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<h1 align="center">Public Access Internet</h1>
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<small>(All links are to http HTML documents whose authors assumed would be accessed with a newer Web Browser)</small>
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Notice: It is our firm belief that the computer network commonly known as the "Internet" should <em>not</em> be used by non-adults under the age of 21.  We encourage young persons to instead use other public computer networks such as <a href="http://www.aol.com/info/p_international.adp">AOL</a> and <a href="http://www.minitel.fr/index.php">Minitel</a>. (Sorry, but CompuServe, GEnie, Prodigy, and TWX have ceased operation, and BITNET, FreeNet, Tymnet, and UUCPNET have been abandoned).
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<small>(The majority of servers on the Internet, particularly those using protocols other than http, are <em>not</em> open to public access)</small>
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<h2>Publicly Accessible Internet Servers -</h2>

<h3>Retrieve information from a <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1738.txt">URL</a> server</h3>

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<li><a href="http://www.ftp-sites.org/index.html">ftp</a> (File Transfer Protocol) <small><a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc959.txt">rfc959</a></small></li>
<li><a href="http://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/gw?gopher.floodgap.com/1/world">gopher</a> (Gopher protocol) <small><a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1436.txt">rfc1436</a></small></li>
<li><a href="http://dmoz.org/index.html">http</a> (HyperText Transfer Protocol) <small><a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">rfc2616</a></small></li>
<li><a href="http://www.nyx.net/~bkraft/index.html">news</a> (network News protocol) <small><a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc977.txt">rfc977</a></small></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dmine.com/telnet/index.htm">telnet</a> (interactive session protocol) <small><a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc854.txt">rfc854</a></small></li>
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<li>[most telnet sessions also support <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermit">Kermit</a> (<small><a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2839.txt">rfc2839</a></small>)]</li>
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<h3>Retrieve information from Other Protocol servers</h3>

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<li><a href="http://www.homeofficereports.com/Instant%20Messaging%20Ratings%20and%20Review.htm">IM</a> (Instant Messaging) <small><a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2779.txt">rfc2779</a></small></li>
<li><a href="http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/networks/index.html">IRC</a> (Internet Relay Chat) <small><a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1459.txt">rfc1459</a></small></li>
<li><a href="http://www.lsoft.com/lists/listref.html">LISTSERV</a> (Listserv distribute protocol) <small><a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1429.txt">rfc1429</a></small></li>
<li><a href="http://www.live-radio.net/info.shtml">Streaming Audio</a> (<small><a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2326.txt">rfc2326</a></small>), and a source for <a href="http://www.live-radio.net/streams.shtml">client software</a></li>
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<h4>Protocol Portals [when in doubt, start here]</h4>

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<li>Gopher (<a href="http://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/index.html">Floodgap</a>)</li>
<li>HTTP (<a href="http://www.dmoz.org/about.html">dmoz</a>)</li>
<li>IRC (<a href="http://www.irchelp.org/index.html"</a>IRChelp</a>)</li>
<li>News (<a href="http://www.newzbot.com/">newzbot!</a>)</li>
<li>Telnet (<a href="http://www.floodgap.com/retrotech/hytelnet/index.html">Hytelnet</a>)</li>
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<h3>Classic Document Search Engines (by URL scheme)</h3>

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<li>FTP = <a href="http://archie.icm.edu.pl/archie-adv_eng.html">archie.icm.edu.pl</a>, successor to <b>archie.bunyip.com</b></li>
<li>Gopher = <a href="http://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/gw?gopher.floodgap.com/1/v2">Veroinca-2</a>, successor to <b>Veronica</b></li>
<li>HTTP = <a href="http://www.galaxy.com/info/history.html">galaxy</a>, successor to <b>Einet Galaxy</b></li>
<li>News = <a href="http://groups-beta.google.com/index.html">Google Groups</a>, successor to <b>Deja News</b></li>
<li>WAIS = <a href="http://www.lub.lu.se/autoclass.html">Nordic WAIS/World Wide Web Project</a>, successor to <b>directory-of-servers</b></li>
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<h3>Phonebook/Server Queries</h3>

