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System User's Guide: Communications and Networks

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Chapter 1. Introduction to Communication Concepts

Mail Applications

Networking Applications

Network Introduction

System Hardware and Software Communication Support for End Users

User and Application Communications Functions

Communicating with Other Operating Systems

Host Emulation Applications

Emulators Introduction

TCP/IP Commands for Emulation

BNU Commands for Emulation

Asynchronous Terminal Emulation (ATE)

Communications System Commands

Displaying Your Login Name

Displaying Your System Name

Determining Whether Your System Has Access

Displaying Information about Logged-In Users

Chapter 2. Mail Overview

Default Personal Mailbox

dead.letter File

Receiving and Handling Mail

Starting the Mail Program

To Check Your System Mailbox

To Check Your Personal Mailbox or Mail Folder

Displaying the Contents of Your Mailbox

To Display a Message within a Specific Range of Messages

To Scroll Your Mailbox

To Search and Display Information about Specific Messages

To Display the Current Message Number

To Check How Many Messages You Have in Your Mailbox

To Read Messages in Your Mailbox

To Read the Next Message in Your Mailbox

To Read the Previous Message

To Delete a Message

To Undelete a Message

To Exit Mail and Save Your Changes to the Original Contents of the Mailbox

To Exit Mail without Changing the Original Contents of the Mailbox

Organizing Mail

To Create a Letters Mailbox Directory to Store Messages in Folders

To Use the (s)ave Subcommand to Save a Message with Its Heading

To Use the (w)rite Subcommand to Save a Message without Its Heading

To Find the Name of the Current Mailbox or Folder

To Change to Another Mailbox

Creating and Sending Mail

Addressing Mail

To Address Mail to Users on Your Local System

To Address Mail to Users on Your Network

To Address Mail to Users on a Different Network

To Address Mail over a BNU or UUCP Link

Starting the Mail Editor

To Start the Mail Editor from the Command Line or the Mailbox Prompt

Editing a Message

To Add Information to a Specific Message in Your Mailbox

To Change the Current Message While in the Mail Editor

Displaying a Message While in the Mail Editor

To Display the Lines of a Message

Exiting the Mail Editor without Sending the Message

To Quit the Editor

Adding a File and a Specific Message within a Message

To Include a File in a Message

To Include a Specific Message within a Message

To Add the Contents of the dead.letter File into Your Current Message

Changing or Adding to the Heading Fields of a Message

To Edit the Heading Information

To Set or Reset the Subject: Field

To Add to the To:, Cc:, and Bcc: List

Reformatting a Message in the Mail Editor

To Reformat a Message in the Mail Editor

Checking for Misspelling in the Mail Editor

To Spell Check Your Message

Replying to Mail

To Reply to a Mail Message

To Create a New Message While in the Mailbox

Forwarding Mail

To Forward Selected Messages from within the Mailbox

To Forward All Mail

Sending a Vacation Message Notice

To Send a Vacation Message Notice

Sending and Receiving Secret Mail

To Send Secret Mail

To Receive Secret Mail

Viewing Mail Help Information

Getting Mail Help Information in the Mail Program

To Get Help in the Mailbox

To Get Help in the Mail Editor

To Get Help in Secret Mail

Getting Mail Help Information by Using Manual Pages

To Get Mail Help Information by Using the man Command

Customizing the Mail Program

Enabling and Disabling Mail Options

To Enable Mail Options

To Disable Mail Options

Changing the Prompt for the Subject and Carbon Copy (Cc:) Fields

To Enable or Disable Subject Field Prompting

To Enable or Disable Carbon Copy (Cc:) Field Prompting

Creating an Alias or Distribution List

To Create an Alias or Distribution List

To List the Aliases and Distribution Lists You Have Created

Changing the Number of Message Headers or Message Text Lines Displayed in the Mail Program

