Other Internet Services & Consideration
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Other Internet Services Considerations
Archie Considerations
FTP Considerations
Gopher Considerations
Internet Search Engine Considerations
Telnet Considerations
Internet Chat & Internet Phone & Video Conferencing
Archie Considerations
Archie Servers are used to locate files on FTP servers around the world
World Wide list of Archie Servers
Some of the more popular Archie programs are: xarchie, archie, winArchie, etc
Free Archie software
( clients )
HTML interface to
FTP Considerations
FTP Servers are used to transfer files from one machine to another over the internet
You can use your FTP site to allow your customers to download your latest/greatest info
FTP will be useful for you to uploadn and setup/maintain your web pages
List of "famous" FTP Servers
Some of the more popular FTP programs are: FTP from NetManage, winFTP, etc
Free FTP software
( clients )
Gopher Considerations
Gopher is similar to Web in that it presents information in a graphicsl form
However, since the Web has become popular, Gopher is rapidly dying
You can run your own gopher site using these gopher servers
Some of the more popular Gopher programs are: Gopher, WinGoph, Hgoph, GN, etc
Free Gopher software
( clients )
Internet Search Engine Considerations
You use search engines to find information that you're interested in
Search engines comes in different flavors and searches one or more combinations of:
searching in the web pages, in news groups, in email address, regular phone book style, etc
Complete List of all the search engines on the Internet
Telnet Considerations
Telnet applications allow you to run programs on another computer on the internet
Telnet will be useful for you to setup and maintain your web pages
Some of the more popular Telnet programs are: telnet from NetManage, winTel, etc
Free Telnet software
Internet Chat & Internet Phone & Video Conferencing
Free Internet Chat software
Free Internet Phone software
Free Video Conferencing software
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