How to surf the WWW on an 8-bit Apple ][+, IIc, //e.

[obsbedia2@aol.com (Obsbedia2)]

On 03 Oct 2000, obsbedia2@aol.com (Obsbedia2) wrote:

> I'm looking for some help and I thought that classic IBM or Mac Users 
> might know more about this. I use an Apple II and found the above 
> website that describes an automated email server that lets older 
> computers access the internet's information by email! Does anyone know 
> more about this. The page was abandoned/not updated and email to the 
> author is going nowhere.

I have to admire someone using an Apple II today! Mine is gathering dust
about 3 metres from where I'm sitting right now. ;-)

The page you describe sounds like Gerald Boyd's "Accessing the Internet
by Email FAQ". It's available as follows:

> This document is now available from several automated mail servers.
> To get the latest edition, send email to one of the addresses below.
>
> To: mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu (for US, Canada & South America)
> Enter only this line in the BODY of the note:
>    send usenet/news.answers/internet-services/access-via-email
>
> To: mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk (for Europe, Asia, etc.)
> Enter only this line in the BODY of the note:
>    send lis-iis e-access-inet.txt
>
> You can also use this autoresponder address, send blank email
> To: accmail-faq@expita.com
>
> You can also get the file by anonymous FTP at one of these sites:
>
> Site: rtfm.mit.edu
>    get pub/usenet/news.answers/internet-services/access-via-email
> Site: ftp.mailbase.ac.uk
>    get pub/lists/lis-iis/files/e-access-inet.txt
>
> Or on the Web in HTML format at:
>    http://www.faqs.org/faqs/internet-services/access-via-email/

Posted and mailed. If you need more information, feel free to write to
me.

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