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Subject: comp.sys.mac.comm Frequently Asked Questions [4/4]
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[7] Sending and receiving Mail and Usenet News with your Macintosh
==================================================================
[7.1] How can I send/receive Internet mail with my Macintosh?
-------------------------------------------------------------
There are a variety of ways to do this depending primarily
on how you connect your Macintosh to the rest of the world.
The most popular and practical methods are summarized below:
Note: Methods of sending and receiving e-mail that are specific
to A/UX are not discussed; see the FAQ for comp.unix.aux.
* UUCP
Perhaps the most practical way to interact with Usenet for most
is to use UUCP (Unix-to-Unix-Copy). UUCP is a protocol originally
intended to be used to transfer files between Unix machines over
telephone lines. Various UUCP programs exist for the Macintosh,
from freeware to shareware to payware. In addition to the UUCP
software, you must find a host machine connected to the Internet
(or equivalent) that is willing to send and receive your e-mail
(and news, if you wish [see 7.2]). There are commericial
services that provide this capability in various regions of
the country; check the newsgroup alt.bbs.internet for more
information. Once you have identified and arranged to receive
and send e-mail from such a service, you need to register your
site with a unique name in the UUCP maps.
-> Mac/gnuucp is a port of the GNU UUCP sources to the Macintosh.
Sources are included. The interface uses the standard Think C
command-line substitute. A Hypercard mail reader is provided.
Usable, but not recommended if you intend on transfering a lot
of files.
-> UUPC 3.0 is a substantially better freeware implementation of
the UUCP protocol for the Macintosh. UUPC 3.0 includes support
for various flavors of UUCP that provide better performance
with high-speed error-correcting modems. Full source code
is provided. UUPC 3.0 was implemented by a coalition of
programmers led by Dave Platt. Thanks!
-> uAccess, a payware product (about $300) from Ice
Engineering supports the CTB and can be used to send and
receive both e-mail and news postings via a UUCP link.
See [7.2] for more information.
* MacTCP: SMTP, POP
SMTP (Simple-Mail-Transfer-Protocol) and POP (Post-Office-
Protocol) are two protocols for transfering electronic mail
between machines that have a TCP/IP interface or equivalent.
Usually, on the Macintosh, such an interface is provided via
MacTCP and/or the Communications Toolbox.
-> Eudora is one of the best written and most popular free
programs available for the Macintosh. Eudora is a complete and
versatile e-mail package which can send e-mail via SMTP (either
through the CTB or a serial connection) and receive e-mail via
a POP server. It can even be used with UUPC 3.0 (as a mail
reader and message generator, not a transport agent). Eudora
can also be used to transfer arbitrary Macintosh files between
computers through its BinHex 4.0 attachment features. Many
accolades go to the author, Steve Dorner, who continues to
support Eudora. As of (7/92), the latest version of Eudora can
be FTP'd from ftp.qualcomm.com in mac/eudora. Please send all
e-mail inquiries about Eudora to eudora-info@qualcomm.com .
-> LeeMail is a shareware ($10) MacTCP-based SMTP mailer for
the Macintosh. LeeMail allows you to send and receive Internet
mail directly from your Macintosh --- if you have a fixed IP
address (manual addressing). Otherwise, if your Macintosh uses
dynamic addressing to determine its IP address, you can use
LeeMail to send mail from your Macintosh but should use a
different Reply-To address. LeeMail supports various enclosures.
Author: Lee Fyock <laf@mitre.org>
-> TCP/Connect II, from Intercon Systems, includes support for
both SMTP and POP based e-mail.
* Other:
-> Fernmail, a shareware program ($20), can be used as a stand-
alone mailer program to read and compose e-mail messages. It can
also be used to send e-mail between different users of the same
Macintosh but has no built-in facility to transfer messages
between machines. It is most useful as a front-end for UUCP
mailers that lack a sophisticated mail management program.
Author: Dave Platt <dplatt@snulbug.mtview.ca.us>
[7.2] How can I read/post Usenet news with my Macintosh?
--------------------------------------------------------
Again, the various options depend primarily on how your
Macintosh is connected to Usenet. The various ways to
connect your Macintosh to outside networks are summarized
elsewhere in this FAQ. What follows is a brief description of
the more popular software packages, according to connection
method.
Note: Methods of sending and receiving news that are specific
to A/UX are not discussed; see comp.unix.aux instead.
