To those whom we may have inconvenienced, we express our sincerest apologies. To address this situation, we have provided two alternative means of retrieving this issue, using FTP or a Gopher. These will be described further in this essay. The second discovery we made was that many of our readers are either new to the Internet or have not ventured beyond the basics of electronic mail. To assist our readers with both of these issues, we have prepared a brief overview of a few of the tools available for accessing the resources of the Internet.
Several factors influence one's participation such as distance, timing, and available funds.
The forum that can reduce the impact of these factors is the global Internet. In this medium, distance and time are minimized. There are several ways to access the Internet. The most common are through electronic mail, file transfer, and remote login. In its most basic form, e-mail is the online messaging between computer users.