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Do you know the name and version of these "programs"?
• operating system (OS)?
• editor?
• ftp client?
• mailer?
• newsreader?
• shell?
• web browser?

Shell:
• Can you create an alias for a command?
• Can you write a small script with a loop, a pipe, and a redirection?

Editor - Basic Commands - Jumps+Search:
• Jump by words, sentences, and paragraphs?
• Jump to line number?
• Jump to the very end of the text?
• Search for strings?
• Search for regular expression?

Editor - Copy+Deletion:
• Mark text visually? From/to position? Linewise? Rectangular blocks?
• Copy/Delete words, sentences, and paragraphs?

Editor - Features:
• Unlimited Undo? Redo?
• Abbreviations?
• Macros?
• Prefix completion?
• Search+Replace (regex)?
• Editing of multiple files?
• Split windows?
• EOL support (Mac, Unix, Windows)
• autoindent
• TAB expansion

Editor - Editing Skills:
• Can you quickly remove 23 lines?
• Does your editor allow to delete everything from the current line unto the very end of the text?
• Do you know how to search for a text pattern (regex)?
• Does your editor allow to undo all commands from the start?
• Do you know how to edit quoted text and summarize it, too?
• Can you easily copy a paragraph or sentence and also move it to another part of the text?

Email

Email - creating a new email:
• Do you say "hello" at the start?
• Do you know how to create a signature?
• Do you know what signature dashes are?
• Do you know the recommended limits for line lengths and signature size?
• Can you send an email from the command line - and add a file as an attachment, too?
• Do you send large amounts of data as attachments?

Email - answering emails (replies):
• How do you you quote text?
• Can you reformat quoted text - and preserve the quote levels?
• Does your mailer break long lines automatically *and* preserve the quote level, too?
• Do you quote the signature?
• Do you reply above or below the quoted text?

Emails - on mailing lists:
• Can you reply to the mailing list *only* - without CCing other recipients?
• [more]
• Do you set a "vacation" notice for the time you are away?
• Does your vacation program know about your mailing lists?

News/Usenet

News - setup of newsreader:
• Do you post with your full realname?
• Do you post with a valid email address?
• Can your newsreader display discussions in threads?
• Does your nwesreader allow automatic selections with a "killfile" or by "scoring"?
• Why should you set a Reply-To line?

News - Basic Knowledge:
• What is crossposting?
• What does Followup-To mean?
• Explain the abbreviations RFD, CFV, and TOFU.
• What is a newsgroup charter - and where can you find it?
• When would you reply by email instead of following up within the newsgroup?
• When do you set a Mail-Followup-To line?
• Name three difference between News and Usenet.
• Do you know how to cancel your posts?

Managing Received Messages

Spam.
• What is Spam? What is UCE?
• Do you use a mail filter?
• Do you use a mail filter?

Give a definition of these terms:
• Internet
• Multimedia

What are the differences between..
• ..Email vs News?
• ..HTTP and FTP?
• ..WWW and the Internet?

• your name here...

Links to various Online-Tests maybe..