* UUCP
-> uAccess, a commericial product (about $300) from Ice
Engineering (and the product from which uATerm and Termy were
derived) is a well-designed product that works well enough to
allow you to use your Macintosh as a Usenet node (if you have
enough disk space). uAccess supports the CTB and comes with a
terminal emulator. It was reviewed in the July, 1992 issue of
_UnixWorld_.
-> rnMac, a shareware program ($25) written by Roy Wood
<rrwood@canrem.com>, is a reasonably spiffy offline newsreader.
The original intention was for rnMac to work in conjunction with
UUPC and ToadNews (by John Mah <jpmah@descartes.uwaterloo.ca>)
to allow you to set up a uucp-based Usenet newsfeed on a Mac.
rnMac is quite stable and full-featured, and even does a passable
job as a mailer (no match for Eudora, FernMail, etc.). rnMac,
ToadNews, UUPC are each available from archive sites such
as sumex and umich.
* MacTCP - NNTP
Most (if not all) MacTCP-based newsreaders for the Macintosh
will require access to a NNTP news server. NNTP (Net News
Transfer Protocol) is a protocol used to transfer articles
between a central news server and many client machines over
TCP/IP or a serial link.
-> NewsWatcher is a free MacTCP-based NNTP news client. It
supports a graphical "point and click" interface for browsing
and reading news. The program was featured in Apple's technical
"d e v e l o p" magazine (#6) with source; you can also FTP the
source from ftp.apple.com. The application itself is available
at other archives.
Development versions of NewsWatcher are generally made available
for anonymous FTP from ftp.acns.nwu.edu in the directory
pub/newswatcher.
Contact: send e-mail to <newswatcher@phil.ruu.nl>
-> Nuntius is a thread-based, MacTCP-based NNTP news reader with
a graphical Finder-like user interface. It is actively supported
by its author. One nice feature of Nuntius is its ability to
automatically extract binaries from selected threads.
Author: Peter Speck <speck@dat.ruc.dk>
-> InterNews is described as "a Macintosh interface to the world
of Usenet news". It is a relatively new but well-designed MacTCP-based
NNTP client for the Macintosh. Subscriptions, newsgroups, and articles
are organized and selectable via resizable and configurable panes.
InterNews is free to users of educational and non-profit organizations;
it is available for anonymous FTP at ftp.dartmouth.edu:/pub/mac.
Commercial and government users are asked to purchase a license.
-> TheNews is a shareware ($25) MacTCP-based NNTP news reader.
You can respond to articles via a local SMTP server also.
Author: Bill Cramer <70322.3412@compuserve.com>
-> TCP/Connect II, from Intercon Systems, includes an NNTP based
news reader, as well as e-mail (and other) facilities.
-> VersaTerm-Link includes a NNTP based news reader, as well as
e-mail facilities.
* Serial - NNTP
--> NetFeed is a NNTP newsreader designed to communicate with
a NNTP server via modem. It includes an article reader and
a simple scripting language to facilitate dialing the modem.
NetFeed is shareware, but the authors seem to only ask for a
postcard if you use their software.
Authors: Bill Burns <WDBURNS@MTUS5.bitnet>
Brad Boyer <BRBOYER@MTUS5.bitnet>
================================================================================
[8] Miscellaneous
=================
[8.1] I don't have FTP --- How can I access the Macintosh FTP archives
----------------------------------------------------------------------
through e-mail?
First, look in the Appendix of this FAQ. Descriptions on how
to access mailservers that mirror the InfoMac archives are
provided there. Also, the University of Michigan maintains
an e-mail server for its Macintosh archive; send a message
to mac@mac.archive.umich.edu with the command "help" in
the message body for details.
If you have Gopher access, note that the InfoMac archives at
sumex-aim.stanford.edu are accessible via Gopher. If your
Macintosh is connected to the Internet via MacTCP, for example,
you can use one of the many Macintosh Gopher clients to
access InfoMac.
If you have AFS (Andrew File System) access, you can access
the Macintosh archive at the University of Michigan via your
UNIX file system: cd /afs/umich.edu/group/itd/archive/mac .
You may have to ask your AFS/system adminisrator to add
umich.edu to the list of mounted AFS sites, however.
For more general help on accessing FTP sites through e-mail,
send e-mail to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu and include a line
containing "send usenet/news.answers/finding-sources" in the
message body. You will be e-mailed instructions on how to use
FTP sites via e-mail.
