URL-minder help

[http://www.acquinas.netmind.com/~URL-master]

Help File for the URL-minder: Your Own Personal Web Robot!
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  INSTRUCTIONS FOR REGISTERING, LISTING, AND CANCELLING

The URL-minder tracks resources on the World Wide Web and
sends you e-mail when the Web pages you have registered
change.  The URL-minder can be found on the World Wide Web 
at the following URL:
     http://www.netmind.com/URL-minder/URL-minder.html

1) Register a URL with the URL-minder
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To register a URL with the URL-minder, use your World Wide 
Web browser to load the registration form at

     http://www.netmind.com/URL-minder/URL-minder.html

or send an e-mail message to http://www.netmind.com/~URL-minder with 
"URL-minder register" (without the quotes) in the subject 
line (NOT in the message body).  The complete registration 
e-mail should look like the following, leaving off the
brackets [] :

---------------------- Cut Here -----------------------

To: http://www.netmind.com/~URL-minder
Subject: URL-minder register

URL = [fill in a URL here] 
NAME = [your name]

---------------------- Cut Here -----------------------

The keywords must be in capital letters, and the spaces
around the equal sign must be there.  Be sure to leave off 
the brackets [].

2) List your own personal registered URLs
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To list your own personal registered URLs, send an e-mail 
message to http://www.netmind.com/~URL-minder with subject line 
"URL-minder list" (without the quotes).

3) Cancelling your URL-minder registrations
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A new cancellation facility is in beta test.  The old 
method described below still works as well, but the new
method is hoped to be more convenient for most purposes:

Cancelling using a World Wide Web form
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When you first register, and each time the URL-minder sends 
you a change-notice for a given URL, a cancellation code is 
included with the message.  If you would like to cancel your 
registration of that particular URL, go to the following Web 
form:

    http://www.netmind.com/URL-minder/cancel.html

with your browser.  Fill in your e-mail address and the
cancellation code that was included with your change notice.  
Submit the form, and you should receive an e-mail confirming 
that the registration has been canceled.

Cancelling by e-mail
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If you have the cancellation code and you want to cancel by
e-mail rather than by using the World Wide Web form, send a
message to http://www.netmind.com/~URL-minder with the words 
"URL-minder cancel-by-code" (without the quotes) in the 
Subject line of the message.  In the body of the message, put 
the following line:

        CODE = [paste the cancellation code here]

DO NOT include the brackets [] in the message, just put in the
cancellation code.  Make sure that CODE is upper case, and that 
there are blank spaces around the "=" (CODE=[code] WILL NOT 
WORK!).  

Old Cancellation Method
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The original procedure for cancelling, which still works as
long as your sending e-mail address and registration address 
are the same, follows:

First, get a listing of your personal registered URLs using 
the procedure in #2 above.  Then, send a message to 
http://www.netmind.com/~URL-minder with "URL-minder cancel" in the
subject line of the message.  In the body of the message,
specify which serial numbers you would like to cancel 
exactly as in the example below, being careful to use the
exact syntax from the example including spaces.  Please
make sure that you leave off the brackets[], and separate
serial numbers by a space (not a comma!).

A complete registration cancellation message would appear
like the following:

---------------------- Cut Here -----------------------

To: http://www.netmind.com/~URL-minder
Subject: URL-minder cancel

SERIALS = [type the serial number of each URL to cancel]

---------------------- Cut Here -----------------------

Again, the keyword SERIALS must be in capital letters,
the spaces must be there, and the brackets should be left
off.  Each serial number should be separated from the next
by a space or tab character (no commas).

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The URL-minder is a free service offered to every person 
with access to Internet e-mail.  The URL-master reserves
the right to refuse service to any persons who abuse the
system.  Service is free, and no warranty of any kind is 
expressed or implied.  URL-minder and URL-master are 
service marks of NetMind.  Please send any comments or 
suggestions to http://www.netmind.com/~URL-master .

Thank you for your interest in the URL-minder!

Please visit the NetMind Free Services Page on the World
Wide Web at URL: http://www.netmind.com

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