Internet technology resources for Greens

About the ``Green Internet Society'' Web hosting project. ``If you're doing Green work, there's room for your Web pages here.''
About the www.greens.org page.
About the computers rachel, amybiehl (no page yet), chico (moved to San Jose Peace Center, petra (retired), judi (retired), and truffula.
software on petra, software on rachel (under construction)
Use Secure Shell to run commands on and copy files to and from petra and rachel. Here is a version for Macintosh. Freessh.org has four Secure Shell programs and a Secure Copy program for Microsoft-Intel computers. Try WinSCP for MS-Windows.
Linux Links
tools for controlling junk email
Search for open-source software
How to stop sending ``formatted'' email (Mirrored Aug. 1 2001). Read this if Majordomo is ``sending you garbage'' so you can stop sending Majordomo garbage.
Statement by Bill Jones' former Web host shows candidates for Governor shouldn't spam.

Some versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer add their own links to your HTML. To defend against this outrageous ``feature,'' add this code:
to the <head> section of each HTML page you write.
If you care about the security of your and your friends' PCs, you should not use Microsoft Outlook Express (MS-OE) for email. Consider upgrading to a more secure product, such as ``The Bat!,'' Pegasus Mail, or Mulberry. If you must use MS-OE, turn off the "preview pane" feature. It launches viruses.
Empty ``To:'' line. If you leave the ``To:'' line blank when you compose an email message with MS-OE, MS-OE generates a malformed message. Some ISPs have learned that these messages are almost always junk, and reject them. The Internet email specification requires a valid ``To:'' line containing at least one valid address.
Do you have a Microsoft machine that's connected to the Internet? They're more difficult to secure against intruders than unix systems. You should subscribe to BugtraqNT and Microsoft Developer Network and apply the steady stream of security patches and fixes. It's a full time job.
Universal Plug and Play This Windows XP ``feature'' was intended to let appliances on your home network configure your PC. It lets crackers do it, too. Here's Microsoft's security bulletin. Here's a utility to turn the damn thing off.

PayPal is a membership organization. They let you create an account and attach it to your checking account. Their "Premium" and "Business" accounts let you accept payments by credit card, but your donors are required to have (or create) an account with them to do it. They take 2.2% of each payment.
Amazon has an "Honor System" which lets you accept credit card payments. They also take about 2%. Your donors don't have to create an account. Amazon has abused the patent system to unfairly compete, and many online civil rights groups boycott them for it. They are also destroying independent "bricks and mortar" booksellers.
Kagi doesn't have those problems, but charges high fees.
Propay charges a one time $35 setup fee, but then they are cheaper than most merchant account resellers, and don't have membership or patent issues.
This is not a complete list, just a sampling of what's available.