Table of Contents

Overview	 xvii
Quarterdeck InternetSuite
What Is the Internet?	 xviii
E-Mail and News	 xix
How Do I Connect to the Internet?	 xix
About This Guide	 xx
Conventions	 xx
Symbols	 xxi
Quarterdeck Mosaic
Chapter 1: Introduction 	3
Quarterdeck Mosaic
The World Wide Web	 3
Using Quarterdeck Mosaic With a Local Web Server	 4
Hardware, Software, and Internet Connection Requirements	 4
Features of Quarterdeck Mosaic	 5
Quarterdeck Mosaic Guide Organization	 7
Chapter 2: The Basics 	9
Getting Started with Quarterdeck Mosaic
Starting Quarterdeck Mosaic	 9
Components of Quarterdeck Mosaic	 9
Exploring Cyberspace: Taking That First Step	 14
Opening a Document in a New Window	 16
Retracing Your Steps: Using The Page Turners	 18
Returning to your Home Page	 19
Canceling a Download	 19
Mouse, Menus, or Keyboard?	 19
Drag and Drop	 20
Pop-Up Menus	 20
Pull-Down Menus	 20
Keyboard Commands	 20
Toolbar Button Drop-Sites	 20
Exiting Quarterdeck Mosaic	 21
Chapter 3: The Archives 	23
Using Hotlists, History and the Link Tree
Displaying, Hiding and Resizing the Archives Pane	 24
Viewing URLs Listed in the Archives	 24
Global and Local History Pages	 24
The Hotlists Page	 26
Personalizing Hotlist Folders and URLs	 27
Saving URLs to Hotlists	 29
The Link Tree Page	 31
Importing and Exporting URLs	 32
Chapter 4: Advanced Navigation 	35
Using Specific URLs, FTP, Gopher, and Newsgroups
Accessing URLs Directly By Name	 35
The URL Helper	 36
Understanding URLs	 38
Relative vs. Fully Qualified URLs	 38
Local URLs	 40
Searching the Web	 40
FTP and Gopher	 41
Newsgroups	 42
Reading Newsgroup Articles	 43
Responding to Newsgroup Articles	 45
Sending E-mail Messages	 45
SSL Security	 46
Security Dialog Boxes	 47
Security Display Changes	 47
Chapter 5: Document Management 	49
Annotating, Saving and Printing Documents
Annotations	 49
Saving Documents to Disk	 52
Saving Hypertext Links within Documents	 52
Saving Images to Disk	 53
Viewing Previously-Saved Documents	 53
Printing Documents	 54
Chapter 6: The Menu Bar 	55
The Commands on Quarterdeck Mosaic's Menus
File Menu	 55
Open   [Alt+F, O]	 55
Close   [Alt+F, C]	 55
Save As   [Alt+F, A]	 55
Reload   [Alt+F, R]	 56
Properties   [Alt+F, T]	 56
Print   [Alt+F, P]	 56
Print Preview   [Alt+F, V]	 56
Print Setup   [Alt+F, S]	 57
Exit   [Alt+F, X]	 57
Edit Menu	 57
Cut    [Alt+E, T] or [Ctrl+X]	 57
Copy   [Alt+E, C] or [Ctrl+C]	 57
Paste   [Alt+E, P] or [Ctrl+V]	 57
Delete   [Alt+E, D] or [Del]	 57
Find   [Alt+E, F] or [Ctrl+F]	 58
Find Next   [Alt+E, N] or [F3]	 58
Annotation   [Alt+E, A]	 58
View Menu	 59
As Icons [Alt+V, I]	 59
As Icon List   [Alt+V, L]	 59
As Text List   [Alt+V, X]	 59
As Tree   [Alt+V, T]	 59
Object Menu [Alt+V, O]	 59
View Images [Alt+V, M]	 59
Document Source   [Alt+V, D]	 60
Toolbar   [Alt+V, B]	 60
Archives   [Alt+V, A]	 60
Status Bar   [Alt+V, S]	 61
Switch Focus   [Alt+V, F] or [F6}	 61
Navigate Menu	 61
Home   [Alt+N, H] or [Ctrl+Home]	 61
Go Back   [Alt+N, B] or [Ctrl+]	 61
Go Forward   [Alt+N, F] or [Ctrl++]	 61
Go To   [Alt+N, G] or [Ctrl+G]	 61
Stop Current Read   [Alt+N, S] or [Ctrl+Break]	 62
Hotlist Menu	 62
Set As Current    [Alt+O, C]	 62
Save to Current   [Alt+O, S]	 62
Import   [Alt+O, I]	 62
Export [Alt+O, E]	 62
New Hotlist   [Alt+O, N]	 62
New Hotlist Item   [Alt+O, I]	 63
Window Menu	 63
Duplicate   [Alt+W, D]	 63
Cascade   [Alt+W, C]	 63
Tile   [Alt+W, T]	 63
Close All   [Alt+W, O]	 63
Arrange Icons   [Alt+W, A]	 63
Hotlists   [Alt+W, H]	 63
Global History   [Alt+W, G]	 64
Local History   [Alt+W, L]	 64
Link Tree [Alt+W, K]	 64
Network Status   [Alt+W, N]	 64
Tools Menu	 64
Configure Network   [Alt+T, N]	 64
Empty Cache [Alt+T, C]	 64
FTP   [Alt+T, F]	 64
Mail/News   [Alt+T, M]	 64
Telnet   [Alt+T, T]	 65
Preferences   [Alt+T, P]	 65
Help Menu	 65
Contents   [Alt+H, C]	 65
Search for Help On   [Alt+H, S]	 65
How to Use Help   [Alt+H, H]	 65
About Quarterdeck Mosaic   [Alt+H, A]	 65
Chapter 7: The Preferences Notebook 	67
