RG>How does one go about finding things on the INet?  I thought I could use a
  >search engine like Yahoo or Infoseek to find public domain files and 
programs
  >but none of the `search results' show what I am after! This is most
  >frustrating...
     Try some of the address's here:
 
From: dalamb@qucis.queensu.ca
Subj: Electronic Mail: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
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Maintainer: dalamb@qucis.queensu.ca (David Alex Lamb)
Copyright: 1997 David Alex Lamb
URL: http://www.qucis.queensu.ca/FAQs/email/
I maintain a couple of Frequently-Asked Questions (FAQ) postings about how to
find e-mail addresses, and, as a consequence, get lots of questions about
other aspects of electronic mail.  This is a collection of links to answers 
o
those questions, mostly maintained by other people.
We'll start with a non-question: before you send e-mail, take the time to
learn about etiquette in cyberspace at
.
1. How do I find someone's E-Mail address?
   See .
2. How can I stop receiving junk e-mail?
   a. See the FAQ on stopping junk mail, e-mail, and phone calls at
      , or the
      CPSR's (Computing Professionals for Social Responsibility) junkmail FAQ
      at .
   b. Filter your incoming e-mail; see
      http://www.best.com/~ii/internet/faqs/launchers/mail/filtering-
      faq/>
   c. Make it easier to filter by using myname+mailbox@myhost addresses; see
      
   d. If you had a lot of energy, you could try tracking down where the 
-mail
      came from; see 
   e. See the e-mail abuse FAQ at
       for a better
      understanding of what's going with unsolicited e-mail.
3. How can I find an e-mail pen-pal?
   a. There are penpal clubs, but I haven't researched them yet.
   b. You could post to newsgroup soc.penpals at .
      Unfortunately that will probably also get you on a lot of junk-email
      lists (as would posting to any newsgroup).
   c. You could find a newsgroup about a subject in which you're interested,
      read it for a few weeks, then see if someone who posts there might be
      interested in correspondence.
4. How can I customize my outgoing e-mail?
   See .
5. How can I protect the privacy of my e-mail?
   a. Get PGP (Pretty Good Privacy), a very popular public key encryption
      program, at 
6. How can I find out about mailing lists I could join?
   a. Check out the very large list of publicly-accessible mailing lists at
      
   b. or the guide to social newsgroups and mailing lists at
      
   c. or the list of gateways at http://www.faqs.org/faqs/mail/news-
      gateways/part1/> between mailing lists and newsgroups.  This list 
asn't
      been updated since 1996, so is likely out of date.
7. How can I play games via e-mail?
   See .
8. How can I set up a mailing list that other people can use?
   a. Use a Mailing List Service Provider; see
      
   b. Get your site to install mailing list administration software; see
      
9. Can I send e-mail to ?
   See the International E-Mail Accessibility FAQ at
   
10. How can I find lots of addresses to create a mailing list?
   Don't, unless you want to become known as a spammer.  Many directory
   services are *intentionally* set up to make it hard to create mailing
   lists.
11. How can I access Internet services via e-mail?
   See .
12. Where can I get more information?
   a. Yahoo's index on electronic mail at
http://www.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Communications_and_Networking
/Electronic_Mail/>.
   b. Inter-Links' guide to E-Mail at 
URL:http://alabanza.com/kabacoff/Inter-
      Links/email/email.html>
   c. FAQs about MIME at 
      (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
   d. Setting up E-Mail on UNIX; see
      
Loosely related topics:
1. How can I send a FAX via the Internet?
   See .
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