Subject: could use some more help please:)

From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 18:06:39 -0700

HI,
I sent out the message early in the week about windows for pine.  Well,
I'm starting to get used to Pine and really like it.  However,
I still can't figure out how to get on to the webb using this system.  
Can anyone help?
Thanks again,
Jill
[email-masked]

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From: [email-masked] (Sven Guckes)
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 1995 05:53:49 +0100 (MET)

Quoting [email-masked]:
> I sent out the message early in the week about windows for pine.
> Well, I'm starting to get used to Pine and really like it.
> However, I still can't figure out how to get on to the web using this system.  
Pine is not a web browser.  Well, not yet.  ;-)
You could, however, request web pages via email requests.

Here is an example:

	header:		To: [email-masked]
			Subject: anytext

	body:		go http://www.math.fu-berlin.de/~guckes/elm/

I am only reproducing this from a post.
I have never verified it.  But I will try it right away.

Sven

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 1995 20:09:39 -0700 (MST)

Sorry!  As you can tell I'm clueless!
Okay, I've got to ask one more.  What is a browser and how do I get/use 
one?  Remember, I told you I didn't have a clue.
Thanks all,
Jill
[email-masked]

On Fri, 3 Nov 1995, Sven

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From: "Richard P. O'Sullivan" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 1995 10:45:07 +0000

> one?  Remember, I told you I didn't have a clue.

Jill,

    I'm clueless about most things but slightly less so about the 
Internet. :-)

    A browser can be many things.  Mosaic, NetScape, Lynx are different
browsers for the World Wide Web.  Pine is a browser (and editor) for email
and newsgroups (USENET); and, NN & TIN are browsers only for newsgroups.

    If your using Pine from an account on a host (remote) system, as I 
assume, then you may wish to ask your sysop about the availability of 
Lynx.  Lynx is widely available on host systems to browse the WWW. It is 
a text only Web browser.

    The other true Web browsers, ala Mosaic, need access to your 
workstations video and sound capabilities which require a more 
sophisticated link to your host.  These links are called PPP or SLIP.  
These links are becoming much more common as Internet Service Providers 
(ISPs) pop up.

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Altofirma Web Works                                Richard P. O'Sullivan
http://www.aww.com/                                      [email-masked]
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From: [email-masked] (Sven Guckes)
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 1995 03:41:46 +0100 (MET)

Quoting [email-masked]:
> What is a browser and how do I get/use one?

A "web browser" is a program which can connect to "web servers",
actually a program on a machine ("host") which sends files usually set in
HTML (hypertext markup language).
Ask your sys admin to install a browser (netscape, mosaic, lynx, ...) for you.

Sven