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Scroll down for the best... Free info on Internet security issues Free fax (& other communication) Free virus help Free organizers Free tips for travelers Free specialty items Nearly free other stuff "Neato" links Free computer technical info Free educational & learning stuff Free internet and e-mail devices Free internet access Free internet phone

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Specialty items

My Docs Online! is an inexpensive service that allows you to store and access your documents on the Web. With My Docs Online!, you can easily save important files, access your documents from anywhere in the world, and move files from one PC to another. Faxing also!! It takes less than a minute to establish your My Docs Online! account, and to begin experiencing the benefits of having your stuff on the Web. It's that easy.	Mr.Wakeup The only Internet Service that creatively marries the Internet and your Telephone, this pioneering service lets you schedule, here on this web site, different types of information wakeup and reminder calls to be delivered to your Telephone. Take a Test Drive Now. Your Phone Will Ring
Now you can use the Internet to send messages to friends and family who don't have email access, or people who rarely use email. LetterPost.com is the fast and effective way to send documents straight from your PC to anywhere in the world. As real letters! It's speedy, handy, private and cheap: send a letter or greeting card anywhere for just 99 cents - including the stamp, letter and envelope. LetterPost.com is as easy as 1,2,3 Step 1: Buy your stamps online. Step 2: Write your letter, type your registration number and hit the SEND button. Step 3: Your message is sent via the Net to one of their mailing centers around the world. Then they print it out, put it in an envelope and post it in double quick time.	Once you sign up, you¹ll receive 20 megs of your own hard-drive space maintained over the internet --easily enough space to upload and download whatever files you choose, from anywhere you go on-line. Think of it as a virtual briefcase. Users of the new Macintosh iMac (with no floppy!!) will find FreeDrive invaluable. Also, you can share your drive with anyone you choose,... you just need to share your keycode with them. Your associates can access the existing files but not change them (read only).

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E-mail tips for travelers
Going on vacation? Want to check your e-mail using someone else's computer? Here's how!!

Free link	Category
Send to "freemail@gateman.com" for details	various Web-based, e-mail forwarding, and POP e-mail
Yahoo.com	web-based e-mail
USA.NET (NetAddress--no longer free!)	e-mail forwarding *
Bigfoot.com	e-mail forwarding *
Hotmail.com	POP access **
MailStart.com "Webbox" - $10/yr	POP access **
Telnet	If your ISP provides you with a shell account
ipass.com	This option is not free--but for people who travel a lot, it makes e-mail much easier. You sign up with an ISP who has partnered with IPASS (or, there are others), a roaming internet connection. Then before you travel, you look up local numbers in the various destination cities and dial-in to a local (ipass supporting) ISP.
* What is e-mail forwarding? E-mail forwarding is a "pseudo e-mail address" that allows one to send all incoming mail to another location. For example, I use "ed-kearn@gateman.com", an address which allows me to forward my e-mail to wherever my "real" e-mail POP mailbox is located. I have changed ISPs several times and don't have to inform the whole world of my new address. Instead, I just point my usa.net address to my new location. Advantages? Well, again, I don't have to "un-subscribe" and "subscribe" to all my various maillists which send me information, as well as not having to inform my friends. Also, if I go on vacation, I could forward all mail to a known e-mail address, say that of a friend, where I could get my e-mail. (Instead, however, I use POP access) ------------>	** What is POP access? POP access allows you to retrieve your POP (post office protocol) mail by essentially logging in from another internet connection to your current internet provider. It requires you to enter: Your e-mail login name Your mail server (i.e., mailhost.networksplus.net [or such]) Your login password ...and then retrieve your mail from your ISP. NOTE: Most ISP's allow this, but a few may not. It won't work with AOL, and also won't work if your e-mail is behind a (corporate or educational) firewall. PP.SS. Be sure to sign off and clear the cache when using someone else's computer.

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Get FREE Internet access!!

This really works!!

   

About the only other choice now available is JUNO.com

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"How does one retrieve web stuff (http://www....) without web browser access?
(i.e., only JUNO or very limited or costly web access).
Click here and send
...to find out how!!



and,... for more information,...
If you have a friend who can only access the web through E-mail
then get this document and send to him...
Get the ACCMAIL (Accessing the Internet by E-mail) FAQ
Click here and send

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PowerChannel
...provides you FREE unlimited Internet access and the PCTV Internet Connection Box
All you do is fill out a survey once a month!!!

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Virus solutions

More places to pick up FREE anti-virus software...

Tucows

PC Magazine (hotfiles)

Symantec (Norton) Anti-Virus

Trend Micro

Symantec - latest virus information


And, for those of you who get e-mail (from you "well-meaning" friends) saying, "DO NOT OPEN",
here's a good source of information...
Read all about computer virus myths & hoaxes

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Get a FREE group (or personal) calendar!
With WHEN.COM, you'll have on-line calendar sharing going in no minutes, and all group members can be notified whenever there is a change!!

