Quiz
70% on the quiz. 2 of the questions I got wrong I changed my answer at the last minute – obviously the information is going in, I just need to consolidate it better. The others were written responses with no feedback, so I am unsure if I was completely wrong, or if I used the incorrect terminology. I will complete more research and try it again – see if I can get them right. And the load gets bigger….I am keeping up currently, but I have just started a new full time job, so I am unsure of maintaining this level of commitment throughout the year.
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Newsgroups
Ok – I have managed to set up a public newsreader on Outlook – it definitely took me awhile to figure that out – I thought the public readers were something I had to download, like the telnet or FTP tasks. Then I thought I needed to call my ISP and ask them for a number. Ahhh talk about drive me nuts!! Anyhow, I went to newzbot and typed the server into Outlook….low and behold, it worked.
I have now subscribed to a group. So far it looks alot like a discussion board, except delivered to my email account. I’ll watch it for a few days, but I have to say, with the effort required to set it up I’m not a fan…..
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– Most people check email more diligently (for most read: me) than a discussion board, and lists also only send out new messages when there are some – a discussion board you may monitor only to find it only gets posts every few weeks – potential time waster.
– However…..with a discussion board you can choose to skip threads that do not interest you, or if you go off it for awhile it is not filling up your inbox.
– Discussion boards are more often public – you don’t necessarily have to join to read the posts, only to contribute (though some lists work this way too).
– Can attach files in email.
As far as communication purposes are concerned i think that discussion boards are better suited to conversation. A thread is started, and comments pertaining to it are posted together, which when reading makes it feel more like a conversation among the contributors. (However you can often elect to receive email lists in digest form which makes it more of a thread format).
Email lists are better suited to a more formal information exchange among members. A conversation would very quickly begin to fill up your inbox, whereas information exchange with a few key comments makes them short, but purposeful interactions.
I’m fudging that alot, I definitely need to look into these deeper – although I am a fan of both email lists and discussion boards.
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Question Time
What information about a user’s email, the origin of a message, and the path it took, can you glean from an email message?
– userid
– domain
– date/time sent
– if it’s a fw/re: (if it hasn’t been altered)
At first I was unsure about the path it took, however seeing as we were being asked I figured we must be able to see it – so I went hunting through my email options and discovered I could set it to a basic/full/advanced view. I set it to the full view and could then see the email path – however how to read it……
In what cases would you find it useful to use the ‘cc’, ‘bcc’, and ‘reply all’ functions of email?
cc – I have used this when recommending a friend for work. I have sent a reply to the client, with my friend cc’ed (after I knew she was interested) so that the transaction could continue without me – more efficient than sending two separate replies – although I am unsure of the advantage of using cc instead of just adding them to the main recipient line.
bcc – I haven’t used this – but perhaps if i were responding to a quote request on the like – and I wanted an opinion from a colleague without the client knowing. Once again I could just send a separate email, however this is more efficient.
reply all – When planning an event/get together, and every person needs the information.
In what ways can you ensure that an attachment you send will be easily opened by the receiver?
– First and foremost – don’t presume the recipient is on the same computer and has the same skills as you!
– Find out what OS they are using, and the programs they are running and save it in a compatible format.
-Compress large files to reduce dowload times – along with a good message of the contents this can help ensure that they bother to try and open your attachment.
– Send it in plain text format (ASCII) if all else fails.
What sorts of filters or rules do you have set up, and for what purpose?
I have a standard junk mail filter to reduce the amount of spam that comes through. I also receive a few design newsletters, and I have filters that send them to their own folders by subject for ease of browsing/searching later. Also I often leave them awhile before I read them – it keeps them out of my inbox where I work everyday.
How have you organised the folder structure of your email and why?
I have folders for my design topics (as I said above), plus folders for particular friends whom I like to keep correspondence with…..with the massive amount of storage I have….why not!
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Email Tutorial
I tried the Lycos People Search – I have a friend in the US that I searched for. I found my friend, and it lists previous addresses – enough for you to know it is the correct person – but for further information you must pay. Besides whitepages.com.au I am unsure if there is such a search for Australians, or whether our privacy laws prevent such searches, as I have noticed there is no reverse phone number look up here, whereas there was facility for it on the Lycos page.
