Winnefox Library System The Ides of
June 1999
 

E-MAIL TIP

Whenever you get a message from the PMDF e-Mail Interconnect Postmaster that looks like
    Your message cannot be delivered to the following recipients:
   Recipient address: jones@winnefox.org
   Reason: unknown or illegal user
you might be left wondering if you mis-spelled the person's name, forgot to leave out the apostrophe, or didn't realize that the person has an account through a commercial ISP instead of Winnefox. If you've misplaced your e-mail directory, here are two quick ways to find the e-mail addresses of staff at any Winnefox-member library:

  • Winnefox Library System Staff Pages
    You'll need to use your PIN to access the staff area, but once you're in you'll find the Winnefox E-Mail Address Book, sorted by library, sorted by last name, and a short list of frequently mis-addressed addresses. (If you've forgotten the PIN, contact me and I can give it to you.)
  • The WLS Members pages
    If you simply need to contact the director of any WLS library, there's a link to his/her e-mail address from this section of the Web site. If you use e-mail software other than Pine, you should be able to click on the hyperlinked e-mail address and have your e-mail software open a "compose" window right from the library's directory page.

Once you've found the correct e-mail address, you can try re-sending the message to the corrected address (you can find the original message in your Sentmail or Sent folder).

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Virus alert: Worm.ExploreZip. According to the Symantec AntiVirus Research Center you're susceptible if you're using Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook Express, or Microsoft Exchange (Mac users and Pine users are not at risk.) You may receive the worm as an attachment called zipped_files.exe. According to the AVERT Anti-Virus Emergency Response Team site the body of the message may read "I received your email and I shall send you a reply ASAP. Till then, take a look at the attached zipped docs." And according to PCWeek Online "it pretends to be email from someone you know" because it works from unread messages in your Inbox. Follow any of the links in this paragraph to find out how to protect yourself from contracting and spreading this virus.

And if you need some comic relief right about now, read about The Pluperfect Virus.

INTERNET TIP

In last month's Ides I gave you tips on how to create and edit your Netscape bookmarks, and this month I've got info on how to organize your bookmarks.

  • Press the Ctrl and B keys to open the bookmarks window.
  • You'll see that the Bookmarks window has its own menu bar with items you can use to create new folders to organize or categorize your bookmarks. You can name the folders anything you want to make it easier to find what you need.
  • You can drag and drop any of your bookmarks into these new folders.
  • Folders can even be nested in other folders!
  • If you use Netscape 4.x you can also delete some of the folders that were put there for you (like New&Cool) if you find they clutter up your bookmark files too much.

You can find all the details on organizing your bookmarks at Netscape's pages for version 3.x browsers and version 4.x browsers.

WINDOWS TIP

Telnet is an Internet protocol that enables you to log into a remote computer, like some library catalogs that don't yet have a Web version. And depending on how your e-mail account is set up, you can also use Telnet to check your email messages. Just remember that you'll only be able to use the keyboard rather than the mouse!

Windows 95 includes Telnet software, which is easy to configure and use. You can find it by which clicking on the Windows Start button, clicking on Run, and typing "telnet". Once the Telnet window has opened you'll need to click on Connect in the window's menu bar, click on Remote system, type in www.winnefox.org, and press the Connect button. When you've logged out of the remote system you should get a message that says, "connection to host lost" and you can now close the Telnet window.

Depending on how your PC is set up, Telnet may be already set up to work from your Web browser. For example, you can Telnet to Winnefox using the URL telnet://www.winnefox.org. You can find other resources available via Telnet at Internet-Now Telnet sites.

If you need more details, try Windweaver's Telnet information page.

USEFUL URL O' THE MONTH

If you were unable to attend the recent WILSWorld99 Conference held June 7-8 you can still access some of the presentations via the post-conference page, which includes links to the following:

And don't miss the Web site I created as the WILSWorld99 Internet Room After Dark Fun Page to find more weird and fun Web sites than you can shake a stick at.

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And if you haven't already noticed, the Internet Scout Project has re-designed its Web site using frames. Since your bookmarks to some of their online publications may not work any more here's the new URL of the The Scout Report, since the current issue is more difficult to bookmark as part of a framed Web site. 

FUN URL O' THE MONTH

The Vatican is considering a move to create a patron saint of the Internet, "helping millions of users around the world pray for a quicker service." I predict that plastic statuettes of Saint Isidore will be popping up on computer monitors world-wide.

 RECIPE O' THE MONTH

is Thai Noodle Salad.

 

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