Electronic Mail

• Mail interfaces at NRC
  • mail: System V based
  • Mail/mail: BSD based
  • elm/mail: public domain mail interface
• Internet node: Machine Naming Convention
• Sending Mail using (BSD) mail
  • ~ r filename: Read Filename
  • ~ v: Invoking the Visual Editor
• Reading Mail with the BSD mail Interface
  • n: Next
  • p: Print
  • num: Print message num
  • s: Save
  • Sending a file to a printer
  • h: Header
  • d: Delete
  • r: Reply
  • s: Forward
  • ~ m: Incorporating current message
  • q: Quit
• Configuring the BSD mail interface
• BSD mail folders
  • Creating a Folder
  • Reading from a Folder
  • .record, a special folder
• elm: Electronic mail system.
• Sending mail with elm
  • Standalone mode
  • Within the Interface
  • Batch mode
• Reading mail with elm
  • n: Next
  • s: Save
  • p: Printing to a printer
  • d: Delete current message
  • r: Reply to sender
  • f: Forward
  • q: Quit
• Configuring elm
• elm mail folders
  • Creating a Folder
  • Reading from a Folder
• Signature Files
• MIME: Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions
• vacation Program
• Exercises