REVIEW: INTERNET E-MAIL QUICK TOUR, Ted Alspach Ventana Press 1995 INTERNET E-MAIL QUICK TOUR is one in a series of "Quick Tour" titles from Ventana Press. These short books focus on one specific area of interest, in this case, electronic mail. Its a "newbie" book, to be sure, but is very low-key due to its size and consequently, not intimidating to the newcomer. It is a guide to sending, receiving and managing online messages and covers the introductory material explaining the Internet in the context of e-mail. INTERNET E-MAIL QUICK TOUR explains the mysteries of domain names, addressing conventions, how to find someone's address and then goes on to show the reader the ins and outs of sending and receiving messages. The information is of use to anyone, no matter what service they are using. Once the basics are explained, INTERNET E-MAIL QUICK TOUR touches on more advanced areas such as privacy, online etiquette, Net culture, acronyms, "Smileys" and mailing lists. Finally, Author Alspach shows us some tricks using e-mail, such as FTP-mail (getting software by e-mail) and having access to certain USENET newsgroups by mail as well. The appendices contain a list of service providers, mail gateways to other services and country codes. All in all, INTERNET E-MAIL QUICK TOUR is an excellent introduction to electronic mail, particularly for a beginner. %T Internet E-mail Quick Tour %A Ted Alspach %I Ventana Press %C Chapel Hill NC %D 1995 %O $14.00 %G ISBN:1-56604-220-8 %P 122 pp, paperbound %K Internet, electronic mail (C) 1995 Michael Crestohl Nahant Massachusetts USA mc@shore.net DISCLAIMER: I have no interest, financial or otherwise, in the success or failure of the book or materials reviewed herewith, nor have I received any compensation (other than a review copy requested by me) from anyone who has. All opinions expressed are strictly my own. Other Internet and Aviation book/software reviews by me can be obtained by anonymous FTP from: x2ftp.oulu.fi in the /pub/books/crestohl directory.