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Frequently Asked Questions:
Internet Service

The CoreComm FAQ (list of Frequently Asked Questions) answers questions that are frequently asked of CoreComm's technical support department.

Part One: Common Questions About CoreComm's Service
Part Two: Connecting to CoreComm with 56k Modems
Part Three:Common Problems with Modem to Modem Connections
Part Four: General Problems with Internet Software
Part Five: Questions about E-Mail
Part Six: Questions about USENET newsgroups
Part Seven:Questions about the World-Wide Web

Part One: Common Questions About CoreComm's Service

1.01:How can I connect to your service at 56k?
1.02:How can I change my password?
1.03:How can I change my E-Mail address? Can I have more than one E-Mail box on my account?
1.04:What are the addresses of the various servers (mail server, news server, DNS servers, etc.)?
1.05:Do you have a local access number in my hometown? How about a 1-800 number I can use to call from any location?
1.06:Is the system down? How can I check to see if it is?
1.07:How do I set up a web page with CoreComm?
1.08:What software can I run on CoreComm to utilize the Internet? Where can I get software to access "special features" of the Internet?
1.09:Where are the chat rooms?
1.10:Can I run a "bot" or "server daemon" or other "background process" from my CoreComm account?

Part Two: Questions About Connecting to CoreComm with 56k Modems

2.01:Does CoreComm support 56k connections?
2.02:What is v.90?
2.03:Why can't I connect at the full 56k speed?
2.04:Why can't I connect faster than I did with my old 28.8 or 33.6 modem?
2.05:How can I find out if I'd benefit from getting an v.90 modem?

Part Three: Answers to Common Problems with Modem to Modem Connections

3.01:Why am I being disconnected unexpectedly from your system?
3.02:Why does my modem connect at a speed lower than it's advertised speed (21.6, 24k, etc.)
3.03:My connection seems slow. What can I do about it?
3.04:My computer shows that I'm connecting at 57600 or 115200. Is that true? I thought it wasn't possible!
3.05:What is ISDN?

Part Four: Answers to General Problems with Your Internet Software

4.01:I'm getting an "Illegal Operation"... but I haven't done anything illegal! Also, I'm getting a GPF, or Invalid Page Fault. What am I doing wrong?
4.02:Why am I getting a Type 1 or Type 11 error on my Mac?
4.03:I can't save my account password in Windows95/98!

Part Five: Answers to Common Problems with E-Mail

5.01:I'm receiving a lot of junk E-Mail. When will it stop?
5.02:I got a letter about this virus you can get by reading E-Mail!
5.03:I'm getting a message indicating I have a "POP lock". How can I get rid of it?
5.04:My Mail program just says "Retrieving message 1 of x..." and sits there. What's happening?
5.05:How can I set up my mail program for multiple mailboxes?
5.06:Why do I get the error "connection refused" when trying to get mail?
5.07:Why do I get the error "Access Denied" or "Not a relay" when trying to send mail?
5.08:How do I check my CoreComm E-Mail from another provider?
5.09:How long does it take for E-Mail to be delivered to another party?
5.10:Why are the dates or times on some E-Mail messages incorrect?
5.11:Why does the mail server say my password is wrong. It's not!
5.12:A friend sent me E-Mail and I never got it!
5.13:How much mail can I have in my account?
5.14:I got an attachment, and I don't know what to do with it!
5.15:I accidentally deleted an important message! Can you get it back?
5.16:How do I use CoreCommMail?

Part Six: Answers to Common Questions About the USENET Newsgroups

6.01:Why can't I post to the news server?
6.02:Why do I get a 502 You Have No Permission To Talk error when I try to connect to the news server?
6.03:Can you carry a certain newsgroup on your news server?
6.04:Where are Microsoft's newsgroups?
6.05:Why do multiple posts have parts missing?
6.06:Why is reading news so slow in Netscape?
6.07:Why do my news posts take so long to show up?

Part Seven: Answers to Common Questions About the World-Wide Web

7.01:Why do I get a "DNS" or "Host not found" error?
7.02:What is a "cookie"?
7.03:Is it safe to send my credit card number over the web?
7.04:How do I keep my kids from going to undesirable sites?
7.05:When I visit a web site, the new information doesn't appear even though I know it's been changed.
7.06:What are all these files in my cache directory?
7.07:Why can't I print information from the World-Wide Web from Netscape?
7.08:Downloaded the new version 4 of Netscape, and now I can't find my mail?
7.09:What are Java and Javascript?
7.10:Does CoreComm support the Microsoft FrontPage extensions?

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