================================================================================
Appendix
========
[A] List of Common File Suffixes and Abbreviations
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Suffix Description
------- ------------------------------------------------------
.bin MacBinary files; see [2.2]
.cpt Compact Pro archive files; see [3.6]
.dd DiskDoubler archive files; see [3.6]
.gif Compuserve Graphics Interchange File;
.hqx BinHex files; see [2.3], [3.7]
.image Apple DiskCopy disk image file; see [2.5]
.sea Self-extracting archive files
.shar Unix shell archive file
.sit StuffIt archive files; [see 3.6]
.uu Unix uuencoded files; see [2.3]
.Z Unix 'compress' archive file
.z Unix 'gzip' archive file
.zip MS-DOS PC archive file
Abbrev-
iation Description
------- ------------------------------------------------------
A/UX Apple Unix
ADB Apple Desktop Bus
AFE Apple File Exchange
ARA AppleTalk Remote Access
bps bits per second
csmc comp.sys.mac.comm
CTB Communications Tool Box
CTS Clear-To-Send
DSR Data-Set-Ready
DTR Data-Terminal-Ready
FTP File Transfer Protocol
IP Internet Protocol
LAP Link Acess Protocol
MNP Microcom Networking Protocol
NNTP Net News Transfer Protocol
PPP Point-to-Point Protocol
RTS Request-To-Send
SID Sound Input Device
SL/IP Serial Line Internet Protocol; also seen as SLIP
TCP Transmission Control Protocol
uw Unix Windows
[B] List of Macintosh archive sites available through the Internet
------------------------------------------------------------------
All shareware or freeware programs described in this FAQ are available
from one of the many archives that mirror the InfoMac archives at sumex
and at other Macintosh FTP sites described below.
Of course, since almost all files are distributed in BinHex format,
the first program you need to get hold of is "BinHex 4.0" or better --
one of the programs described in [2.3] that has the capability to
decode BinHex files. If you have FTP access, try to FTP the file
info-mac/util/binhex4.bin from sumex-aim.stanford.edu with 'binary'
mode set (issue the command 'binary' to the FTP server). This file
is a MacBinary version of BinHex 4.0. If you don't have a binary-
capable FTP, or if you forget to use binary, you will get a corrupted
file when you transfer the file to your Mac. Alternatively, you can
FTP a MacBinary version of StuffitExpander from wuarchive.wustl.edu
in mirrors/rascal.ics.utexas.edu/compression as the binary file
sttufit-expander-303.bin .
If you don't have FTP access or binary FTP doesn't seem to work for you,
try to friend who has BinHex 4.0 (or equivalent) on a disk that you can
copy. Or, if you have a Pascal compiler handy, you can download the
Pascal source from sumex and compile it. But your best bet is to ask
around.
Unless otherwise indicated, the following FTP sites are all anonymous
FTP sites available through the Internet. Logon as "anonymous" or "ftp"
and give your e-mail address as the password. Remember that the use of
anonymous FTP at these sites is a privelege, not a right, so please act
accordingly. Type 'ls' to get a directory listing. Use the command 'cd'
followed by a directory name to move to a specific directory. USe the
command 'cd ..' to move back "up" to the previous directory.
Issue the command 'binary' to change to FTP BINARY mode. Give the command
'get' followed by a filename to retrieve a specific file.
Sites are grouped by geographical location. North American users are
strongly encouraged to use the North American sites. Practically
everything found on other continents can also be found somewhere in
North America. Similarly, non-North American users are advised to check
out their local sites first. Ftp.apple.com is the notable exception.
NORTH AMERICA:
** ftp.apple.com **
This FTP site is maintained by Apple. You can FTP System 7, TuneUp,
various Developer Technical Support items (including all the Tech
Notes), QuickTime, and much more. You will need the Apple DiskCopy
program (available online) to make floppy-disk versions of the disk
images.
** mac.archive.umich.edu ** (141.211.32.2)
University of Michigan's Macintosh Public Domain and Shareware Archive.
All files are in the mac directory (mac.bin is a directory useful only
to local University of Michigan users). Has lots of Macintosh files that
don't seem to be available anywhere else (including many that are not
at sumex-aim.stanford.edu). Announcements of recent additions to the
archives are routinely seen in comp.sys.mac.digest. Read the file
'/mac/00help/submissions.txt' for details on submitting. The archive
is accessible via AFS (the Andrew File System); see [8.1]. You are
STRONGLY encouraged to investigate this FTP site if you are a frequent
user of sumex-aim; it is well maintained and frequently updated and
(currently) is not plagued by the problem of too many simultaneous
FTP users.
** microlib.cc.utexas.edu **
The University of Texas Computation Center maintains a large and useful
Macintosh archive in microlib/mac (Archives for other personal computers
are also available here). Submissions can be e-mailed (in BinHex form)
to macgifts@mac.archive.umich.edu (which are then rebroadcasted
elsewhere; this is the easiest way to distribute public-domain or
shareware stuff throughout the Internet).
