Download Useful Files
If the hotlinked site is busy, you can do an Archie search on the file name to find alternate locations.
Handy Programs
- PKZIP (~200K) Compress, decompress. A DOS program.
- WINZIP56.EXE Windows program for compression, decompression, more
- WNCOD261.EXE Decode UUENCODED files
- MIMEQP.ZIP Read mail packaged by a MIME (Multimedia Internet Mail Extension)compliant mailer. You won't need this if you use a modern e-mail package like the ones listed below, but I'm including it here for those who are fond of an older e-mail program.
Anti-virus
Internet Access Programs
- Tucows Collection Of Winsock Software
- E-mail programs:
- Eudora "Lite" version free. "Pro" version has extra features. Related sites:
- Pegasus Mail Free, and about as powerful as Eudora Pro.
- Encryption programs:
- PGP The most powerful encryption program available. Free for personal noncommercial use.
- Viacrypt Commercially licensed version of PGP.
- Encryption Interface works with Pegasus Mail and PGP. Free interface adds very strong and nearly transparent encryption to one of the best e-mail programs available.
- Free Agent A powerful reader for Usenet Newsgroups
Archie
If you know the name of a file you are looking for, or can approximate it using wildcard characters then you can use the Archie search program to find FTP sites where it is available for downloading. Here are some WWW Archie gateways: