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Chapter 6 Electronic Mail
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Copyright © 2005 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. Objectives To describe basic e-mail concepts and their specific implementation on a UNIX system To illustrate the effective use of a line display e-mail system – the UNIX mail command To show how KMail, a graphic e-mail system, is more advantageous than a line display e-mail system To show further capabilities of a full-screen display text-based e-mail system with pine To cover the commands and primitives cd, mail, mkdir, pine, rm
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Copyright © 2005 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. E-mail Protocols Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) –This dictates the format of the message in terms of an envelope, a header and a body and facilitates the movement of the message between the components of a typical e-mail transfer. Post Office Protocol (POP) or Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) –Works best for offline e-mail reading from a single host computer that contains your e-mail. Multimedia Internet Mail Standard (MIME) –This dictates the format of multimedia files used as attachments to an e-mail message Domain Name System –This dictates the exact form of an e-mail address
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Copyright © 2005 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. E-mail Transfer Dialog
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Copyright © 2005 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. E-mail Features Important fields of the message header: –The To: field, which contains the e-mail address(es) of the recipient(s) –The From: field, which contains the e-mail address(es) of the originator of the message –The Cc: field, which contains the addess(es) of any additional recipient(s) –The Attch: field, which lists any attachments that might accompany the message, usually in the form of external files –The Subject: field, which indicates the subject or purpose of the message System mailbox file –/usr/mail or /usr/spool/mail
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Copyright © 2005 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. E-mail Features (Contd)
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Copyright © 2005 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. How to use the UNIX mail Command Effectively Options for sending e-mail with the mail command -s A subject: line is included in the message header for all recipients -c A carbon copy is sent to address add -b A blind carbon copy is sent to address add -h A screen display of message headers is shown first -p All messages are displayed with full headers
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Copyright © 2005 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. Graphical E-mail with KMail
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Copyright © 2005 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. Graphical E-mail with KMail
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Copyright © 2005 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. Graphical E-mail with KMail
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Copyright © 2005 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. Graphical E-mail with KMail
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Copyright © 2005 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. Reading and Composing E-mail with KMail
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Copyright © 2005 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. Graphical E-mail with KMail
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Copyright © 2005 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. pine – Another Full-Screen Display E-mail System
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Copyright © 2005 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. Sending E-mail with pine
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Copyright © 2005 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. Using pine to Send E-mail with Attachment
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Copyright © 2005 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. Using pine to Send E-mail with Attachment
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Copyright © 2005 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. Reading E-mail with pine
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Copyright © 2005 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. Reading E-mail with pine
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Copyright © 2005 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. Composing E-mail with pine
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Copyright © 2005 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. A Summary of pine Addressbook Commands
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Copyright © 2005 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. Using the pine Address Book
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Copyright © 2005 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. A Summary of pine Message Disposition Commands
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Copyright © 2005 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. A Summary of pine Message Composition Commands
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Copyright © 2005 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. A Summary of General Commands in pine
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Copyright © 2005 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. A Summary of Folder Index Screen Commands in pine
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Copyright © 2005 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. A Summary of Addressbook Commands in pine
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Copyright © 2005 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. A Summary of Addressbook Commands in pine
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