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<li><a href="http://www.emailman.com/finger/finger.html">Finger</a> (Finger user information) <small><a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1288.txt">rfc1288</a></small></li>
<li><a href="http://www.emailman.com/ldap/public.html">LDAP</a> (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) <small><a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2251.txt">rfc2251</a></small></li>
<li><a href="http://ntp.isc.org/bin/view/Servers/WebHome">NTP</a> (Network Time Protocol) <small><a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc958.txt">rfc958</a></small></li>
<li><a href="http://www.fifi.org/services/ping">Remote Ping</a> (Remote host availability) <small><a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2925.txt">rfc2925</a></small></li>
<li><a href="http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/whois/index.jhtml">Whois</a> (Who is domain nickname) <small><a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc954.txt">rfc954</a></small></li>
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<h2><em>Free</em> Internet Mail Services -</h2>

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<li><a href="http://www.fepg.net/providers.html">E-mail</a> (internet text messaging) <small><a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc822.txt">rfc822</a></small></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.mail2web.com/cgi-bin/login.asp?lid=0&il=0">Mail2web</a>, access of your existing POP3/IMAP4 E-mail account via the Web
<li>The worldwide BBS mail system <a href="http://winramturbo.com/fnsp/maps/fidobyint.htm">FidoNET</a> now interacts with the E-mail system</li>
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<li><a href="http://www-usa.tpc.int/tpc_home.html">TPC</a>, <em>one-way</em> E-mail <b>to</b> Fax machine (no <a href="http://www.keytlaw.com/faxes/tcpa.htm">unsolicited</a> commercial traffic)</li>
<li><a href="http://midmoskywarn.net/coleares/forms/radiogram-form.html">Radiogram</a>, Web text-form <b>to</b> <a href="http://www.geocities.com/cirrimemorialradioclub/NTS/nts.htm">human relayed</a> wireless mail (no commercial traffic)</li>
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(International <a href="http://home.iprimus.com.au/oseagram/telex1.html">Telex</a> addresses are reachable with Internet E-Mail, but the connection is <a href="http://www.desktoptelex.com/telexrate.html"><em>not</em></a> free)
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<h2>Internet Access/Hosting -</h2>

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<li><a href="http://www.livinginternet.com/e/ea_net.htm">Web Access via Email</a> (<em>no Web Browser required!</em>)</li>
<li>List of <em>free</em> <a href="http://www.freedomlist.com/info.php">Internet Service Providers</a></li>
<li>List of <em>free</em> <a href="http://www.freewebspace.net/guide/diskstorage.shtml">File Storage Hosts</a></li>
<li>List of <em>free</em> <a href="http://www.freewebspace.net/">Web Hosts</a>, and techniques for <a href="http://www.htmlhelp.com/index.html">designing cross-platform Web pages</a></li>
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<h3>Universal Internet Support Tools</h3>

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<li>Hold a <a href="http://tap.gallaudet.edu/IPVideoRelay.htm">telephone conversation</a> <b>from</b> an Internet computer <em>without</em> a microphone</li>
<li><a href="http://world.altavista.com/">altavista Babel Fish</a>, webpage language translation service</li>
<li><a href="http://view.samurajdata.se/index.php">Online Viewer</a>, PDF and PostScript document display service</li>
<li><a href="https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2">Shields UP!!</a>, Internet Port probe and security advice</li>
<li>Database of worldwide <a href="http://www.spamlaws.com/index.html">Anti-Spam Laws</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.keyserver.net">PGP Public Key Database</a> (<small><a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2440.txt">rfc2440</a></small>), and the source for the <a href="http://www.pgpi.org/">PGP encryption software</a></li>
<li>List of <a href="http://www.satsig.net/index.html">Broadband Satellite</a> Internet Service Providers (for Internet access <em>anywhere</em>)</li>
<li>Archive of <a href="http://browsers.evolt.org/">Web Browsers</a> for many platforms (most support several protocols besides HTTP)</li>
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<li><a href="http://about-the-web.com/shtml/WebTV.shtml">WebTV</a> television Internet browsing, and techniques for <a href="http://www.webreference.com/dev/webtv/index.html">designing WebTV Web pages</a></li>
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