Chapter 6: Firing Up the Grill
(Getting Online)

Ingredients:

  • Anonymous ftp
  • A Listserver
  • A Web server
  • A Search engine

We have now come to recipes for the main course. You may serve a simple yet satisfying dish (anonymous ftp), an efficient diet-conscious meal (Listserver), or a variety of chef’s specials (Web servers). The course should have the appropriate side dishes and condiments (search capability).

Chapter 6 includes example qurey files for setting up Maxum's Phantom and Social Engineering's SearchServer.
Phantom query file | SearchServer query file | SearchServer results template

Table 6-1 NetPresenz Snapshot

Product Description
NetPresenz by Stairways Software Inexpensive shareware FTP (and HTTP and gopher) server.
NetPresenz by Stairways Software FTP site for Stairways.

Table 6-2 EIMS Snapshot

Product Description
EIMS by Qualcomm Eudora Internet Mail Server (EIMS) freeware from Qualcomm. Also available in commercial version.
EIMS documentation by Web 66 A third-party set of instructions for EIMS.

Table 6-3 AutoShare Snapshot

Product Description
AutoShare by Mikael Hansen Freeware SMTP list server, requires EIMS or SIMS.
AutoShare by Mikael Hansen FTP download site for AutoShare and documentation.

Table 6-4 Macjordomo Snapshot

Product Description
Macjordomo by Michele Fuortes Freeware POP3 list server.
Macjordomo Quick Setup by Michele Fuortes Instructions for setting up and using Macjordomo.

Table 6-5 Quid Pro Quo Snapshot

Product Description
Quid Pro Quo by Social Engineering Freeware and commercial software. No longer being updated.

Table 6-6 WebSTAR Snapshot

Product Description
WebSTAR by StarNine WebSTAR, the most popular commercial Mac Web server.
WebSTAR mailing lists by StarNine E-mail discussion groups for WebSTAR users.
WebSTAR Q&A by StarNine Questions and answers about using WebSTAR.

Table 6-7 Phantom Snapshot

Product Description
Phantom by Maxum Development Search engine and Web crawler. Works as CGI or stand-alone server.
Phantom FAQ by Maxum Development Frequently Asked Questions about Phantom.
Phantom User's Guide by Maxum Development Documentation for Phantom.

Table 6-8 Search Server Snapshot

Product Description
Search Server by Social Engineering Freeware CGI-based search engine.