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| author |   Patrick J Volkerding <volkerdi@slackware.com> | 2009-08-26 10:00:38 -0500 |
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| committer |   Eric Hameleers <alien@slackware.com> | 2018-05-31 22:41:17 +0200 |
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Slackware 13.0slackware-13.0
Wed Aug 26 10:00:38 CDT 2009
Slackware 13.0 x86_64 is released as stable! Thanks to everyone who
helped make this release possible -- see the RELEASE_NOTES for the
credits. The ISOs are off to the replicator. This time it will be a
6 CD-ROM 32-bit set and a dual-sided 32-bit/64-bit x86/x86_64 DVD.
We're taking pre-orders now at store.slackware.com. Please consider
picking up a copy to help support the project. Once again, thanks to
the entire Slackware community for all the help testing and fixing
things and offering suggestions during this development cycle.
As always, have fun and enjoy! -P.
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diff --git a/slackbook/html/basic-network-commands-email.html b/slackbook/html/basic-network-commands-email.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..487ea4bc4 --- /dev/null +++ b/slackbook/html/basic-network-commands-email.html @@ -0,0 +1,241 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" + "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> +<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> +<head> +<meta name="generator" content="HTML Tidy, see www.w3.org" /> +<title>email</title> +<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7" /> +<link rel="HOME" title="Slackware Linux Essentials" href="index.html" /> +<link rel="UP" title="Basic Network Commands" href="basic-network-commands.html" /> +<link rel="PREVIOUS" title="The Secure shell" href="basic-network-commands-ssh.html" /> +<link rel="NEXT" title="Browsers" href="basic-network-commands-web.html" /> +<link rel="STYLESHEET" type="text/css" href="docbook.css" /> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> +</head> +<body class="SECT1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" +alink="#0000FF"> +<div class="NAVHEADER"> +<table summary="Header navigation table" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" +cellspacing="0"> +<tr> +<th colspan="3" align="center">Slackware Linux Essentials</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td width="10%" align="left" valign="bottom"><a href="basic-network-commands-ssh.html" +accesskey="P">Prev</a></td> +<td width="80%" align="center" valign="bottom">Chapter 13 Basic Network Commands</td> +<td width="10%" align="right" valign="bottom"><a href="basic-network-commands-web.html" +accesskey="N">Next</a></td> +</tr> +</table> + +<hr align="LEFT" width="100%" /> +</div> + +<div class="SECT1"> +<h1 class="SECT1"><a id="BASIC-NETWORK-COMMANDS-EMAIL" +name="BASIC-NETWORK-COMMANDS-EMAIL">13.7 email</a></h1> + +<p>Electronic mail is one of the most popular things one can do on the Internet. In 1998, +it was reported that more electronic mail was sent than regular mail. It is indeed common +and useful.</p> + +<p>Under Slackware, we provide a standard mail server, and several mail clients. All of +the clients discussed below are text-based. A lot of Windows users may be against this, +but you will find that a text based client is very convenient, especially when checking +mail remotely. Fear not, there are many graphical e-mail clients such as KDE's Kmail. If +you wish to use one of those check its help menu.</p> + +<div class="SECT2"> +<h2 class="SECT2"><a id="BASIC-NETWORK-COMMANDS-EMAIL-PINE" +name="BASIC-NETWORK-COMMANDS-EMAIL-PINE">13.7.1 <tt class="COMMAND">pine</tt></a></h2> + +<p><tt class="COMMAND">pine</tt>(1) is not <tt class="COMMAND">elm</tt>. Or so the saying +goes. The University of Washington created their program for Internet news and email out +of a need for an easy mail reader for their students. <tt class="COMMAND">pine</tt> is +one of the most popular email clients in use today and is available for nearly every +flavor of Unix and even Windows.</p> + +<div class="FIGURE"><a id="FIG-BASIC-NETWORK-COMMANDS-EMAIL-PINE" +name="FIG-BASIC-NETWORK-COMMANDS-EMAIL-PINE"></a> +<p><b>Figure 13-2. The Pine main menu</b></p> + +<p><img src="basic-network-commands/pine.png" /></p> +</div> + +<p>You will see a menu of commands and a row of command keys at the bottom. <tt +class="COMMAND">pine</tt> is indeed a complex program, so we will not discuss every +feature about it here.</p> + +<p>To see what's in your inbox, type <kbd class="USERINPUT">i</kbd>. Your messages are +listed with their date, author, and subject. Highlight the message you want and press +<kbd class="USERINPUT">enter</kbd> to view it. Pressing <kbd class="USERINPUT">r</kbd> +will start a reply to the message. Once you have written the response, type <b +class="KEYCAP">Ctrl</b>+<b class="KEYCAP">X</b> to send it. You can press <kbd +class="USERINPUT">i</kbd> to get back to the message listing.</p> + +<p>If you want to delete a message, press <kbd class="USERINPUT">d</kbd>. It will mark +the highlighted message for deletion. <tt class="COMMAND">pine</tt> deletes the mail when +you exit the program. <tt class="COMMAND">pine</tt> also lets you store your mail in +folders. You can get a listing of folders by pressing <kbd class="USERINPUT">l</kbd>. At +the message listing, press <kbd class="USERINPUT">s</kbd> to save it to another folder. +It will ask for the folder name to write the message to.