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INTRODUCING THE INTERNET
Your machine is already set to operate in the Internet
using a world-wide electronic mail service – Fax2Net.
A subscription to Fax2Net allows you to:
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receive e-mail messages via fax,
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send fax documents to e-mail addresses,
•
request and print Web pages using your fax
machine,
•
send faxes via the Internet to any other fax
machine number.
Your machine will be assigned its own e-mail address,
allowing you to communicate not only with other fax
users, but also with all e-mail users, world-wide.
No additonal telephone lines are required.
If you are not familiar with the Internet, read this short
introduction before registering and setting up your
machine for use in the WEB.
What is the Internet
Internet is a network that consists of many networks
connected to each other using the world wide
telecommunication infrastructure. When you are "on
line" (connected to the Internet), you have access to
all the information displayed on the World Wide Web
(WEB, for short).
The information in contained in "sites", created,
usually, by who is releasing the information for
viewing: companies, associations, public and private
institutions, etc.
What is an Internet address
Each site has an exclusive address that indicates its
location in the WEB: URL = Uniform Resource
Locator. The address is made up of two parts: the
protocol and the actual address. The protocol is fixed
and given by the system you are using; the address is
generally composed of three parts, separated by ".".
E.g.: www.example.com/item/page.html
where:
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"www" = World Wide Web (WEB);
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".example" ("dot example)" = name of the site;
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".com" ("dot com") = type of site;
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".com" usually indicates a firm or commerical site;
".net" is an Internet service network.
In this example, www.example.com is the WEB site
address; "item" is the name of a directory in this WEV
site and "page.html" is the name of a specific page in
the directory.
What is "e-mail"
"E-mail" means "Electronic Mail" and is similar to
sending a letter using the traditional postal service,
except that instead of using pen and paper, you use
your machine to scan the document you wish to "write"
and the telephone line to "post" it.
You can send and receive e-mail to/from anyone
anywhere in the world who is connected to Internet
and has a subscription.
When you subscribe to Internet, you are assigned an
e-mail address which identifies you as a user and
allows other users to send you electronic mail. An e-
mail address has the following standard form
yourname@olivettifax.net
where the first part identifies you the subscriber and
the second part (after the @) is the Internet Service
Provider to which you subscribe.
Note how you can distinguish an Internet
address from an e-mail address: an e-mail
address ALWAYS contains the "@"("at") symbol.
What is an "Internet Service Provider"
To enter the Internet, you must be connected to an
Internet Service Provider (ISP). The ISP or SERVER
provides the connection to the network and other
services, and allocates storage space for you email
messages.
When you subscribe to the Provider, as well as your
identifier (the first part of your e-mail address), you will
be given the name and extension (".com", ".net", etc.)
of the Provider in your area.
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