Setting up Windows95 Applications for Sound Internet

Configuring Eudora E-Mail.

Eudora - eMail

• Open the Eudora application
• Select "Special", then "Configuration"
• For "POPAccount" type your -- login@scc.net --(Hint: Login and username are the same)
• Enter your real name (Optional)
• For "SMTP Server" type -- smtp.scc.net (if it is not already there for you)
• For "Pop Server" type -- pop3.scc.net (if it is not already there for your)
• For "Return Address" type login@scc.net
• Click "OK"
• To check mail, from "File" menu select "Check Mail"
• You will be prompted for your password use the one you made when you started the account.
• To send a message, click the "Message" menu, then "New Message"
• Enter the address of the person you are sending mail to
• Enter the subject of the message
• Type the message in the body
• Click "Send"

• Click the Start button, then Programs, Internet and select Eudora E-Mail.
• On the Menu bar select Special, then Configuration.
• Fill the follwing information into the appropriate spaces (be sure to replace username and password with your username and password).

  POPAccount = username@scc.net
  SMTP Server = smtp.scc.net
  POP Server = pop3.scc.net
  Return Mail Address = username@scc.net

• Click the Start button, then Programs, Internet and select Free Agent News Reader.
• On the Menu bar select Options, then Preferences.
• Fill in the screen with the necessary information.
• Sound Internet News Sever (news.scc.net) Does not require Authorization login.

Internet Explorer - World Wide Web
Explorer is a web browser made by Microsoft Corporation. This is the application you will want to use to surf the World Wide Web. The first time you open it, you will most likely go to Microsofts web page. To get to our web page, delete the http: . Address in the "Location" bar window on the top of the application, and type http://www.scc.net to visit our home page. *(Optional: To make our home page be the starting point rather than Microsoft, from the "View" menu, select "Options", then click the "Navigation" tab and click "Use Current".) From our home page, you can visit the search engines youve heard about. Just click on the pictures or links (underlined text) to go there. This is where internet is point and click with a graphical interface. If you want to make a web page, your web address will ultimately be at: http://www.scc.net/~username

Free Agent - Internet News

• From "Options" select "Preferences" then "User Profile" (if not already open)
• Fill in the general information which you should know by now
• Click the "System Profile" tab and type in news.scc.net and smtp.scc.net in the appropriate fields if it is not already done for you and click "OK" , then "OK" again to exit the preferences window
• Select "Online" from the menu, then "Refresh Groups list", click "OK" to the message and wait
• After all the groups have been found, from the "All Groups" window on the left of your screen, scroll through the list and double click on the ones that interest you to open up a listing of the postings they contain. Click "Top 50" for a sample of the newsgroups (as some have hundreds), click "All" for all articles, "Subscribe" to custom create news that youll read often, or "Cancel" to exit the window.
• Subscribing to newsgroups will prevent you from having to go through the long list of groups to find one you use frequently. To check for your custom group listing the next time you use the program, from the "Group" menu, select "Show Only Subscribed Groups"

mIRC - Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
For more information on configuring and using mIRC please visit the mIRC homepages.

MIRC is for Internet Relay Chat -- Chatting on the internet - 

The MIRC software includes extensive help on-line. Start the program and click help 
	from the menu bar. 

Here is something to get you started.

· Open up the mIRC program that came with your software package.  
· From the File menu, select Setup. 
· If Sound Communications IRC or SCC.Net is already in the setup, select Connect.  
	If it is not, select Add Sever.   Note:	many of the irc servers listed allow 
	anyone to connect.
· In the Description filed, type: Sound Internet IRC
· In the IRC Server field type: irc.scc.net
· Click Add
· Fill in the personal information as desired.  Your Nick handle is what others in the 
	chat rooms will know you as.
· Click Connect to connect to an irc server

Here are a few commands to get you started.  There are several thousands of open 
	channels with many different topics of	interest.  Enter all input in the very 
	bottom line of the application window.  

· /join #hottub			join hottub channel
· /join #channelofyourchoice 	I think you understand
· /whois frankie		tells you who user frankie is (or whoever)
· /who #hottub	 		tells you who is in channel hottub
· /list -min 20 		list all channels w/ min. of 20 users 
· /nick julio			changes your current nick to julio
· /msg gizmo			sends user gizmo a private message
· /query gizmo			sets up a private channel between you and gizmo

Telnet - logging in to remote computers
This is the program you use to change your password and to access bulletin boards like ISCA and to set up your WWW pages. We will discuss your password here.
• To change password, open the "Telnet" application. Open a connection to "Sound Internet", you should have our setup as an option, otherwise open a connection to scc.net
• It will prompt you for your "username", then "password" - fill them in
• To change your password type passwd after the scc:~$ prompt and follow the steps it asks you. For security purposes, you should choose secure passwords and change them semi-often. Use a combination of numbers and letters, never use real words.
• When you are finished, type exit to quit your session. Always do this before exiting the application itself.
• To learn more about UNIX, consult your internet help book for references on UNIX related material.

WS_ FTP - File Transfer Protocol
Use this to upload and download data files across the internet. Instructions for using WS_Ftp can be found here. The WWW has taken away much of the need for using ftp. You would use ftp to upload a web page. By the time you get to that, you'll probably already know how to use ftp. Otherwise, this isn't a program youll find entertaining.

Gopher - Online Database Search/View
A program developed by the University of Minnesota for the purpose of connecting educational libraries and online directories for students and staff. Not used often anymore, but included just in case.

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