Parkinson's Awareness Month - Day 14

I've gathered links, bookmarks, and URL's for Parkinson Resources on
the WWWeb and I plan to post them in bunches on this List in my own
personal attempt to raise Parkinson's Awareness around the world...

I encourage you all to jump in and critique, improve, support these
efforts in whatever way you see fit....

I somehow thought these posts would spawn a lot of interactivity...

This hasn't really happened... To date I have 5 sites to add to the list (as a
result of interactivity).  C'mon guys... We can do better... And don't be afraid to
jump in....  I've strayed a little from Parkinson's today but hopefully these
"tools" will help everyone post positively and search for more and better
informed wwwebsites on PD.

WWWeb Resources 14 - E-Mail 102 & Internet Search 103

Here are my "bookmarks" on "newbies" and E-Mail...

E-Mail Tips
http://everythingemail.net/email_help_tips.html
Be sure to surf this site and all the links backwards & forwards, up & down.
It's a delight.  Don't miss the TOURBUS!

Every computer is different but I'll try to explain E-Mail 102...

E-mail is sent from one computer to another by SMPT Simple Mail Transfer
Protocol.  This means simply that everything you send on an e-mail will
be sent in a SIMPLE text format.  If you send anything other than plain
text it will be translated to a text format, transmitted, and must be
interpreted by the receiver.  If we don't all run the same software
package with the same interpretation capability then errors will occur.
What we are doing on the list, is using the text only (no graphics - GIF's - JPG's
etc.) to maintain the intelligence of universality.  We serve 1900+
members in 37 countries and while the mainstream may use IBM clones
running Win95 or better the beauty of this List is that no one HAS to.

Almost every software package that is pre 1995 or made by someone other
than Micro-Soft is unable to interpret the newer standards of
formatting that MS Outlook Express (in particular) applies by default.
That is why, from time to time, members are gently chided re: GIF's,
JPG's, rich text formatting, HTML encoding, attachments etc. because
it can be unintelligible to some members.  The members on digest format
and on AOL find it particularly annoying because they get bundled
messages and it is awkward to delete individual posts.  In the worst
cases it blocks e-mail at their server and they are required to dial up
the help line to straighten it all out.  When everyone sets their
defaults to plain text only and avoids multi-part formatting this List
runs very smoothly.

I use a 386 clone with 16Megs of RAM and a 200M hard drive with
Win3.1 and Pegasus email client and Opera as the browser.   I do this on
purpose so that I can support the similarly configured computers that are
given to some of our support group. Some of our members are on severely
limited incomes and simply do not have the ability to upgrade.

I deliberately avoid MS Outlook Express because of it's buggy nature,
susceptibility to viruses, tendency to default to Rich Text formatting,
etc.  Pegasus e-mail client also has filters, works extremely
efficiently, is dependable etc.  (and it is downloadable freeware)
Software selection / upgrading is up to the individual and the comfort
level of all members is best served by plain text, no pressure to
upgrade etc.

Running the latest powerful software on the latest powerful hardware IS most
efficient when browsing the Internet.  That said, I think it absolutely essential
to maintain the universality of the List by applying the simple protocols of
plain text only for our e-mail.

How E-Mail Works
http://www.learnthenet.com/english/html/20how.htm

Guides to E-Mail Netiquette
http://www.shu.ac.uk/services/cis/help/netiquette.htm
(links)

Internet Mail Enhancement Patch
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/utilities/imep.htm

Bob Brand's E-Mail Pet Peeves - A MUST READ!
http://www.thebee.com/bweb/iinfo43.htm
http://www.thebee.com/bweb/factsoflife.htm
http://www.thebee.com/bweb/iinfo115.htm

Bob Brand's Internet for Real People
http://www.thebee.com/bweb/brand.htm
http://www.thebee.com/bweb/index2.htm

Netiquette Guidelines
http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html

Netiquette Help
http://netnet.net/~neverman/help.htm

Emily Post's e-Mail Etiquette (satire)
http://www.templetons.com/brad/emily.html

On the Net, you are what you e-mail.

Before you send that file, go down our checklist and think about how you
can avoid any risk of giving offense.

1. Don't attach an image or document to an e-mail message if the recipient
isn't expecting it.

2. If you're sending text (say, a press release or a resume), don't
convert it into Adobe Acrobat format--such files are too big.

3. Don't send attachments to a mailing list discussion group (unless
it's encouraged in the group or participants ask for them).

4. Before sending a file, ask recipients how they want it to arrive
--inserted inside the message as encoded text or broken down into
several small attachments.

5. When you reply to a message with an attachment, make sure the
attachment doesn't accompany your reply. Many mail programs retain
the attachment unless you configure them not to.

6. It's generally wise to attach only one file to an e-mail message
because many online services--America Online among them--can't
handle more than one. To send multiple files, attach each to a separate
message.

7. Before sending a big file, find out if the recipient has a compression
utility such as WinZip or PKZip. If so, compress the file.

I hope this helps...

Next... How to search the Internet.... (Much easier than E-Mail 102)

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This one's easy... Internet Search 103

Internet Beginner's Guides & Tutorials
http://www.refdesk.com/factbeg.html
http://livinginternet.com/

Then start searching for anything at all but use all of these 3 search
engines one at a time and only look at the top 5 hits... you will soon
discover a pattern to searching... it's that simple...

I use these 3 all the time, the very best all 'round Search Engines goin'...

Google
http://www.google.com

FastSearch
http://www.alltheweb.com

Pandia
http://www.pandia.com
(Try their MetaSearch and/or PowerSearch)

You can try other search engines too but the above 3 get the best results
most of the time....

The next thing to do is "team searching" where you select an "item"
to search on and team up with someone.  You seach independently
for a day or so (or an hour) and then compare results.  Or, you offer each other
"challenges" such as "What are zitter mutant rats?"   This was an
actual question posed here on the List after the rats were mentioned
in a scientific review...

"You have to be careful if you don't know where you're going because
you might not get there".  - Yogi Berra

University of Albany
Internet Tutorials
http://www.albany.edu/library/internet/

Sample - Boolean Searching on the Internet
http://www.albany.edu/library/internet/boolean.html

Power Reporting - Resources for Journalists
Home Page
http://powerreporting.com/
Search Engines
http://powerreporting.com/category/Search_tools/Engines
Search Tools
http://powerreporting.com/category/Search_tools
Non Profit Research
http://powerreporting.com/category/Nonprofit_research

Search Engine Watch
http://searchenginewatch.com/

Search Engine Directory
http://www.dnc.net/users/king/search.htm

Search Engine Guide
http://www.searchengineguide.com/

The Chocolate Lovers' Page
The chocolate search engine. No kidding.
http://chocolate.scream.org/

My personal favorite search engine...
http://www.google.com

Scroll these URL's, peruse them, forward them to someone to
promote Parkinson's Awareness....   murray

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is necessarily the best information available (or even valid). Remember, no one
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Links to Web sites are provided for information purposes.
I assume no responsibility or liability for material on linked sites.

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