AIX Version 4.3 System User's Guide: Communications and Networks

About This Book

This publication, AIX Version 4.3 System User's Guide: Communications and Networks, is for end-users running the following AIX applications: Mail, Message Handler (MH), Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), Basic Networking Utilities (BNU), and Asynchronous Terminal Emulation (ATE). It provides overviews, concepts, and procedures on receiving and sending mail and messages, transfering files (ftp command), printing files from and to a remote system, running commands on other systems, communicating between local and remote systems, and customizing the communications environment.

Who Should Use This Book

This book is intended for end users who need information on AIX communications applications and services.

How to Use This Book

Overview of Contents

Chapter 1 contains basic descriptions and comparisons of various mail systems to assist you in deciding which communications program to use. The chapter also introduces the concept of computer networking and host emulation.
Chapter 2 contains information on how to manage, customize, and use the mail facilities. The mail facilities enable you to create, distribute, receive, view, process, and store messages across a network.
Chapter 3 contains information to help you configure and customize TCP/IP. Also included is information to help you manage a network using TCP/IP. TCP/IP provides basic network management capability. TCP/IP is a communications subsystem that allows you to set up local area and wide area networks. TCP/IP allows you to transfer files between systems, log in to remote systems, run commands on and print files to remote systems, and communicate interactively or through mail with remote users.
Chapter 4 contains information to help you set up BNU and monitor its activities. It includes information on defining a BNU/UUCP network, scheduling access and contact times, and securing your system against unauthorized access by other systems that use BNU or UUCP. The Basic Networking Utilities programs (BNU) are the AIX version of the UNIX-to-UNIX Copy Program (UUCP). They allow you to transfer files to and execute commands on remote systems, and to let remote systems transfer files to and execute command requests on your system. They also provide remote mail facilities.
Chapter 5 contains information about setting up ATE on your system and customizing it to meet your needs. Asynchronous Terminal Emulation (ATE) allows your system to emulate an asynchronous terminal attached to a remote computer.

Highlighting

The following highlighting conventions are used in this book:

Bold	Identifies commands, keywords, files, directories, and other items whose names are predefined by the system.
Italics	Identifies parameters whose actual names or values are to be supplied by the user.
`Monospace`	Identifies examples of specific data values, examples of text similar to what you might see displayed, examples of portions of program code similar to what you might write as a programmer, messages from the system, or information you should actually type.

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Related Publications

The following books contain related information:

AIX and Related Products Documentation Overview, order number SC23-2456.

AIX Version 4.3 System User's Guide: Operating System and Devices, order number SC23-4121

AIX Version 4.3 System Management Guide: Communications and Networks, order number SC23-4127

AIX Version 4.3 INed Editor User's Guide, available on the AIX Version 4.3 Base Documentation CD only.

Software Industry Documentation

The following list identifies other documentation that describes functions available in AIX products.

Peek, Jerry. MH and xmh: E-mail for Users and Programmers. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly & Associates, 1995.

Todino, Grace, and Dale Dougherty. Using UUCP and Usenet. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly & Associates, 1991.

Krol, Ed. The Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalog. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly & Associates, 1993. (Order number SR28-4852)

Ordering Additional Copies of This Book

You can order publications from your sales representative or from your point of sale.

To order additional copies of this book, use order number SC23-4122.

See AIX and Related Products Documentation Overview for information on related publications and how to obtain them.