** sumex-aim.stanford.edu ** (36.44.0.6)
Official home of the Info-Mac archives. This site is heavily used and has
anonymous FTP connections limited during local working hours, so you are
STRONGLY encouraged to use one of the many sites which mirror the sumex
archives (such as mac.archive.umich.edu or wuarchive.wustl.edu). All
Macintosh files are stored in the directory info-mac in a tree
structure by generic file type. Announcements of recent additions are
posted (daily) to comp.sys.mac.digest. You should read the file in the
help subdirectory called 'posting-guidelines.txt' for details on
submitting files to the archive. This site is also accesible via Gopher.
** wuarchive.wustl.edu ** (128.252.135.4)
Washington University maintains a mirror archive of sumex-aim and also
mac.archive.umich.edu (among others). Look in mirrors/info-mac and
mirrors/archive.umich.edu respectively. This site is also useful for
other reasons and can be mounted via NFS (see the README files in the
top level).
If you don't have FTP access, you can access the sumex-aim InfoMac
archives by using the LISTSERVer at Rice University in Houston, TX.
For example, to retrieve the file util/cpt-expand-10.hqx, send a message
containing the line "$macarch get UTIL/CPT-EXPAND-10.HQX" to
listserv@ricevm1.rice.edu. UNIX users may also find the following script
useful:
#!/bin/csh -f
# macarch.get
if test $# -ne 1
then
echo Usage: $0 archive-name-of-file-to-retrieve
exit 1
fi
echo \$macarch GET $1 | mail LISTSERV@ricevm1.rice.edu
The files HELP/ALL-FILES.TXT, HELP/ACCESSING-FILES.TXT, and other
files in the HELP hierarchy are useful files to try retrieving
initially.
EUROPE:
** ftp.funet.fi ** (128.214.6.100)
The Finnish University and Research network (FUNET) archive site.
Macintosh files are in pub/mac. Read the README file in the top level,
especially if you are FTP-ing "long distance".
** nic.switch.ch ** (130.59.1.40)
The Swiss Academic and Research Network (SWITCH) maintains an info-mac
mirror on nic.switch.ch. Files are in the directory /mirror/info-mac
and are updated daily.
** src.doc.ic.ac.uk ** (146.169.2.1)
Archive site maintained by UKUUG Software Distribution Service,
Department of Computing, Imperial College, London, UK. Macintosh
files are in directory packages/mac. Mirrors of sumex-aim.stanford.edu
and mac.archive.umich.edu are in mac/sumex and mac/umich respectively.
Some files are compressed using Unix compress (.Z); see the README
file.
** irisa.irisa.fr ** (131.254.254.3)
Archive site maintained by Institut de Recherche en Informatique et
Systemes Aleatoires in Rennes, Brittany, France. This site maintains an
archive of various comp.binaries.* group, including comp.binaries.mac.
Files are in News/comp.binaries.mac. Warning: Files in this directory
are numbered and numerous so avoid asking for a directory listing;
that is, don't type 'ls' or 'dir'. Rather, change to this directory
and download the file 'index' which maps the "Subject:" line to
a number which you can then 'get'.
If you don't have FTP access, you can access the InfoMac archives
by sending e-mail to the mirror archive kept on fileserv@irlearn.ucd.ie.
Files must be requested by their (14 digit) number, so first send
a message containing only the line "get macfile listing" for a full
index, or ask for the most recent additions by sending "index newmac".
AUSTRALIA:
** archie.au ** (139.130.4.6)
AARNet Archive Server, Melbourne, Australia. Macintosh files are
in micros/mac. This site also mirrors sumex-aim.stanford.edu (look in
micros/mac/infomac) and mac.archive.umich.edu (look in micros/mac/umich).
JAPAN:
** utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp ** (133.11.11.11)
University of Tokyo archive site. Macintosh files are in pub/Mac.
This site also mirrors info-mac at sumex-aim.stanford.edu; check
the pub/Mac/info-mac directory.
[C] Vendor Information
----------------------
These vendors are either mentioned in this FAQ or provide products
relating to Macintosh networking. Neither the editor of this list
nor any of the contributors necessarily endorse any of the vendors
or their products. The following information is provided for your
convenience only.
Please bring any errors or additions to the attention of the editor.
