At the login prompt, enter a valid user id. When the computer prompts you for the password, enter the password for the user id. As you type the password, you will not see the characters appearing on the screen. This is for security reasons.
Once you have successfully logged in, you should have a prompt.
Throughout this handout, various Unix commands are given. Type them exactly as they appear, as UNIX is case sensitive. This means the command ls and the command Ls are not the same.
To read your mail, enter the following command: elm
NOTE: The very first time that you run the elm command, it will ask you if it is ok to create some directories. Answer ``yes'' to both questions.
You should then see something similar to the following:
Mailbox is '/usr/spool/mail/userid' with 1 message [ELM 2.3 PL11]
O 1 Jun 25 user2 (17) test of local mail
You can use any of the following commands by pressing the first character;
d)elete or u)ndelete mail, m)ail a message, r)eply or f)orward mail, q)uit
To read a message, press <return>. j = move down, k = move up, ? = help
Command:
To read a particular mail message, first select the message. To select the message, type the number of the message that you want to read. You may also select a message using the cursor keys to move the highlighted area to the message you would like to read. Press the ``Return'' key to read the contents of the message once selected. When you are done reading the message, press i for index to return to the main list of mail messages.
To delete a particular mail message, first select the message. To select a message, type the number of the message that you want to delete. Then press d. A ``D'' should then appear in the left column on the same line as the message that you want to delete.
To print a message, type a p. This will then print the message to the default printer.
to send from ELM, type a m. Answer the questions accordingly. If you are sending to someone at MTU, the address will be in the form ``userid@mtu.edu''. Edit the message using the editor that activates, and then save the file and exit. For vi, this means typing ``:wq''. For pico, it is Control-X. It is important to save the file before leaving the editor. If you do not, you will send an empty message.
To quit from ELM, type a q. Answer the questions accordingly. In response to whether you want to move the read mail to the ``received'' folder, respond with n for ``no'' By not moving the mail to the ``received'' folder, your mail will remain in your mailbox.
For more help on any of these commands, type a question mark (?) at the Command prompt.
The mail program ELM can be tailored for particular needs. Type 'O' from the index to get a list of some of the options you can change from within elm. If you would like more information on tailoring ELM, please stop by the Center for Experimental Computation (Fisher Hall, Room 201). The CEC also has manuals on ELM.
To log off from your account on the Sun, type the following at the UNIX prompt: logout Be sure to logout when finished. Turning the terminal off is not the same as logging out.
To read Email from Fisher Hall Sun computers via a non-Sun computer (i.e. logging in from a Macintosh, etc.) you need to first get to the annex screen via kermit or some other communications package. The annex screen looks like the following:
Annex Command Line Interpreter * Copyright 1992 Xylogics, Inc. CECannex:
At the CECannex prompt, type the following: rlogin tamarack.cs (or math1.math, or phyfac1.phy - depending on where you have an account.)
This will then give you a login prompt for the tamarack Sun computer.