[e-drug] Using GetWeb to retrieve documents from Web sites

[Leela McCullough <leela@healthnet.org>]

E-drug: Using GetWeb to retrieve documents from Web sites
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Dear e-druggers,

We would really like to promote the use of GetWeb and we can give 
instructions too.

We're excited that GetWeb will return pdf documents!

SATELLIFE's GetWeb server allows you to request the content of World 
Wide Web  pages through email. Basically, you need to know the URL 
(the Web address) of a  Web page you would like to retrieve. Content 
will be returned as plain text or pdf.

How to use GetWeb to retrieve documents
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1. Compose a new e-mail message to the following address:

     getweb@healthnet.org

2. Leave the Subject line blank. In the body of the message, type the command
'get' followed by the URL of the Web page you want to retrieve.

3. To retrieve a document from the Essential Drugs Monitor #32 for example,

'Dispensing prescribers - a threat to appropriate medicines use?'

URL http://www.who.int/medicines/mon/32_4.pdf

your message will look like the following (include 'begin'and 'end' 
without the quotation marks, leaving a blank line between the words):

-----------------------------------------------------
To: getweb@healthnet.org
From: <your email address>
Subject:
Cc:
Attached:
-----------------------------------------------------
begin

get http://www.who.int/medicines/mon/32_4.pdf

end

-----------------------------------------------------

3. Send your message.

4. You will receive an email message with the article as an attached pdf file.
You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader (free software for opening pdf files that
can be downloaded from www.adobe.com) to open the document.  Just 
click on the pdf icon and the document will open.

5. If you wish to receive more than one document at a time, you can 
include several URLs in the same message by repeating the command 
'get' followed by the appropriate URL, each on a separate line. 
Remember to leave an empty line between the commands.


***For help with GetWeb, write to hnet@healthnet.org

Regards,
Leela McCullough
Director of Information Services
SATELLIFE

30 California Street, Watertown, MA 02472, USA
Tel: +617-926-9400    Fax: +617-926-1212
Email: leela@usa.healthnet.org
Web: http://www.healthnet.org

Access Essential Drugs Monitor #32 at http://www.who.int/medicines/mon/mon32.shtml

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