Using Quarterdeck Mosaic's Configuration Options
General Preferences	 67
Load Home Page on Startup	 68
Home Page	 68
Use Current	 68
URL Helper	 68
Toolbar Icon Settings	 68
Printer Margins	 68
History Preferences	 69
Link Expiration Time (Links Expire, Links Never Expire)	 69
Keeping Numbers of Links (Keep, Keep All Links)	 69
Link Tree (Maximum Number of Links)	 70
Link Tree (Save Links Between Sessions)	 70
Browser Preferences	 70
Show Browser Margins	 71
Show Page Turners	 71
Show Annotations	 71
Show URL Field	 71
Show URL Helper	 71
Wipe Interval in Milliseconds	 71
Background Color	 71
Font Preferences	 72
Color	 73
Text	 73
Link	 73
Visited Link	 73
HTML Viewer Preferences	 74
Display Inline Images	 74
Show Link URLs	 74
Change Cursor Over Links	 75
Wait for Images	 75
Paragraph Spacing	 75
Indent Width	 75
Styles	 75
GIF Viewer Preferences	 76
Interlace Method	 76
Cache Preferences	 77
Cache Enabled	 77
Maximum Cache Size	 77
Maximum Number of Concurrent Connections	 77
Data Engine Preferences	 78
Type/Subtype	 79
Comment	 79
Filename Extensions	 79
Action	 79
Security Preferences	 80
Allow the use of export ciphers	 80
Security Warnings	 81
Chapter 8: Troubleshooting 	83
Performance Considerations
Dialing Your Internet Service Provider	 84
If a Document Displays Improperly...	 84
Error Messages	 85
"Connection Refused"	 85
"Cannot Resolve Host"	 85
Learning More about the Web	 85
Quarterdeck Message Center
Chapter 9: Introduction 	89
Quarterdeck Message Center
Overview	 89
Features and Benefits	 90
Installing QMC	 91
Quick Start for Experienced Users	 91
Mail on the Internet	 92
Usenet: Internet News and Newsgroups	 92
QMC Chapter Organization	 93
Chapter 10: Quarterdeck Message Center Basics 	95
Getting Around QMC
Starting QMC	 95
Exiting QMC	 95
Customizing the Message Center	 96
Modifying Network Settings	 97
Going Online and Offline	 97
The Quarterdeck Message Center Screen	 99
Toolbar	 100
Status Line	 102
Mailbox Window	 102
Pop-up Menus	 103
Chapter 11: Outgoing Mail 	105
Creating and Sending Mail
Composing Messages	 105
New Message Window	 107
Message Editing and Formatting	 109
Editing Text	 109
Selecting Text	 110
Moving the Cursor	 111
Formatting Paragraphs	 111
Clipboard Support	 112
Inserting a Text File into the Body of a Message	 113
Inserting a Signature	 113
Attaching/Sending Files	 115
Sending Messages	 118
Chapter 12: Incoming Mail 	119
Retrieving, Reading, and Responding to Mail
Receiving Messages	 119
Manually Checking Mail	 119
Automatically Checking Mail	 120
Reading Mail	 122
Viewing Multiple Message Windows	 123
Printing Messages	 124
Saving Messages as Text Files	 125
Saving Attachments	 127
Forwarding Messages	 128
Replying to Messages	 130
Inserting a Quote	 132
Chapter 13: Folders 	133
Managing Messages in Folders
Mailbox Window	 133
Folder Tree	 134
Mail Folder	 135
News Folder	 135
User Folder	 135
Trash Folder	 136
Expanding and Collapsing the Folder Tree	 136
Message List	 137
Selecting Messages	 137
Sorting Messages	 138
Creating New Folders	 140
Storing Messages in Folders	 141
Copying Messages	 143
Deleting Messages	 145
Moving Folders	 145
Renaming Folders	 147
Deleting Folders	 148
Chapter 14: Address Book 	151
Setting Up and Using the Address Book
Customizing the Address Book	 151
Adding Individuals	 151
Modifying Individuals	 153
Deleting Individuals	 155
Adding Mailing Lists	 155
Modifying Mailing Lists	 158
Deleting Mailing Lists	 159
Addressing Messages with the Address Book	 160
Chapter 15: Newsgroups and News 	163
Subscribing to Newsgroups and Retrieving News
Getting Starting	 163
Subscribing to a Newsgroup	 164
Checking News	 167
Reading News	 168
Downloading News Headers	 169
Displaying and Hiding Newsgroups in the Folder Tree	 171
Creating New News Folders	 172
Modifying a News Folder	 174
Modifying a Newsgroup Subscription	 175
Updating a Newsgroup List	 177
Posting to a Newsgroup	 177
Replying to an Author	 179
Managing and Storing Articles	 180
