!%@:: A Directory of Electronic Mail Addressing & Networks, Third Edition

By Donnalyn Frey, Rick Adams
Third Edition   
Pages: 458
ISBN 10: 1-56592-031-7 | ISBN 13: 9781565920316

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The only up-to-date directory that charts the networks that make up the Internet, provides contact names and addresses, and describes the services each network provides.
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These days, it's a rare person who hasn't heard of the Internet, the global network based on the TCP/IP networking protocols. The Internet offers worldwide services such as electronic mail, Usenet news, file transfer via ftp, remote login to thousands of databases and collections of data, and innovative search services like WAIS, Gopher and the World Wide Web. Unlike other networks, though, the Internet is not managed by a single organization, with a single access point and a single set of rules. It is truly a "network of networks" made up of hundreds of cooperating organizations. This is the only up-to-date directory that charts the networks that make up the Internet, provides contact names and addresses, and describes the services each network provides. It includes all of the major Internet-based networks, as well as various commercial networks such as CompuServe, Delphi, and America Online that are "gatewayed" to the Internet for transfer of electronic mail and other services. If you are someone who wants to connect to the Internet, or someone who already is connected but wants concise, up-to-date information on many of the world's networks, check out this book. Topics covered include:
  • An introduction to email for beginners.
  • For over 180 major networks: a description of the network, the services it provides, and the format of the email addresses needed to reach users on that network.
  • Index to networks by network name, country or area name, and country code.
  • Index to second and third level domains and many sites within each network.
This is the third edition of this directory, in a simplified format designed to allow more frequent updates.

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Media reviews "This book is a reference work. It details the various computer networks with mail links or gateways to the 'true' Internet. It is common to cite such works as 'indispensable': in fact, most users, and even site managers, muddle along quite happily without it. Quick reference 'electronic' versions exist of very similar documents, which provide the addressing schemes for the more common network and commercial service gateways. Also, once you know one CompuServe Internet address, you know 'em all. Frey and Adams have, however, put together a very complete and interesting reference, and I do suggest it to anyone managing, or using, extensive email correspondence. "The bulk of the book is a set of listings very similar to Part Two of 'The Matrix' (cf BKMATRIX.RVW). The number of listings is substantially greater, while the major emphasis in each listing is the email addressing scheme. Most of the rest of the book is supporting material, such as the indices to networks by country, name and notation. One hundred and fifty pages are devoted to listings of US and international domains for companies, organizations and institutions. Of the sites that I personally know, only one was not listed (although one Canadian company was mysteriously transferred south of the border). "Chapter one is an essay devoted to Internet email addressing, and the various 'perversions' of 'To:' lines. Internet aficionados have probably figured out most of the topics covered but it makes an excellent introduction for newcomers. "As a user of electronic mail, or the manager of a small Internet node or UUCP site, it would be hard to say that you 'need' this book. If, however, you are at all interested in the topic of email, you will find this fascinating and useful. For those trying to "push the envelope" of email access, this book will be very useful indeed: perhaps indispensable is not too strong. "Even those not directly concerned with the technical management of email will find useful material here. The sub-domain listings alone should make salespeople salivate. "The book seems to go through corrections or a new edition about once a year." --Robert M. Slade, 1993

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