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Running out of disk space? Can't stop your browser from loading an out-of-date page or an image? Your browser taking longer to exit? Your favorite Java applet is misbehaving? One of the answers to all of the above questions may be to clear your browser's cache. Almost all web browsers
maintain a local copy of web pages and other related items on your disk or memory to speedup reloading of previously
visited pages. This time saver may get bigger and slower over long periods of time. If this is causing problems,
try clearing the cache as follows.
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If you have multiple email addresses, and you're tired of checking all of them, then you can forward all
your mail to one mailbox. I'll assume that anyone with multiple email addresses knows how to use FTP.
Step 1 - Create a text file containing the email address you want your mail forwarded to. Make sure you use a text
editor and not a word processor.
Step 2 - Use your ftp program (WS_FTP, Cute FTP etc), to upload the text file to your ISP account. In the
FTP program, you will need to select a host. This is typically ftp.domain.com (eg. ftp.sfu.ca). You will also need
to enter your username and password for this particular system.
Step 3 - Hit the connect button and you will be connected to your account directory in the remote system. Upload
the text file you recorded earlier to the remote system, and rename it ".forward" (it must begin with
a dot).
Step 4 - Send an email to the account you just forwarded, and a few minutes later, check for it in the account
you just forwarded it to.
If you need to unforward your mail, simply sign onto the server again through your FTP program, and either delete
the .forward file, or rename it with a name that doesn't start with a dot.
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