| Obtain your textbook. Put your name in it so that we can identify it if we find it lying
around. |
| Your personal Linux CDROMs will be available in a week or two. |
| Configure your Unix Netscape email identity and servers. The College has some
online instructions for setting up your EMail that are correct only for an older version
of Netscape that runs on College IBM-style computers; do not follow these
directions to set up your Unix Netscape. In particular, do not use PC-style
pathnames such as "N:\Sent" or "N:\Mail".
The names of the SMTP and POP servers are correct; you can transfer them to Unix Netscape.
http://www.algonquincollege.com/intech/account/main.html
(Set up your account)
http://www.algonquincollege.com/algweb/services/stdsrv.html
(other Student Services)
Test that you can send and receive email. |
| Configure your Netscape news server to be news.idallen.com.
Subscribe to these news groups (and any others you like): algonquinc.cst.fasttrack-98.announce
algonquinc.cst.fasttrack-98.discussion
Post a news item to the Discussion news group. Introduce yourself! |
| When your accounts are available, verify that your Algonquin dial-up account works
correctly. Information on using the dial-up is on the Student Services web page.
http://www.algonquincollege.com/intech/account/network.html#remote
(Dial-Up access) |