NEWSGROUPS BY EMAIL
JAY RESPLER (JRespler@surfnj.net)
Wed, 22 Apr 1998 20:08:12 -0400
There were questions on how to read our new newsgroup,
sci.astro.satellites.visual-observe
This is from my local newspaper:
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Published in the Asbury Park Press 4/22/98
Q. I would like to read some of the newsgroup messages I have heard
so much about, but I don't have full Internet access. I can't access
the
World Wide Web. I have one of those free e-mail accounts a lot of
people have. Will that work and can I find what I want?
J.H., Freehold Township
A.. You have e-mail, you have enough.
One of the best sites for the information you want is
www.reference.com . It's got a wealth of information on news groups.
Without Web access, you can't go directly to the site. However, if you
are willing to put a little time into a learning curve -- a very
little time -- you can access the same information via e-mail.
The e-mail service isn't quite as complete as using the site. But the
e-mail program lets you search through an archive of 20,000
newsgroups and a collection of mailing lists. The reference.com e-mail
query service lets you search through an archive of the postings to
more than 20,000 newsgroups and a rapidly growing number of
publicly accessible mailing lists. It is used by registered subscribers
from more than 100 countries.
You can search for specific messages by subject, author, author's
affiliation, newsgroup or e-mail list. The e-mail query service
provides
a powerful interface that lets you refine queries by author, author's
organization, subject, newsgroup or e-mail list, etc. (see "ADVANCED
QUERIES" in this file).
After you submit your search, you'll get an e-mail answer telling you
how many articles there were that used the terms you wanted. Each
article has a unique number and you can continue searching or order
any article you want. You also can create a continuing search so that
you are notified every time a message appears using keywords you
select. To access the service by e-mail, send an e-mail message
containing query commands (see "SENDING QUERIES") to
"Email-Queries@Reference.COM." The service actually is called SIFT
and was operated for years by Stanford University. Stanford recently
agreed with InReference to have InReference operate the service at
its site, www.reference.com.
For more information about the service and how to use it, send an
e-mail to User-Manual@Reference.COM The manual is relatively easy
to follow and provides the proper syntax for queries.
Source: Asbury Park Press
Published: April 22, 1998
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If someone tries this, let us know how it works.
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Regards,
Jay Respler
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