Chapter 16: Utilities 	183
Using QMC's File Utilities
File Utilities	 183
The TAR/Compress Utility Application	 184
Creating a New TAR File	 185
Compressing a File	 187
Expanding a File	 187
Extracting Files	 188
Rebuilding QMC Database Files	 189
QFTP
Chapter 17: QFTP 	193
Transmitting Files to and From Remote Computers
Overview	 193
Who Should Use QFTP?	 193
What You Can Do Using QFTP	 193
Before You Begin	 194
Installing QFTP	 194
Finding FTP Sites	 194
Starting QFTP	 195
Logging Into an FTP Server	 195
Connecting to More Than One Host	 197
The Main Window at a Glance	 198
Using the Toolbar	 199
Transferring a File	 201
Running the Windows' File Manager	 201
Selecting a Directory and File	 202
Downloading a File	 203
Closing the Connection	 205
Stopping a Transfer in Progress	 205
Storing your Favorite FTP Sites	 206
Removing a Host Connection	 208
Uploading a File	 209
Working with Directories and Files	 210
Changing Directories	 210
Creating a Directory	 211
Renaming a File	 211
Deleting a File	 211
Changing the Directory List	 212
Displaying the Tree Only	 212
Displaying the Directory Only	 212
Refreshing the Tree and Directory List	 212
Sorting the Directory Contents	 212
Customizing the Main Window	 213
The Toolbar	 213
Removing the Status Bar	 214
Splitting the Window	 214
Troubleshooting	 214
Problems Connecting to a Remote Host	 215
Problems Transferring a File	 215
QTerm
Chapter 18: QTerm 	219
Quarterdeck's Terminal Emulation Program
Why Use QTerm?	 219
What You Need To Know Before You Use QTerm	 221
Installing QTerm	 221
Starting QTerm	 221
Executing QTerm Commands	 222
Using Online Help	 223
Connecting to a Host Computer Using Telnet	 223
Defining Your Terminal Type	 224
Resolving Terminal Emulation Problems	 225
Running Character-Based Applications	 226
Closing a Telnet Connection	 227
Exiting From QTerm	 227
Changing QTerm Settings	 227
Using QTerm's Toolbar	 229
Using The QTerm Commands Menu	 232
Using Capture Files	 234
Capturing Data From a Host	 234
Reading a Capture File	 236
Copying and Pasting Using QTerm	 237
Using Script Files	 237
Global Chat
Chapter 19: Global Chat 	241
Exchanging Text Messages Interactively
What is Global Chat?	 241
What is a Chat Server?	 242
Quick Start Instructions	 242
Sending Messages	 244
Configuring Global Chat	 244
Launching Global Chat from Quarterdeck Mosaic	 245
About Nicknames and Identities	 246
The Global Chat Interface	 246
The "Q" Button	 248
About Banners	 248
Connecting to a Chat Server	 249
Listing Channels	 250
Tips On Choosing a Chat Channel	 251
Joining a Channel	 251
Freezing the Chat Area	 252
Sending Messages	 252
To All Participants	 252
To One Person	 253
Notes on Messages	 254
Getting Information on Another User	 254
Ignoring Users	 254
Leaving Channels	 255
Web Surfing	 255
Using Slash Commands	 256
Joining a Channel	 256
Sending Private Messages	 256
Sending "Action" Messages	 257
Quitting the Chat Server	 257
Appendices
 Appendix A: Using QWinsock 	261
The Quarterdeck Winsock Control Window	 262
Using QWinsock with an Existing Winsock	 263
 Appendix B: Configuring QWinsock 	265
Establishing a Connection	 265
Maintaining a Connection	 265
Saving Changes to QWinsock's Settings	 266
 Appendix C: Configuring Location Manager 	267
Configuring an Existing Dial-Up Account	 268
Editing a Connection (Provider) Profile	 270
Connection Settings	 270
Phone Settings	 270
Modem Settings	 271
General Settings	 271
IP Address	 272
Hostname	 272
Username	 272
Password	 272
DNS Server	 273
Connection Type	 274
Mail/News Settings	 274
E-mail Account	 274
E-mail Password	 274
E-mail Address	 275
SMTP, POP3, and NNTP Server	 275
Advanced Settings	 276
Dynamic IP Resolution	 276
Gateway	 276
Domain	 276
Netmask	 277
Login Script File	 277
Manual Login	 277
Login Scripts	 277
How a Login Script Works	 278
Determining if You Need a Login Script	 279
Configuring a Direct Connection via a LAN	 281
Proxy Settings	 282
Glossary	 283
Index	 299