I have to say, "This one is t-o-o easy!!!"






Get a FREE (on-line) meeting area!
WebEx Instant Meeting - Meet on the Web, LIVE! Real-time meetings right in your browser. Share documents and applications. Its easy and its FREE!

Start a WebEx Meeting NOW

(Requires MSIE 4.x or Netscape 4.x--not yet available for Mac or UNIX.)

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The Gateman's "Learn a Language" Links!
(favorites page 2)


Need something translated?
Translate on-line between 625 language pairs





The Gateman's "History Links" !
(favorites page 2)

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Ed's "Finding things/people on the internet . . . page!"

(You'd be surprised!!)

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Internet security issues

click here to see what others know about you!!! find out MORE!!! find out still MORE!!! to visit a site without them knowing who you are, click here...

Sam Spade!! Lots of on-line tools and information Whois | IP block | Traceroute Safe web browser | reverse DNS Third-party relay ...and more - FREE!

This is the (and perhaps only) FREE internet filter... We-Blocker!! We-Block (homesite)

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The Hedge

Internet filtering that works with both Netscape and Internet Explorer
SIMPLE TO USE, BUT VERY EFFECTIVE

COST
Individual Homes: The cost is $6 per month paid in advance in 6-month installments . There is a one time set up fee of $10. Total cost for first six months is $46.

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Willing to pay? I might suggest you look at...

"Netnanny" ($25) or "X Stop"


(but... avoid Cyber Patrol)

How about a filtered ISP? Try one of these!!

American Family Online
Use them as an ISP or add their filter ($40/yr) to your existing ISP.



LifeLineNet.com
(available in Topeka, Wichita, Lawrence, Manhattan - less than $20/mo if paid for annually)

...affiliated with LIFELINE -- contributes to your favorite charity

Mayberry USA
(available in Topeka, Wichita, Lawrence, Manhattan - $21.95/mo)

Armor Web
(available in Wichita / Hutchinson / KC(816), not Topeka)


Family-Based Filtered Internet Service Providers 30+ more!!!

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Send	Receive
	Get FREE FAXING over the Internet!! I like this one!!
The Phone Company's Remote Printing Service! The TPC service is a collection of FAX servers you may use to send a fax to many locations around the world.	www.callwave.com More FREE FAXING over the Internet!!
	www.onebox.com Integrated FAX, VOICE, and E-MAIL over the Internet!! (available soon)

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Pocket(e-)Mail From anywhere, $9.95/mo! Your portable e-mail is just a phone call away - click here to get it! ............ Read what the press says about it!

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INTERNET PHONE
FREE -- costs N-O-T-H-I-N-G!
Have a microphone? speakers? internet connection?
No download--just use newer browser (with Java)
Call long-distance for NO CHARGE!! Other person does not need internet connection.!!

Suggestion: Get a headset with speakers to prevent feedback from speakers and mic combo.

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INTERNET PHONE
FREE -- costs N-O-T-H-I-N-G!
Have a microphone? speakers? internet connection?
Then download it and S-A-V-E!!

Suggestion: Get one of your local friends to help you test it--then you can GO LONG DISTANCE!!

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Hey Tim, is that you down there?!!
"Terra Server" - You gotta' see it!!

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And still more...

Here it is!!!

Info	(available at the click of the mouse...)
		Essays & resources on conservative politics & culture	Some of the best in conservative thinking!
	Matt Drudge, reporter "par excellance"!!	http://www.drudgereport.com/	Where the real news presented--then YOU can make up your own mind!!
	Switchboard	http://www.switchboard.com/	Look up nearly anyone on the net--get their "snail mail" address & e-mail (if registered)
	InfoSpace	http://www.infospace.com	Yellow Pages Businesses in a City Businesses Near an Address Businesses By Name Door-to-Door Directions Business Directories Company Web Sites Fax Numbers Toll-Free Numbers City Information Local City Guide Apartment Locator Weather/Ski People Phone Numbers Free Email for Life Email Online Community Government Federal State Local
	Yahoo Search		Find it on the Net!!
Potpourri	???
	Index of /wwparent/humor/	http://www.ksu.edu/wwparent/humor/	So you want to be a parent?? (and more!!)
	Links to computer resources!	http://www.gateman.com/computer.html	Computer resources & info (business)
Software	You'll like it!!
	Christine dot com	http://www.christine.com/coolfree/coolfree.htm	Cool Free Stuff!
	Parsons Technology	http://www.parsonstech.com/	Nice low-cost software (& sometimes a free download)
	PC Magazine -- CHECKERS!! (and other neat programs)	http://www.hotfiles.com/	Yours for the downloading!!
	Phord Software	http://www.freenet.tlh.fl.us/~philhord/	Hey, this guy's got some good FREE Windows '95 stuff!!
Internet Resources	W O W !!
	Free e-mail!!	Click here and a listing of FREE e-mail services will be mailed back to you within minutes!!	(no subject or body text needed)

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