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Telnet – Revisited
After further research I found I was incorrect in assuming the telnet was a direct link – the telnet software used is in fact terminal emulation software so it FEELS like a direct link. However it still requires a TCP/IP network (ie the internet). Also, this is a type of remote control, so once you are logged on, you are controlling the host (which I should have clicked on to because we were able to give commands to the library computer in the exercise). I thought you were unable to affect the host, only look through it, however in the exercise I would have only been able to look because I was not logged in as a powerful enough user.
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FTP
Ok – so FTP is a step up from telnet. You still establish a direct connection with the remote host, however you may copy and send files. It is quicker and easier than web based email, as the information does not need to be up/down loaded through a server – just sent and received between the two hosts. So the boss could log into your work computer while he’s on holiday and copy all those emails you have been sending about him, provided he has your FTP address.
I think this is a similar to how IM works, except with IM you must first connect to the server to let it know you are there. Yes, I’m still scratching my head, but it is becoming clearer.
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Telnet
I tried typing the telnet address into my Firefox browser window, and it opened up a session for Terminal. I never knew what Terminal was for before, tending to shy away from it as it said it was a link to typing commands for unix – which I know runs my system – no way I want to break that! I was brave for this exercise, I bought a book recently that tells me how to boot from a disc so I could repair any damage!
As far as I understand, telnet is a direct link to an outside host. Normal web protocols do not apply, as you connect through a separate telnet server, and the information is not sent via packets – instead you remotely login to the host and move around within it. The information is not sent to you, it is viewed as it appears in the host. It seems to me also that you cannot alter information in the host this way, only view it. So you could log into your work computer from home to see where you were up to, but could not add directly to it. (I think.) My next step is to find out whether a telnet address needs to be set up separately, or if it is like an IP……ah more research. It is frustrating me to be ignorant of so much of this course, however it can only be good for me to learn it all.
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134.7.179.10 is from Australia(AU) in region Oceana
TraceRoute to 134.7.179.10 [curtin.edu.au]
Hop (ms) (ms) (ms) IP Address – Host name
1 1 0 0 66.98.244.1 – gphou-66-98-244-1.ev1servers.net
2 1 0 1 66.98.241.16 – gphou-66-98-241-16.ev1servers.net
3 0 0 0 66.98.240.12 – gphou-66-98-240-12.ev1servers.net
4 2 2 2 129.250.11.129 – ge-1-11.r03.hstntx01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net
5 2 2 1 129.250.2.22 – 8xe-0-1-0.r20.hstntx01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net
6 38 37 37 129.250.4.112 – p64-1-3-0.r21.lsanca03.us.bb.gin.ntt.net
7 37 37 38 129.250.3.159 – p16-1-0-0.r02.lsanca03.us.bb.gin.ntt.net
8 196 196 196 198.172.90.102 – so-2-1-0.a00.lsanca02.us.ce.verio.net
9 200 200 200 202.158.194.153 – so-3-2-0.bb1.b.syd.aarnet.net.au
10 212 211 212 202.158.194.33 – so-2-0-0.bb1.a.mel.aarnet.net.au
11 223 221 221 202.158.194.17 – so-2-0-0.bb1.a.adl.aarnet.net.au
12 248 248 248 202.158.194.5 – so-0-1-0.bb1.a.per.aarnet.net.au
13 248 248 248 202.158.198.178 – gigabitethernet0.er1.curtin.cpe.aarnet.net.au
14 249 248 248 202.158.198.186 – gw1.er1.curtin.cpe.aarnet.net.au
15 248 248 248 134.7.250.18 –
16 248 248 248 134.7.248.65 – te1-1.b309-sr.net.curtin.edu.au
17 248 249 248 134.7.179.10 -prodweb1.curtin.edu.au
Trace complete
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When I connect to the internet, I am on a client computer (however once I am connected i may serve as a remote server for my ISP also). My ISP is the first server I go through to connect to web pages. When I type in an address my server looks up the target IP on the DNS, and sends the request to a router(think of routers as the postal service). The router reads the request, and decides on the fastest and easiest way to send the information (each packet can be sent along different paths – they do not need to follow each other, nor remain in sequence – the packets contain instructions on how they are to be assembled at the other end.). Depending on traffic, and where each computer is, this can involve many ‘hops’. This forms the TCP/IP data exchange on a web server.
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