Basic Internet Services Basic Internet Services Email is used to send messages, documents, and image files over the Internet from one email address to another. Unlike the Dynix email you have been using, email over the Internet is more powerful - you will have a friendlier format to work with.
Each LINK library that has a PC connection to the Internet will have a separate email-box for sending/receiving correspondence from anyone else with Internet email access.You will not be confined to corresponding only with other LINK libraries.
You can also utilize email to subscribe to special interest listservs. Here are two links to use in finding lists of interest to you:
Reference list of Discussion Lists
File Transfer Protocal. Defines how files are to be transferred from one computer to another. Also refers to the application program that moves the files. It doesn't matter where the computers are located, how they are connected, or whether or not they use the same operating system. The ftp process is easier with a GUI that with the unix command driven systems.
A menu based system for organizing information on the Internet, and for providing more orderly access to it. Users select menu items and gopher helps you access it.. Has search capabilities, plus the option to make bookmarks, save files, and email files. Netscape supports this service. Here is a link to a gopher at
Wide Area Information Service. A system for looking up information in certain databases on the Internet. WAIS lets you look through Internet archives, looking for articles containing groups of words. For example, the GPO site offers information in wais format. This connection will also be available from your Dynix terminals/
World Wide Web. (May also be referred to as W3.) This service has seen the most explosive growth in the last 3 years and is responsible for the widespread popularity of the Internet. World Wide Web allow users to utilize hypertext and other hyperlinks via a graphical interface (usually), called a browser. The most popular graphical browsers are Netscape and Mosaic, although there are others. There is also a text-only WWW browser, called Lynx; DaneNet can be accessed via telnet and browsed with Lynx. The document you are looking at is a page on the WWW.