a new folder on your drive with WIN95). For example, if you have downloaded the n16e201.exe file you need to make sure that file is in your new directory. If you did not save it with the extension .exe at the end make sure you rename the file and put the .exe extension on it.
2. To make the file de-compress make sure you are in the directory you copied it to, double-click on the file and you should see the file do a self extracting process. If you are in Windows 3.1 you will be returned into your file manager window. At this point press the F5 key on your keyboard. You will see the entire list of files the extraction process put in the directory. (If you are in Win95 you will need to close the window which came up to extract the files by clicking the X on the top right of the black screened window.)
3. You next need to run the setup program if there is one for the program. If you are using the n16e201.exe as this example, there will be a setup program in the directory holding the new files. Double click on this setup file and it will start the setup directory.
4. Remember to read any readmes.

FOR FILES WITH THE EXTENSION .ZIP

1. Copy the file into its own directory (you might need to create a directory in your File Manager).
2. Copy pkunzip.exe (on the Humboldt Internet disk) into the same directory as the compressed file.
3. Select the file you wish to unzip then click the File choice on the menu bar and click Run. Type pkunzip in front of the name of the zipped file so the line should look like this: pkunzip myprogram.zip This will start the unzipping process similar to the self-extracting process described above.
4. If needed, run the setup file to install the program.
5. Remember to read any readmes.

For the Mac with an SIT extension

1. Copy the file into its own directory (you might need to create a directory from the finder's File menu).
2. Copy stuffit expander (on the Humboldt Internet disk) onto your hard drive.
3. Drag the compressed file onto the stuffit expander icon and let go. This should extract the file.
4. Remember to read any readmes.

Netscape Mail

This tutorial will cover setting up Netscape to read e-mail. It will also cover some basic steps in reading your e-mail with Netscape Mail. You must have Netscape 2.0 or later if you want to use Netscape Mail. If you are using Netscape 2.02 or Netscape Gold, click here. If you are using Netscape Communicator, click here.

Start up Netscape.

Click the Options menu and select Mail and News Preferences.

At the top, you will see some tabs. Click on the tab marked Servers.

In the two slots named Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server and Incoming Mail (POP3) Server, fill in mail.humboldt1.com.

In the slot marked POP3 User Name, enter your login name. This should be only the first part of your e-mail address. If your e-mail address were login@humboldt1.com, then your POP3 User Name would be login. Your POP3 User Name is also the same as the Login Name on your signup sheet. You should have received a copy of your signup sheet when you signed up with our service.

Now, at the top of the window, click on the tab named Identity.

For Your Name, fill in your real name.

For Your Email and Reply-To Address, fill in your e-mail address.

Go ahead and leave Your Organization blank.

Now click on OK.

Go to the Window menu and select Netscape Mail.

If you are asked for your password, enter it and Netscape will check your mail. Otherwise, click on the Get Mail button in the upper left to check your mail.

On the left is a collection of mail folders. The Inbox folder contains your new mail. Click on the Inbox folder. A list of messages will appear in the window on the right.

Click on one of those messages to display it in the window at the bottom.

If you can't see your mail message, try this: put your pointer on the bottom of the Netscape window and slowly move it up until it changes to an equal sign; now click and hold your mouse button and move the pointer up until the line is halfway up the screen, then let go of your mouse button. This will make your window larger so you can see the message.

And that's how you read your e-mail with Netscape Mail.

In Netscape Mail, click the To: Mail button in the upper left.

In the Mail To: box, enter the e-mail address where you want to send mail.

In the Subject: box, type the general topic of your e-mail.

In the large white box at the bottom, enter your message.

When you're ready to send mail, click the Send button in the upper left.

Using Netscape Communicator:

Go to the Edit menu and select Preferences.

Click the plus sign next to Mail and Newsgroups to bring down a list of sections.

Click Identity. Enter your full name in the Your Name field, or however you would like your name to appear when you send email. Your email and reply-to addresses are both login@humboldt1.com, where login is your username.

Click Mail Servers. Click Add and enter mail.humboldt1.com

Click OK

Click Newsgroup Servers. Click Add and enter either news.humboldt1.com or news2.humboldt1.com

Click OK

Click OK again.

Click on Communicator and select Messenger. This will open Netscape Mail. Click the New Msg button.

In the To: box, type the email address to which you are sending mail.

In the Subject box, type any subject you wish. This is the "title" of the email.

In the big blank box underneath the Subject, type your message. This is called the "body" of the email message.

When you are finished, click the Send button in the upper left corner of your email window.

Click on Communicator and select Messenger.

Click the Get Msg button in the upper left of the Messenger window. You may be prompted to enter your password. This will download any mail waiting for you on the server.

Incoming mail messages are stored in the Inbox. Click the Inbox to see a list of messages to the right. To view any message in its entirety, simply click the message title on the right.

I. Viewing Newsgroups:

There are two ways to view newsgroups. One is through a separate newsreader program and the other is through Netscape which is also a newsreader. We will explain how to view them through Netscape.

I am using Netscape 2.02 or Netscape Gold
I am using Netscape Communicator

A. If you are using Netscape 2.02 or Netscape Gold:

1. Before you can use newsgroups, you must enter your news server information. If you have not done so already, you can learn how to do this here.

2. Click Window and select Netscape News. Next, click Options and Show All Groups. This will download all the available newsgroups, which will take a few minutes.

3. Once you have a list of groups, you can browse through them and see which ones interest you. Click on any group name on the left to see a list of that group's messages on the right. Click on any message title to see the text of that message below.

4. To subscribe to a newsgroup, select the group, click File, and select Add Newsgroup.

5. To post messages to a newsgroup, make sure that you have selected the group you wish to post to, then click File and select New News Message. To send a reply to a message posted by another user, click Message and select Post Reply.

If you are using Netscape Communicator:

1. Before you can use newsgroups, you must enter your news server information. If you have not done so already, you can learn how to do this here.

2. Click Communicator and select Newsgroups.

3. Click File and then Subscribe. This will download all the available newsgroups, which will take a few minutes.

4. Once you have a list of groups, you can choose which ones look interesting to you and subscribe to them by clicking on the group you want and clicking the Subscribe button.

5. Once you've subscribed to the groups you are interested in, click the OK button. You will now see a list of just the groups to which you are subscribed. Click once on any group name to see a list of messages in that group. Double click on a message title to read it.

6. To send new messages, click Message and select New. To reply to a message posted by another user, click Message and select Reply.

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