UNIX Electronic Mail

Outline

1. Contents
2. Description
3. Audience
4. Prerequisites
5. Topics Include
6. Duration
7. Minimum Requirements
8. Media

Description

Introduces students to two UNIX mail programs and presents detailed instruction on managing mail within a UNIX system.

Audience

All UNIX users.

Prerequisites

Familiarity with UNIX.

Topics Include

The UNIX Mail Program

• Accessing Mail
• Reading Incoming Mail
• Saving Messages
• Mail Commands
• Quitting from Mail
• Replying to Mail
• Sending Mail

The Elm Mail System

• Accessing Elm
• Selecting an Editor
• Listing New Messages
• Reading Messages
• Selecting Elm Options
• Index Command
• Quit and Exit Commands
• Saving Messages in Files
• Sending a Message
• Replying to Messages
• Forwarding Messages
• Deleting Messages

More Communications

• Etiquette of Mail Systems
• Creating and Using Aliases
• Customized Signatures
• Sending Mail Across the Network
• Send Files

Duration

4 hrs

Minimum Requirements

VGA Color Monitor; 640K RAM; 6.7MB Hard Disk Space; DOS 3.3 or Higher

Media

Diskette
CDROM

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