1 Unix and the Internet Pine System and Netscape

2 - what is it? Number of ways to read/send on Unix. – mail – elm – pine We’ll focus on pine as it has the easiest interface and is found on almost all UNIX systems.

3 addresses All addresses look the same: – name] Since it’s based on user name on a given computer, all addresses are unique. For this class it is your login name – Ex.

4 on Unix Your file is just a plain text file. Usually located in the directory var/mail/[username]. When mail is sent to you, the computer appends it to the end of your mail file. The program opens up that file and displays its contents to you.

5 pine Simple to use. Made by same people that made pico, which is a UNIX-based text editor. User-friendly interface.

6 Invoking pine Run from command line: grid: pine Runs in the same window. Pine is run from menu options. – Either move around menu with arrow keys, or type first letter of menu choice. – Use keys to move between menu choices. – Available menu options are displayed at the bottom of the pine window.

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8 Reading Mail Choose ‘folder list’ from main menu. Taken to a list of folders – Can create folders for saving/archiving. Choose inbox to go to current mail. Use arrow keys (up/down arrow) to scroll between messages. to choose. Can reply, forward, save and delete.

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12 Pine Composing Choose compose from main menu. – Use arrow keys to move between fields. – To send attachment go to attachment field and hit “ t” to go to files (listing of your home directory). – Other notables when sending: x - Send c - Cancel k - (Cut) Delete a line of text u - (Uncut) Paste a last cut line of text. j - Attach a file

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14 Pine – Quitting To exit Pine, hit ‘q’ (to quit) at any point. At the bottom will be some prompts that you will have to respond to to successfully exit. Some examples are: – Really quit pine? (hit y or n) – Expunge the 1 deleted message from "INBOX"? If you marked any messages for deletion. (hit y or n) In the end, you will be returned to your command prompt.

15 Mail Forwarding Create a file in your home directory called.forward In the file, type the address to which you want your mail forwarded Save Example:

16 Internet on Miller Netscape currently the only available browser on our system. To run type netscape& at command prompt: – Example: grid: netscape& The ‘&’ tells the system that netscape is a process which can be put in the background. This allows you to work with other commands/applications while still having a browser open.

17netscape Browse as usual. Use delete key instead of backspace Click links to save to your home directory. (Almost no applications to run Microsoft products on due to the rich text formatting. ) File -> Print to print from web – Print command and printer name will need to be supplied Acrobat reader installed. – Example: miller: acroread syllabus.pdf