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Acorn Internet User Guide

 

Table of Contents

Introduction
Acorn Internet
Background
How do I get an Internet connection?

Setting up
Modem
Configuration instructions

Configuring the Internet server
Setting up communications functions

Configuring !Mail
Installing !Mail
Setting the Post_In and Post_Out directories

Configuring the Web browser
Page caches
Browser configuration
Network configuration

Managing the mail server
Setting up users and user groups
Managing newsgroups
Allowing and disallowing Web URLs
Mail statistics
Displaying the server log
Finger
Quitting Connect
Saving space

Using Mail
Starting !Connect
Connecting with the mail system
Sending mail
Reading mail
Forwarding a mail message
Connecting with the Internet
Logging off and Quitting

Using the Web browser
Starting the Web browser
Overview
Finding, starting and stopping links
The browser menu
Viewing locally-stored pages

Using news
Reading news
Forwarding an article by email
Following up an article
Replying to an article (by email)
Saving an article
Starting a new thread

Playing other multimedia data types
Playing Java applets
!Shockwave

World Wide Web pages
What are Web pages?
Creating Web pages
Identifying resources - URLs
Serving pages

Appendix A: Acronyms and Smilies
Acronyms
Smilies

Appendix B: Writing Acorn Internet Command Scripts
Introduction
Protocols and Interfaces
Anatomy of a logon script
Writing your Own Scripts
Handling Dynamic IP Allocation
Scripting Language Command Set
pppconnect for RISC OS
Authentication
Routing
Bibliography

Appendix C: Glossary

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Last Edit: Tue,03 Nov 2015