Micro-Mail User's Guide
Abstract
Two NOSC electronic mail utilities, MSG (UNIX-based) and umail (PC- based) are contrasted. umail is an electronic mail utility that transfers mail between mini-computers running the UNIX operating system and personal computers running the MS-DOS operating system. You must have a valid userid and password on a mini-computer in order to send and receive electronic mail. Chapter 1 discusses the nature of electronic mail in general, and Micro-Mail (or umail) in particular. Chapter 2 is an overview of umail's different modes. Chapter 3 contains a detailed 'How To' cookbook for using umail written in 'cookbook' format. Chapter 4 contains a description of the entire umail command set. Every command is described in detail. Chapter 5 contains instructions for installing umail. Chapter 6 contains a description of the Micro-Mail configuration file. Appendix 1 presents the MS-DOS commands you must know in order to manage your mail effectively within the MS-DOS environment. Appendix 2 contains a tabular summary of the umail command set. Appendix 3 contains a list of umail error messages and their meanings. Appendix 4 is the umail manual pages containing useful technical reference material. Keywords: Computer communications.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA197932
Entities
People
- B. Bueche
- H. R. Hall