To Change the Number of Displayed Lines of the Message List

To Change the Number of Displayed Lines in a Long Message

To Change the Number of Displayed Lines at the Top of a Message

Controlling What Information Is Displayed

To Prevent the Date, From, and To Headers from Being Displayed

To Prevent the Banner from Displaying

To Combine the delete and print Commands

Creating Default Folders to Store Messages

To Create a Letters Mailbox Directory to Store Messages in Folders

To Keep a Record of Messages You Send to Others

Changing Text Editors Used for Typing Messages

To Define an Editor to Be Used

Mail Command and Subcommand Summary

Summary of System Commands to Execute Mail

Summary of Mailbox Subcommands in the Mail Program

Control Subcommands

Display Subcommands

Message Handling

Creating New Mail

Summary of Mail Editor Subcommands

Control Subcommands

Summary of Secret Mail Subcommands

System Commands to Execute Secret Mail

Secret Mailbox Subcommands

Chapter 3. Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Overview

TCP/IP Facilities, Terminology, and Application

Who Uses TCP/IP?

Who Developed TCP/IP?

Understanding TCP/IP Terminology

Packets and Datagrams

Message Delivery for TCP/IP

Application Programming Interface

Communicating with Other Systems and Users

Connecting a Local Host to a Remote Host

To Log in to a Remote Host

Conversing with a Remote User

To Converse with a Remote User

Transferring Files

Copying Files Using the ftp and rcp Commands

To Log in to a Remote Host

To Copy a File from a Remote Host to a Local Host

To Copy a File from a Local Host to a Remote Host

Copying Files Using the tftp and utftp Command

To Copy a File from a Remote Host

To Copy a File to a Remote Host

Printing to a Remote System

To Enqueue a Job Using the enq Command

To Enqueue a Job Using SMIT

Printing from a Remote System

To Print from a Remote System

Finding Information about Hosts and Users

Status Commands

To Display Information about All Users Logged In to a Host

To Display Information about a User Logged In to a Host

Customizing TCP/IP Features

Creating the .netrc File

To Create the .netrc File

Writing ftp Macros

To Write a Macro

Changing the Assignment of a Key Set

Using a .k5login File

Understanding the Secure Rcmds

System Configuration

Kerberos V.5 User Validation

DCE Configuration

Summary of TCP/IP Commands for End Users

File Transfer Commands

Remote Login Commands

Status Commands

Remote Communication Commands

Chapter 4. Basic Networking Utilities (BNU) Overview

Using BNU Path Names

Relative Path Name

~ [option] Path Name

System_Name! Path Name

System_Name!System_Name! Path Name

Communicating Between Local and Remote Systems

Using the cu Command

Using the ct Command

How to Continue Dialing a Number Until a Connection Is Made

How to Continue Dialing Multiple Numbers Until a Connection Is Made

Exchanging Files Between Local and Remote Systems

Using the uucp and uusend Commands

Using the uuto Command

Using the uupick Command

Using the uuencode and uudecode Commands

How to Use the uuto and uupick Commands to Exchange Files

To Send a File with uuto

To Receive a File with uupick

Exchanging Commands Between Local and Remote Systems

Using the uux Command

Using the uupoll Command

How to Transfer a File to a Remote System for Printing

Identifying Compatible Systems

Using the uuname Command

Related Information

Reporting the Status of Command and File Exchanges

Using the uusnap Command

Using the uuq Command

Using the uustat Command

How to Use the uustat Command to Cancel Remote Jobs

List of BNU Commands

List of BNU Files, File Formats, and Directories

Lock and Public Directories

Administrative Directories and Files

Configuration File Formats

Emulator File Formats

Chapter 5. Asynchronous Terminal Emulation (ATE)

Using the ATE Unconnected Main Menu

Using the ATE Connected Main Menu

Using Control Keys with ATE

Customizing ATE

How to Set Up an ATE Dialing Directory

How to Edit the ATE Default File

List of ATE Commands

ate Command and Subcommands

List of ATE File Formats

Related Information

Appendix A. Notices

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