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	= A program that I wouldn't be without
	= Best of a bunch
	= Not worth the frustration

Email Client	Mutt is a text-based email client with Win32 versions
	Pegasus Mail
	Pine is another text-based email client with Win32 versions
File Downloading	Reget is an excellent download program capable of resuming broken downloads.
File Downloading	The people from Streaming Download Project have a download program which allows capture of streaming protocols including mms, mmst and mmsu [f2.org copy of SDP Downloader 2.0.0 (2.8 Mbyte)]
File Transfer	WinSCP is a good SCP client [f2.org copy of WinSCP 3.5.6 (1.3 Mbyte)]
	FileZilla is an excellent FTP program which supports secure-FTP (SFTP). [f2.org copy of FileZilla 2.2.5 (4.0 Mbyte)]
	WS_FTP LE is a very usable but hard-to-find freeware FTP program; will transfer files & directories in bulk. NB - licenced for non-business use only. [f2.org copy of WS_FTP LE 5.08 (691 Kbyte)] search for other locations
	SmartFTP is a nice FTP program with an explorer-like drag-and-drop interface; handy for uploading or downloading directories in bulk.
Synchronise PC Clock	Dimension 4 from ThinkMan will synchronise your PC's clock from an accurate source over the net. Approx 300 Kbyte download.
Web Browser / HTML Editor	Firefox is a successor to Mozilla, but doesn't have such built-in features as Mozilla's HTML editor Some handy firefox plugins: Tamper Data -- useful for debugging web applications
	Mozilla is a an open-source web browser, designed for standards-compliance, performance and portability. Update 2006-01-30: The Mozilla browser/editor is continuing development under the project name SeaMonkey
	AOL Press is the best free WYSIWYG HTML editor I've seen, despite the fact that it is HTML 3-based. The AOL Press web site no longer exists, but the files are still around on various FTP sites. [f2.org copy of the install file (3.4 mbyte) and PDF documentation (5.3 mbyte)].
	Amaya is a free WYSIWYG HTML browsing editor - includes source code! Produced by WC3, Amaya supports the proposed MathML markup language.
	Old versions of Netscape can be found at http://www.cantech.net.au/ftp/windows/browsers/netscape/ and the Netscape Software Archive.
	Old versions of Microsoft's Internet Explorer may be found at www.oldversion.com -- currently (2003-01-20) versions 1.0, 2.0, 3.02 (Win95 & WinNT versions). Another site has a stand-alone (installs without a net connection) version of IE5.5
	Lynx is a text-based WWW browser (why you might want to use Lynx) For win32 ports, check out www.fdisk.com/doslynx/lynxport.htm [f2.org copy of Lynx2.8.1 for win32 (626 Kbyte)]
Firewall Tunnel	SocksCap is a win16 / win32 utility allowing applications to tunnel through a SOCKS firewall.
Network Monitoring	MyNetMon from Turkish Security Network is a network monitoring tool for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP [f2.org copy of mynetmon.zip version 2.0.0.17 (1.4 Mbyte)] Note: MyNetMon requires the WinPcap library [f2.org copy of winpcap-3-1-beta4 (474 Kbyte)]
Firewall	Recent versions of Tiny Personal Firewall Tiny Software are no longer free. The latest freeware version I can locate is Tiny Personal Firewall version 2.0.15 (1.4 Mbyte). The interface is a bit unfriendly unless you know a bit about packets and ports.
	ZoneAlarm 2.6 is free for personal and non-profit use (excluding governmental entities and educational institutions)
	Sygate Personal Firewall is free for personal use. Win98/ME/2000/XP
	See www.spychecker.com for other windows firewall solutions (some free, some not).
HTML Compiler	EBook HTML compiler from Software Design compiles HTML files, images etc into a stand-alone .EXE file. Free for non-commercial use. NB! [Dec 2000] EBook is now shareware; while fully functional the unregistered compiled books bear a "Not For Distribution" caption and are subject to a time limit.
X-Windows Emulation	Mi/x from MicroImages is an X11R5 server. NB! [Jan 2000] - Mi/x is no longer freeware for Windows - 15 day free trial and then US$25 to buy. Still free for the Macintosh. The Mi/x FAQ
Remote control	VNC from AT&T Labs (UK) lets you view desktops across networks, like a free version of PcAnyhwere. VNC is platform independent (Solaris, Linux, OSF/1, Win32, Mac).
Telnet / SSH	PuTTY is a free Win32 Telnet/SSH client. [f2.org copy of putty-0.53b-installer.exe (1.1 Mbyte)] [f2.org copy of putty-0.53b.exe (348 Kbyte)]
	TeraTerm Pro is a terminal emulator which has an SSH (Secure SHell) plugin [f2.org copy of ttermp23.zip (922 Kbyte)] [f2.org copy of ttssh154.zip (266 Kbyte)]
	Kinsole is a pleasant replacement for the piece of poo called 'telnet' that comes with Windows [f2.org copy of kinsole.exe (97 Kbyte)]
WWW Link Verifyer	Xenu's Link Sleuth by Tilman Hausherr verifies internal/external links from a web site; can check files on a local machine; handy to keep your links up-to-date; does not check validity of page anchors. [f2.org copy (200 Kbyte)]
WWW Server	Apache WWW Server - Apache bug database. The Win32 versions of Apache require a recent of the Microsoft Windows Installer
Web Ad Removal	JunkBusters & Guidescope have HTTP proxys which filter out ads from WWW pages
Web Ad Removal	Bookmarklets for Zapping Annoyances - add a button to your browser's task bar to remove images, plugins, blinking text etc from web pages. Works with Firefox, and to a limited extent with Internet Explorer, Opera and Netscape.
Sypware Removal	Ad-Aware is a free program that removes spyware installed by unscrupulous net applications and browser plugins.
	SpyBot is another free program that removes spyware. Win98/ME/2000/XP. [SpyBot version 1.2 (3.6 Mbyte)]
	CWShredder is a free program that removes the CoolWebSearch spyware.
	See www.spychecker.com for more spyware solutions for windows (some free, some not)

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