Introduction to Internet Resources and Services

Spring '99
#43405 (Tue)
#43400 (Thu)

Homework Three

Exercise 1. You've received the following message in your emailbox:

    To: larry@mail.utexas.edu, moe@mail.utexas.edu
    Cc: curly@mail.utexas.edu, shemp@mail.utexas.edu
    Subject: next week's pie eating contest
    From: mary@mail.utexas.edu
    Sender: shelly@mail.utexas.edu

    Which of you stooges forgot to order the pies?

Answer the following questions about that message. For the first four questions, list the names (you may omit the domains) of all the email recipients.

• Question 1.1. If you issue a reply to this message, who will receive it?

• Question 1.2. If you issue a group reply to this message, who will receive it?

• Question 1.3. If you forward this message to frank@mail.utexas.edu and then he issues a group reply, who will receive his response?

• Question 1.4. If you bounce this message to frank@mail.utexas.edu and then he issues a group reply, who will receive his response?

• Question 1.5. Whoa! Your address doesn't appear anywhere in this email header. How did it end up in your emailbox anyway?

Exercise 2. I received the following email message:

    To: gummo@aol.com
    Cc: chipr@gslis.utexas.edu
    From: harpo@compuserve.net
    Subject: Re: I shot an elephant in my pajamas

    honk honk honk *honk*

Most email programs support five commands: compose, reply, group-reply, forward and bounce. For each of the following situations, indicate which command would be the best choice.

• Question 2.1. I want to send a reply just to harpo.

• Question 2.2. I want to send a reply just to gummo.

• Question 2.3. Send a message to gummo on a completely different topic.

• Question 2.4. I think chico@example.net may be interested in this message. I want to send him a copy.

• Question 2.5. I shouldn't have received this message. groucho@example.com needs to handle this message.

Exercise 3. Post a message to the class newsgroup that reviews a web site that you like or visit frequently. Summarize what the web site is about. Explain why you think it is useful or entertaining or whatever it is that makes you like it. Your posting need not be (and should not be) more than a paragraph or two, but to get full credit it should allow the reader to determine whether or not it is a web site they might want to visit. To obtain full credit, the subject of your posting must begin with: HW3 Review.

• Question 3.1. What is the Message-ID: of the article you posted?

Exercise 4. Find and subscribe to three active Usenet newsgroups in the Big 8 or alt.* hierarchies. Do not choose all three from the same hierarchy. You may find the listings posted periodically to news.groups helpful.

Read and follow these groups. Unless you are already familiar with Usenet netiquette, do not post. Just lurk on the groups to get a feel for how Usenet works. You will need to follow the groups regularly, checking in every few days. We will return to them in a future assignment.

• Question 4.1. To which three newsgroups did you subscribe?

Roamwork Exercise. The following questions send you out to the net to locate some information.

• Question R.1: What's a word that means "think" and rhymes with "leave?" [hint: http://www.m-w.com/thesaurus.htm]

• Question R.2: How does the country of Algeria compare in land size to the state of Texas? [hint: http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/]

• Question R.3: Are Muppets typically left-handed or right-handed? [hint: see the Muppets newsgroup FAQ]

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