Things To Get If You Only Have E-Mail: Modern Communication Software

This book is designed to give you that same sense of freedom and competence with the Internet that you have with an automatic teller machine or the telephone. With a home computer, a modem, and communications software, you can connect to other computers over the phone line to exchange electronic mail (E-mail), trade files, or search for information. Many of those computers are connected to the worldwide network called the Internet. A few of them will—for a fee—let you connect to the Internet. From there you can dial any of 900,000 or more computers, send an E-mail to any of 25 million people, and access hundreds of free, informative services.