Because there are so many possible answers to that question, we devoted an entire section to it. Please see our Modem and Connection Speed FAQ.
No, the telephone company access servers we use do not support this. A third party appliance, such as Web Ramp, may be used instead.
Currently, you can only access DialMaine without long-distance charges from within the State of Maine.
Search engines are Web sites that create an index of various Web sites. They allow you to type in whatever interests you, and offers a list of sites on that topic. No search engine lists all of the sites available on the Internet, so if one does not give you what you are looking for, you may want to try another one. Here is a short list of available search engines, but many more are available:
If you are having difficulties getting to any Web pages, you may have a connection problem. If there is a specific page giving you an error, please check our Web site Error List to see if it is listed there. If you continue to have questions or difficulties, please contact our technical support department.
Yes. These providers, and others, provide a "bring your own access" plan. This allows you to first, connect to DialMaine, and then utilize their network over your DialMaine connection. The options for this type of connection are usually in the sign-in section of the respective software.
Your DialMaine account provides you with 50 megabytes of personal web space for your own web page. The first thing you will want to do is create a web page. There are many kinds of software to use for this (such as: Adobe GoLive, Adobe Dreamweaver and Microsoft FrontPage). Additionally, any text creator can create HTML pages (such as Notepad, Simple Text, Microsoft Word). Many Web sites offer instructions on writing HTML pages (such as www.learnthenet.com or www.aaahtml.com).
Once you have created your site, you will need to upload it to your personal web space. To do this, you can use your web page creation software, or a separate FTP client to upload the files to shell.dialmaine.com, using your primary DialMaine username and password. We also support SCP (Secure Copy) if you prefer to use that.
After uploading your HTML pages, anyone in the world can surf to your Web site by going to
http://members.dialmaine.com/username
Be sure to replace "username" with the primary username for your account.
If you need one, You can download an FTP client program (many are available free of charge) from Download.com.
Virus protection is software that will eliminate a virus (or malicious program) from your computer, and protect you from further infection. Anti-virus software must be updated frequently, or it won’t protect against newer viruses. Many company offer commercial and free virus protection software. Please refer to some of the following sites for more information:
Absolutely, and you should do them as frequently as possible. Software updates are very common, and allow bugs to fixed, and security holes to be patched in your computer. You should check for updates to your operating system frequently by checking the Web site of the vendor (such as Microsoft or Apple). You should check for updates for: your web browser, your e-mail program, your anti-virus software, and instant messaging programs.
Incoming Mail Server (POP3):
Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP):
Primary DNS:
Secondary DNS:
FTP Server:
News Server: news.dialmaine.com (see Settings page for additional information)
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