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This chapter has taught you the rudiments of using email by employing the email program incorporated in the Netscape browser. This has the advantage of simplicity and integration. We have only discussed the basics; you can learn much more about using the browser and its various components from the help menu of your browser.
There are other options for email. For example, many prefer to use a standalone email program such as Eudora. If you decide to use a program like Eudora, you will find that its usage, and even much of the layout of the interface, is very similar to that described here for the Netscape mail tool.
For those with accounts on larger computers, you may choose to do your mail on those computers, typically using programs like Pine, with remote access by Telnet or serial modem connections. You will typically receive specialized instructions along with your account in that case. Although your mail interface may then look quite different from the graphical interface examples described here, the principles will remain similar.


			Electronic Mail \| Going Further
		Going Further This chapter has taught you the rudiments of using email by employing the email program incorporated in the `Netscape` browser. This has the advantage of simplicity and integration. We have only discussed the basics; you can learn much more about using the browser and its various components from the help menu of your browser. There are other options for email. For example, many prefer to use a standalone email program such as Eudora. If you decide to use a program like Eudora, you will find that its usage, and even much of the layout of the interface, is very similar to that described here for the `Netscape` mail tool. For those with accounts on larger computers, you may choose to do your mail on those computers, typically using programs like `Pine`, with remote access by `Telnet` or serial modem connections. You will typically receive specialized instructions along with your account in that case. Although your mail interface may then look quite different from the graphical interface examples described here, the principles will remain similar.