- Index:
- E-Mail
- Discussion Lists
- FTP
- Telnet
General
- Everything E-Mail
- Contains information for both the beginning and advanced user. E-mail programs,
etiquette, discussion lists, and managing lists are among the topics.
http://everythingemail.net/
Getting Started
- BMJ Guide: Electronic Mail
- An older article but quite a good introduction. Does not touch on the newer features in
e-mail.
http://www.bmj.com/bmj/archive/7018ed.htm
- E-Mail Tips -
Everything E-Mail
- Another place for tips about using e-mail. Covers signature files, discussion groups,
etiquette and software.
http://everythingemail.net/emailtips.html
- Finding An E-Mail
Address - Everything E-Mail
- Lists several sites for finding e-mail addresses of others along with instructions.
http://everythingemail.net/address.html
Reviews
- E-Mail
Face-off, Internet World 12/96
- Compares 12 e-mail packages. Rather thorough. Does not include information about the
most recent versions.
http://www.internetworld.com/1996/12/iwlabs.html
- Going Postal
Over Internet Mail - Ziff-Davis Labs
- Reviews several e-mail packages for Windows. Does not include the most recent versions
of several packages. Article is not dated but appears to be from 12/96.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdimag/zdlabs/mail/
Packages
- Everything
E-Mail - E-Mail Software
- An extensive list of e-mail software and resource sites. Includes a pointer to free
e-mail to pager software.
http://everythingemail.net/software.html
- Pegasus Mail by David Harris
- Official Homepage. Product works on a PC. Rather robust.
http://www.pegasus.usa.com/
- cc:Mail
- Lotus's Homepage for cc:Mail. The corporate standard. Its features were advanced but is
not easy to interface with Internet mail. Requires an administrator to maintain a
directory of all users. Remote use is difficult.
http://www.ccmail.com/index.htm
- Eudora
- Qualcomm's Software for the Mac, PC, Newton and PalmPilot. Freeware version is
excellent. Commercial version has additional features including more advanced filtering.
http://www.eudora.com/
- Netscape Mail
Clients
- Mail client with Netscape Navigator 3.0 and Communicator. Has some advanced options but
uses proprietary methods to include sound and imbed HTML
http://www.netscape.com/download/index.html
- Microsoft Mail Clients
- A simple one comes with Explorer. Microsoft Outlook adds features and integrate well
with MS Office. Explorer 4.0 comes with Outlook Espress which allows you to include HTML
in your mail.
http://www.microsoft.com/ie
General
- Discussion
Forums - Medical Matrix
- Several peer-reviewed clinical discussion lists. MedMatrix Website requires a username
and passwork but it is free and used for tracking only.
http://www.medmatrix.org/SPages/Discussion_Forums.asp
- CataList, the
official catalog of LISTSERV lists
- Searchable listing of Listserv lists by key-word or by host site. Alsp points to
archives when they exist.
http://www.lsoft.com/lists/listref.html
- Liszt: Health
- An index of health related lists along with descriptions and instructions. Also sponsors
commercial lists of unknown quality.
http://www.liszt.com/select/Health/
- Search Form
- Another searchable listing of publicly accessable mailing lists but yielded fewer
results than CataList.
http://www.neosoft.com/cgi-bin/paml_search/
List Moderation
- Starting a Mailing
List - Everything E-Mail
- Includes pointers to e-mail packages, services, host sites and information.
http://everythingemail.net/start.html
- The Moderator's HomePage
- Good starting point for those considering starting a mailing list. List moderation is an
art and several veteran moderators have contributed to this site.
http://cac.psu.edu/~mauri/moderators.html
Mailing List Software
- LISTSERV Home Page
- The classic discussion list software and the most popular. As of 11/1/97 is serving over
71,000 lists to 22.000,000 subscribers. A free version is availaon-profit use.
- http://www.lsoft.com/listserv.stm
- Majordomo Home Page
- Written in perl. Runs on UNIX. Requires a continuous connection. Less robust filtering
that Listproc or Listserv but is free and continuously improved. Performance drops as list
size and number increase.
http://www.greatcircle.com/majordomo/
- ListProcessor Home Page
- Commercial version continuously improved. Freware verion available but has not been
improved in several years. Robust filtering. difficult to learn but worth the effort.
http://www.cren.net/www/listproc/listproc.html
FTP tools are included in Internet Browsers. The resources mentioned here are useful to
keep one's software investment current or to facilitate the use of your computer. Most
downloadable medical software is for undergraduate medical education.
Getting Started
- StuffIt
Expander
- Indespensible tool for the Mac user who downloads material from the Internet. Freeware.
Usually included with the browser.
- DropStuff
with Expander Enhancer
- Useful tool to speed Stuffit expander on the Power Macintosh and also allows you to
compact (stuff) your own files or folders for uploading. Shareware $30.
- PKZip for DOS and Windows16 bit
and 32 bit.
- Used to be the most popular compression / decompression application for the PC. Can be
found on Download.Com by searching for "PKWare." Shareware. I think you may use
PKUnZip (part of the package) for free.
- WinZip Home Page
- Now thought to be the most popular extraction and compaction program which can expand
compressed ".zip", " .uue" or ".hqx" files into a form that
is usable on your PC. Slick interface with a "wizard" that makes program
installation easy. Shareware $29
- Fetch
- The most popular FTP client on the Macintosh. Can be retrieved using a Web Browser. On
occasion I still find this useful. Especially useful when uploading a file.
ftp://ftp.dartmouth.edu/pub/software/mac/Fetch_3.0.3.hqx
- WS_FTP
Light Edition
- A Windows FTP client which can be used for free by gov't educational or home use. Again,
very useful for uploads. Requires registration.
http://www.ipswitch.com/downloads/ws_ftp_LE.html
Computer Maintainance
- Apple Computer Software Page
- Download updated system software for the Macintosh.
http://support.info.apple.com/ftp/swhome.html
- Microsoft
Products
- From here you can access support for all of Microsoft products as well as service packs
and updates. http://www.microsoft.com/products/default.asp
Medical FTP Sites
- Medical Matrix - Medical Software
- A listing of 3 sites which contain medical software. Download with caution! Medical
Matrix requires free registration.
http://www.medmatrix.org/SPages/Medical_Software.asp#Databanks
- KnowledgeBank - MedicaLogic
- MedicaLogic's site for sharing encounter forms, note templates, handouts and letters.
http://www.medicalogic.com/knowledge/knowldge.html
Software and Shareware
- Simtel.Net
- A massive archive of PC software. Probably the oldest and longest running.
http://oak.oakland.edu/simtel.net/
- Info-Mac
HyperArchive
- Info-Mac is the granddaddy of all Macintosh software sites. Well controlled so software
appears virus free (I have not gotten one in over 10 years). Arrange by date or name or
search. http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperArchive.html
- HealthyPC.com
- A Ziff-Davis site which provides support for PC Users.
- Download.Com
- Excellent site for retrieving Freeware, shareware and Demo software. Picks Macintosh or
PC according to the computer you are using. Shows most populat downloads. Responsive.
One of the original methods of interacting with the Internet. There are few reasons for
the average user to learn telnet but there are still instances when a terminal session is
useful, such as interacting with a dial-up hospital information system.
Software Programs
- CRT
- A telnet client for the Windows PC.
http://www.vandyke.com/products/crt/index.html
- NCSA
Telnet FTP site
- An excellent Telnet program for the Macintosh. Most recent version is from June 95.
ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu//Mac/Telnet/Telnet2.7/2.7b4/
