Fw: Bellanet Launches www4mail Server

Bellanet has set up a new free www4mail server at www4mail@web.bellanet.org

Here is a copy of the announcement:

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>Bellanet is setting up a free Webmail server as a public service to people
>whose access to the Internet is limited to email -- especially people in
>developing countries.
>
>WHAT IS WEBMAIL?
>
>If you have email, but are unable to surf the Web, Webmail lets you
retrieve
>information from any public Web site, anywhere in the world.
>
>There is still a large community of Internet users who only have access to
>email. They cannot surf the Web. Webmail is an automated Internet service
>that grabs documents from the Web, and sends them to users as email
>messages.
>
>People in remote areas, or who are isolated by politics or by poverty,
often
>rely on email for long-distance communication, and for access to current
>medical, scientific, human rights, and business information, not to mention
>world news. Webmail is an information lifeline for people in Africa and
>other parts of the world where communication, whether by mail, fax, phone,
>or dial-up access to the Internet, is expensive, and often unreliable.
>
>There are approximately 15 servers worldwide that offer Webmail service
free
>of charge. These servers, mainly run by volunteers, are bombarded with
>requests, with the result that they are frequently overloaded and subject
to
>crashes. To help ease the pressure, The Bellanet International Secretariat
>in Ottawa, Canada has set up a new Webmail server using www4mail
technology.
>
>HOW DOES IT WORK?
>
>To use the system, send an email message to: www4mail@web.bellanet.org
>
>Your email message should look like this:
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>TO: www4mail@web.bellanet.org
>CC:
>BCC:
>SUBJECT:
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>http://www.bellanet.org/email.html
>
>
>
>
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>In the example shown above, the sender is requesting a page from the
>Bellanet Web site which contains more information about Webmail. In your
>message, substitute http://www.bellanet.org/email.html with the URL (a Web
>address beginning with http://) of the Web page you wish to read.
>
>You will receive your document by return email in HTML format. You can then
>view the document in any Web browser (such as Netscape, Lynx, or Internet
>Explorer), but without having to be connected to the Internet to do so. To
>receive a plain text (ASCII) message instead of HTML, insert the word GET
>before the URL.
>
>ABOUT BELLANET
>
>Bellanet is an international initiative which is looking at ways of using
>information and communications technology to enhance information sharing
and
>collaboration in the area of international development  assistance. The
>Webmail Project will further this agenda by helping to close the
information
>gap between rich and poor.
>
>Bellanet -- Supporting Development Collaboration
>   http://www.bellanet.org
>   info@bellanet.org
>
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>Best regards,
>
>Katherine Morrow
>Communications Officer
>(613) 236-6163 ext. 2398
>
>Bellanet -- Supporting Development Collaboration
>   http://www.bellanet.org
>
>
>

Received on Tuesday, 19 January 1999 17:50:26 UTC