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Sorry for posting this to the list, but it bounced from Mickey's address.
Mickey,
Here's the instructions for an Internet workshop. I found it very helpful.
Enjoy!
Tricia
tporter -at- vax -dot- micron -dot- com
>To find out how to retrieve the Roadmap workshop lessons, all
>you have to do is send an e-mail letter to
> LISTSERV -at- UA1VM -dot- UA -dot- EDU
>(that's "you-ay-won-vee-em") with the command
> GET MAP PACKAGE F=MAIL
>in the *BODY* of your e-mail letter.
>NOTE: Simply replying to the letter that you are reading right now
>with a GET MAP PACKAGE F=MAIL command will *NOT* work. You must
>send a *NEW* letter to
> LISTSERV -at- UA1VM -dot- UA -dot- EDU
>with the command
> GET MAP PACKAGE F=MAIL
>in the body of your letter for your command to work.
>After you send your letter off, a computer at the University of
>Alabama will process your letter, and will -- usually within
>24 hours -- e-mail you two letters: one telling you a little
>more about the Roadmap workshop, and another telling you how
>you can retrieve the workshop lessons with a few, simple e-mail
>commands.
>Cool, huh?
>You can also find the Roadmap workshop archives on the University
>of Alabama's CMS Gopher server (UA1VM.UA.EDU) in the "Network Resources,
>Services and Information" menu, or on my World Wide Web homepage at
