Psion Teklogix 32M/64M What information do I need?, Information checklist, Glossary of terms

What information do I need?

Before you can set up your netBook, you will need to find out some information about your modem and your Internet email account by:

∙Checking any documentation your ISP supplied about your Internet account, or contacting your network administrator at work.

∙Checking your ISP’s Web site for technical support.

∙Contacting your ISP by email or phone for technical support.

∙Checking the Psion Web site at “www.mobile.psion.com” for details of worldwide ISPs and to use the ISP configuration wizard.

Templates for popular service providers.

The PsiWin CD ROM contains ‘templates’ for popular Internet Service Providers, including those in the UK, US and Germany. You can use these templates to help you quickly set up your email account.

Information checklist

The checklist overleaf shows what information you will need to set up your netBook. Only your ISP or your network administrator can supply all the information required about your Internet email account.

Glossary of terms

Email

An email (Electronic mail) is a text message which is sent over the Internet.

ISP

Internet Service Providers are companies which provide you with access to the Internet. An ISP ‘account’ normally includes the facility to send and receive email using a personal email address.

POP3/IMAP4

Internet ‘protocols’ (standards) for receiving email.

SMTP

An Internet protocol used for sending email.

TCP/IP

An Internet protocol used by computers to communicate with each other.

DNS

The Domain Name System is an address book which allows computers on the Internet to find each other by using ‘IP addresses’ and ‘Hostnames’.

IP address

A computer’s unique Internet address, e.g. “194.129.243.153”, used by computers to communicate with each other.

Hostname

A human readable version of an IP address, e.g. “www.psion.com” could be the same as the IP address “194.129.243.153”.

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