Vendor Contact Methods:
--------------------------------------- --------------------------------
Advanced Software Concepts e-mail:
adv.soft@applelink.apple.com
anonymous FTP at 192.70.34.153
Alverson Software e-mail: davea@xetron.com
Apple Developers Association (APDA) [USA] (408) 974 4667
e-mail: APDA@applelink.apple.com
MacTCP orders and information:
[USA] (800) 282-2732
[USA] (408) 562-3971 {FAX}
[CANADA] (800) 637-0029
Cayman Systems [USA] (800) 473 4776
e-mail: info@cayman.com
e-mail: sales@cayman.com
anonymous FTP at ftp.cayman.com
cc:Mail/Lotus Development [USA] (800) 448-2500
[Int'l] 011-44-784-455-445
e-mail: support@ccmail.com
Compatible Systems [USA] (800) 356 0283
e-mail: support@compatible.com
anonymous FTP at ftp.compatible.com
Freesoft [USA] (412) 846-2700
Global Village [USA] (415) 390-8300
e-mail: GLOBALVILLAG@applelink.apple.com
America Online: GlobalVill
CompuServe: 75300,3473
Hayes [USA] (404) 441-1617
[CANADA] (519) 746-5000
[USA/CANADA] (800) US-HAYES {BBS}
[USA/CANADA] (404) HI-MODEM {BBS}
[UK] 081-848-1858
[UK] 081-569-1774 {BBS}
[HK] 852-887-1037
ICE Engineering, Inc. [USA] (313) 449-8288
e-mail: info@ice.com
e-mail: time@ice.com
InterCon Systems [USA] (703) 709-9890
[USA] (703) 709-5500
e-mail: sales@intercon.com
Mark/Space Softworks [USA] (408) 982-9781 (fax)
[USA] (408) 982-9046 (bbs)
e-mail: mspace@netcom.com
America Online: MARKSPACE
AppleLink: MARKSPACE
anonymous ftp at netcom.com:pub/mspace
Mercury System, Inc. [USA] (310) 553-0881
[USA[ (310) 553-1291 (fax)
Pacer Software [USA] (619) 454-0565
e-mail: support@pacersoft.com
Seaquest Software [USA] (503) 531-0252
e-mail: seaquest1@aol.com
e-mail: peterm@cs.pdx.edu
CompuServe: 73217,3460
America Online: Seaquest1
Shiva [USA] (800) 458-3550
[USA] (617) 621-0190 {BBS}
e-mail: info@shiva.com
e-mail: sales@shiva.com
e-mail: support@shiva.com
anonymous FTP at shiva.com
Smartcom (Hayes) [USA] (404) 441-1617
[USA] (800) US-HAYES (BBS)
Software Ventures Corporation [USA] (510) 644-1325
e-mail: microphone@svcdudes.com
Stalker Software [USA] (800) 262 4722 (voice)
[USA] (408) 370 3170 (fax)
[EUROPE] 49 221 442 138
Synergy Software [USA] (215) 779-0522
e-mail: D2296@appleLink.apple.com
TriSoft (Hyde Park sales/support) [USA] (800) 531-5170
Webster Computer Corp. [AUSTRALIA] 61 3 764 1100
White Pine Software [USA] (603) 886-9050
ZyXEL [USA] (800) 255-4101
[USA] (714) 693-0808
[USA] (714) 693-0762 (BBS)
[USA] (714) 693-8811 (fax)
[CANADA] (416) 534-1508
[CANADA] (416) 534-1312
[D] Contributors
----------------
The editor of this FAQ would like to graciously thank all of the
following individuals who have contributed in some form or another
to the answers provided above, and to the many others not listed
who have nonetheless encouraged and corrected me along the way.
Dave Alverson (ZTerm, Powerbooks)
Steve Baumgarten (Versaterm)
Jack Brindle (BinHex, MacBinary)
Eric Behr (MacTCP)
Josh Cole (Networking, MacTCP, AppleDouble)
Bill Coleman (Smartcom)
Steve Dorner (Eudora, SL/IP)
Don Gilbert (SL/IP)
Tom Gewecke (European E-Mail, Archives)
Elliotte Rusty Harold (General, File Transfer Programs)
Greg Kilcup (MacX, CSL/IP, PPP)
Andy Y. A. Kuo (Networking)
Peter N Lewis (General, FTPd)
Bill MacGregor (MacTCP Name Resolution)
Leonard Rosenthol (General, StuffIt)
Kevin Eric Saunders (Comet)
Eric P. Scott (General)
Jon L. Spear (General, Baud Etymology)
Werner Uhrig (Macintosh Expert)
Rick Watson (MacSLIP)
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