1. Recent Tip bits

1.1. Join the MF ZU Google Groups

Go http://groups.google.com/group/mfzu and follow the instructions.

1.2. Updating email addresses can be done in two ways:

Send a message to support@meltonfoundation.org with a subject updating email address:
Logon to the portal, go Control-Panel-->e-mail Connections. One can add new addresses and configure where and how the communications from MF are delivered.

1.3. What is the email address of ...

Google the people's name
Check out Portal's contact database
Check ArchiveZU:DOC/contact/current.txt (MF ZU password needed. For password send Hanbing an email. My email is hbl !@t! cs.utexas.edu)

2. Regular Tutorials

2.1. Chat Tool

Adapted from a message sent by Becky, Zheng Can, replying to a message from Liu Jia

: We have been using the web-based Yahoo Chat. As long as your web browser is Java-enabled, you are fine. To make sure you are able to use at least basic text functions of Yahoo Chat! Please do the following

Apply for a Yahoo ID. (If you have already have a yahoo email address like xyz@yahoo.com(.cn). Your Yahoo Id is xyz.
Go to http://chat.yahoo.com. Signin with your Yahoo Id at upper page.
Click on "Enter chat room". This will bring a progressing bar showing "connecting to chat server".

: or try this link http://chat.yahoo.com/?room=Chat+Central%3a%3ameltonzu2002

Click on "continue" once the progress reaches 100%.
If everything goes fine, you will be brought to a chat window with a text line at the bottom that you can type in characters.
Usually we will use the chat room name "meltonzu2002". So just type "/join meltonzu2002" and hit return. That will bring you to the right chat room we have. :D

2.2. MF Portal Mail System

Send email to portal !@t! meltonfoundation.org using a subject line 'help' to get a list about how to use Potal mail system (also known as AMS mail system).
Subject line that I found most useful:
- help: get an informative file on how to use the Portal mail system (old AMS)
- groups: get a list of available groups
- subscribe <group>: subscribe the discussion group
- put <group>: send the message to the members of the group
- get <group> all: get all the messages that have been send to the group
- addresses: get an email address listing of all the members in MF
- query: reach the operator behind the AMS.
- Caution: AMS does not handle multipart MIME emails. (thus no MIME attachments). Refer to the next question to set up your email client/webmail account correctly.
- Also, Updating email addresses can be done in two ways:
  - Send a message to portal !@! meltonfoundation.org with a subject query:
  - Logon to the portal, go Control-Panel-->e-mail Connections. One can add new addresses and configure where and how the communications from MF are delivered.
All emails are archived in the portal and accessible when you login to the http://www.meltonfoundation.org/
One can configure gropu email delivery options: Read on portal, send the full text, send notification, etc. via email connections in website's panel.
Everyone of Melton Foundation Members has a <yourloginid>@meltonfoundation.org style email.
- Send email to support@meltonfoundation.org to ask for a login id and initial password.
- The address can be configured to forward any aadress it received to some other address of your choice.
- The stored emails can be accessed and downloaded via POP3 or IMAP server at mail.meltonfoundation.org

2.3. How to configure email clients to send PLAIN-TEXT

: See Uploads:nomime.html
: copied from http://www.expita.com/nomime.html

2.4. Melton ZU Online Forum

http://zu.meltonfoundation.org/forum/ [Alternative]
Register an account there
Send a message to hbl, maple, or otto so that we can grant permissions on your account
Start reading and posting? :) We would like to hear from you.

2.5. Melton ZU Document Repository

http://zu.meltonfoundation.org/melton/ [alternative]
http://zu.meltonfoundation.org/melton/DOC/contact/ contains the address book [alternative]
http://zu.meltonfoundation.org/melton/DOC/<country>; contains various articles about Symposium [alternative]

2.6. How to use SSH on windows machine?

Download: ftp://ftp.ssh.com/pub/ssh/SSHSecureShellClient-3.2.3.exe, or from this server, /melton/SOFTWARE generic password needed
Install the software. Two short-cut will appear on your desktop. One for Secure "Telnet", the other for secure file transfer
Start the secure "Telnet", in File->Quick Connect, enter host name and port number, user name.
Once you connect to the remote server, you can type "passwd" to change the password.
You can click the button in the Toolbar with a folder as the background, to open a secure "FTP" window, which support drag-and-drop operation for uploading and downloading files over encrypted links. To change directory use operations->goto Folder ...

2.7. How to upload a file into this website?

Check out UploadFile page.

2.8. Other Websites

: /OnlineResources

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