The signup screen is an area where you can describe yourself to the System Administrator. This information is private and only seen by the operators of this service. For more information click here.

The Account Display/Edit allows you to display and edit your private account information (name, address, password, etc.) directly from your browser.  For more information click here.

Electronic mail, otherwise known as e-mail, is a powerful and efficient way to send detailed messages to individuals who need not be there when the message arrives. Messages can also deliver attached documents or program files. This system supports sending/ receiving  your mail from a web browser or an SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) client (such as Outlook). When you create an account here, you are automatically given an e-mail address as well which is your userid followed by the "@" sign and then the domain name (web address) of this server. For more information click here.

You can download megabytes of programs, documents, data and other sorts of files from our server through File Libraries. A library in some ways resembles a document folder, but it contains more information on each file. With descriptive text, number of times downloaded so far by other users, and more, you can intelligently choose which files are of interest to you and copy them down to your PC. The downloadable files available through the Web File Libraries are the same files accessible through File Libraries in FTP, as well as Terminal Mode (for automated scripted file transfers).  For more information click here.

Forums are typically long-term conversations. A user starts a topic of discussion by posting a question or a comment, for example: "I feel strongly that petty politics should not get in the way of progress. How does everyone else feel about it?" Other users can read the message the next time they are online on this server. Some will reply to the message, and later others will respond to those replies. Replies to replies may continue over a period of weeks or months, the thread of conversation often becoming hundreds of messages long. Threads are valuable sources of information even if you don't wish to participate in the discussion. You can read all sides of an issue and gain a much fuller understanding of the topic presented. In a technical support forum, for example, a thread might start with one user describing a problem he or she is having by posting a request for advice. There may be 17 responses that night, some of them contradictory, some complimentary, and there may be more than one solution to the problem. The good news is, even the wrong ones can show what not to do. By the next night, others will have chimed in to correct inaccurate answers and make helpful suggestions.   For more information click here.

Polls and Questionnaires are among the best consensus-finding tools ever invented. They permit individuals scattered across the planet to come to an electronic "town meeting" and let their concerns be heard. While chatrooms and Forums offer a dynamic exchange of commentary, they are not well suited to measurement. Polls and Questionnaires offer users the opportunity to vote, and offer System Administrators the opportunity to obtain hard data on voter sentiment.   For more information click here.

The Calendar allows you to maintain your own personal calendar of events as well as view a System-wide global calendar and shared group calendars.   For more information click here.

A special interest group (SIG) is a community established to enable the connection of members for the purpose of networking, group learning, and sharing ideas and information. While we provide the infrastructure to establish and operate special interest groups, each SIG is volunteer-driven and self-sustaining.