MAC User specific Information

MAC Users: *INFO* MAC - AOL - Web

Part I. Basics (Netiquette / Basics)

01. Ques: What does "netiquette" mean?
02. Ques: What are Newsgroups?
03. Ques: What is Usenet?
04. Ques: What are MMF's / pyramid schemes?
05. Ques: How do I read my Newsgroups online?
06. Ques: How do I read my Newsgroups offline?
07. Ques: How do I post to Newsgroups online?
08. Ques: How do I post to Newsgroups offline?
09. Ques: It says I should quote, but how do I do that?
10. Ques: What are Parental Controls and how do I set them up?
11. Ques: I can't download due to Parental Controls. Now what?
12. Ques: Where shall I put *test* postings?
13. Ques: How long does it take for postings to show up?
14. Ques: What are all those funny signs and symbols I see?
               1. Weird groups of punctuation marks
               2. Junk messages in binary newsgroups
               3. Gobbledegook messages in far-eastern newsgroups

Part II. Subscribing (Subscribing to Newsgroups)

01. Ques: What does "subscribing" mean?
02. Ques: How do I find a NG on "x" subject?
03. Ques: What is "Expert Add" and how do I use it?
04. Ques: How do I get a new NG through AOL?
05. Ques: How do I get a list of all NGs?
06. Ques: Why can't I get "x" NG on AOL?
07. Ques: How do I unsubscribe a Newsgroup?
08. Ques: How do I read my Newsgroups off-line?
09. Ques: All the posts in the newsgroup look as though they are
               encoded / junk / gobbledegook - What's wrong?
10. Ques: What are the different sets of Preferences?
               1. Main newsgroups
               2. Individual newsgroups
               3. Members menu

Part III. Binaries (Uploading/Downloading
Binaries/FileGrabber) [Alt: I Gotta Be in Pictures!]

01. Ques: How / where do I get the pictures?
02. Ques: What is FileGrabber / Where do I get it?
03. Ques: What is MIME encoding, and how do I decode it?
04. Ques: How do I upload pictures to newsgroups?
05. Ques: I'm trying to download hotnhevy.jpg and I keep getting
               42335234.txt. I don't want text, I want graphics!
               What's happening?
06. Ques: So I downloaded a file and my decoder says "what graphic?"
               Now what do I do?
07. Ques: How do I open "movies"?
08. Ques: What is the Binary Filter?
09. Ques: How do I find the programs mentioned in the FAQ?
10. Ques: When I go to download multimedia files, they download
               as file_name.mpg.000 , file_name.mpg.001 , etc.
               How do I view these files?

Addendum: Note for Macintosh users.

Part IV. Your PFC (Flash [Auto-AOL] Sessions/Personal Filing Cabinet)

01. Ques: I ran a FS, now where did the articles go?
02. Ques: I run a FS, and get too much. Now what?
03. Ques: I try to read my NG's through a FS, but don't get anything. Why?
04. Ques: I have unsubscribed from a newsgroup, but still get articles
               when I run a Flashsession. What's happening?
05. Ques: I want to download binary files in an AutoAOL session, but
               everytime I try I get a message that the file is too large to
               to be displayed and what is there is all text? HELP!!

Part V. Other AOL and Newsgroups Questions

01. Ques: What is spam, and what do I do about it?
02. Ques: The unread counter says XXX, but I only got YYY, where are
               the rest of the posts?
03. Ques: I want to use X newsreader software, can I, how do I, why
               can't I?
04. Ques: How can I post to multiple newsgroups/why can't I?
05. Ques: What is "Packet Reflection"?
06. Ques: When I click on "Download File", I choose where I want to
               download to, but when I click OK, nothing downloads. What's
               happening?
07. Ques: I can not get to any web sites or graphics won't display
               or look 'blurry'? HELP!!
08. Ques: AOL sometimes automatically loads itself and tries to
               sign online and I know I'm not doing it. HELP!!
09. Ques: Can anyone out there with DSL through AOL or on a
               Broadband Connection answer these questions?
10. Ques: I sometimes see NG posts or member profiles in color.
               How do they do that? I want mine to look like that.