About the Internet
Andrew Geoghegan (mailto:geoghega@NETAXS.COM)
Tue, 23 Jun 1998 15:40:33 -0400
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Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 15:40:33 -0400
From: Andrew Geoghegan <mailto:geoghega@NETAXS.COM>
Subject: About the Internet
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>Dear Yuval:
>
>Send a message to
>
><mailto:getweb@unganisha.idrc.ca>
>
>the body being "HELP" (without the quotes).
>It's a server, apparently in Canada. It browses
>the Web, and then it lets you download webpages.
>The basic commands are:
>
>GET Url This one "gets" the page identified by
> Url.
>
>GET SOURCE Url Downloads the HTML file. HTML is the
> format Webpages are written.
>
>SEARCH YAHOO subject
>SEARCH INFOSEEK subject
>SEARCH ALTAVISTA subject These ones search "subject"
> using one of these search engines.
> There are more, but they are too
> specific.
>
>For example, a message to this server could be this one:
>
>
>begin
>SEARCH YAHOO Irish Language
>GET http://www.hypothetical.irish.webpage
>SEARCH INFOSEEK Irish Language
>end
>
>The words "begin" and "end" are useful, they help the server.
>
>The message to GetWeb doesn't need a subject.
>Try it! If you don't get anything, let me know.
>And thank you for the font!!!!!
>
>Be sound,
>
>Rodrigo
>
>