</p> + +<p><tt class="COMMAND">pine</tt> offers many, many features; you should definitely have a +look at the man page for more information. It will contain the latest information about +the program.</p> +</div> + +<div class="SECT2"> +<h2 class="SECT2"><a id="BASIC-NETWORK-COMMANDS-EMAIL-ELM" +name="BASIC-NETWORK-COMMANDS-EMAIL-ELM">13.7.2 <tt class="COMMAND">elm</tt></a></h2> + +<p><tt class="COMMAND">elm</tt>(1) is another popular text-based email client. Though not +quite as user friendly as <tt class="COMMAND">pine</tt>, it's definitely been around a +lot longer.</p> + +<div class="FIGURE"><a id="FIG-BASIC-NETWORK-COMMANDS-EMAIL-ELM" +name="FIG-BASIC-NETWORK-COMMANDS-EMAIL-ELM"></a> +<p><b>Figure 13-3. Elm main screen</b></p> + +<p><img src="basic-network-commands/elm.png" /></p> +</div> + +<p>By default, you are placed in your inbox. The messages are listed with the message +number, date, sender, and subject. Use the arrow keys to highlight the message you want. +Press <kbd class="USERINPUT">Enter</kbd> to read the message.</p> + +<p>To compose a new message, type <kbd class="USERINPUT">m</kbd> at the main screen. The +<kbd class="USERINPUT">d</kbd> key will flag a message for deletion. And the <kbd +class="USERINPUT">r</kbd> key will reply to the current message you are reading. All of +these keys are displayed at the bottom of the screen with a prompt.</p> + +<p>The man page discusses <tt class="COMMAND">elm</tt> in more detail, so you will +probably want to consult that before using <tt class="COMMAND">elm</tt>.</p> +</div> + +<div class="SECT2"> +<h2 class="SECT2"><a id="BASIC-NETWORK-COMMANDS-EMAIL-MUTT" +name="BASIC-NETWORK-COMMANDS-EMAIL-MUTT">13.7.3 <tt class="COMMAND">mutt</tt></a></h2> + +<p>“All mail clients suck. This one just sucks less.” <tt +class="COMMAND">mutt</tt>'s original interface was based on <tt class="COMMAND">elm</tt> +with added features found in other popular mailclients, resulting in a hybrid mutt.</p> + +<p>Some of <tt class="COMMAND">mutt</tt>'s features include:</p> + +<ul> +<li> +<p>color support</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>message threading</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>MIME and PGP/MIME support</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>pop3 and imap support</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p>support for multiple mailbox formats (mbox, MMDF, MH, maildir)</p> +</li> + +<li> +<p><span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">highly</i></span> customizable</p> +</li> +</ul> + +<div class="FIGURE"><a id="FIG-BASIC-NETWORK-COMMANDS-EMAIL-MUTT" +name="FIG-BASIC-NETWORK-COMMANDS-EMAIL-MUTT"></a> +<p><b>Figure 13-4. Mutt main screen</b></p> + +<p><img src="basic-network-commands/mutt.png" /></p> +</div> + +<p>if you're looking for a mail client that will let you be in total control over +everything, then you will like <tt class="COMMAND">mutt</tt>. all the default settings +can be customized, keybindings can be changed. if you like to add a macro, you can.</p> + +<p>you probably want to take a look at the <tt class="FILENAME">muttrc</tt> manpage, +which will tell you how to configure everything. or take a look at the included example +<tt class="FILENAME">muttrc</tt> file.</p> +</div> + +<div class="SECT2"> +<h2 class="SECT2"><a id="BASIC-NETWORK-COMMANDS-EMAIL-NAIL" +name="BASIC-NETWORK-COMMANDS-EMAIL-NAIL">13.7.4 <tt class="COMMAND">nail</tt></a></h2> + +<p><tt class="COMMAND">nail</tt>(1) is a command line driven mail client. It is very +primitive and offers pretty much nothing in the way of user interfaces. However, mailx is +handy for times when you need to quickly mail something, scripting a bulk mailer, testing +your MTA installation or something similar. Note that Slackware creates symbolic links to +<tt class="COMMAND">nail</tt> at <tt class="FILENAME">/usr/bin/mail</tt> and <tt +class="FILENAME">/usr/bin/mailx</tt>. Any of these three commands executes the same +program. In fact, you will most likely see <tt class="COMMAND">nail</tt> referred to as +<tt class="COMMAND">mail</tt>.</p> + +<p>The basic command line is:</p> + +<table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%"> +<tr> +<td> +<pre class="SCREEN"> +<samp class="PROMPT">%</samp> <kbd +class="USERINPUT">mailx <subject> <to-addr></kbd> +</pre> +</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p><tt class="COMMAND">mailx</tt> reads the message body from standard input. So you can +cat a file into this command to mail it, or you can just type text and hit <b +class="KEYCAP">Ctrl</b>+<b class="KEYCAP">D</b> when finished with the message.</p> + +<p>Here is an example of mailing a program source file to another person.</p> + +<table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%"> +<tr> +<td> +<pre class="SCREEN"> +<samp class="PROMPT">%</samp> <kbd +class="USERINPUT">cat randomfunc.c | mail -s "Here's that function" asdf@example.net</kbd> +</pre> +</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p>The man page explains more of what <tt class="COMMAND">nail</tt> can do, so you will +probably want to have a look at that before using it.</p> +</div> +</div> + +<div class="NAVFOOTER"> +<hr align="LEFT" width="100%" /> +<table summary="Footer navigation table" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" +cellspacing="0"> +<tr> +<td width="33%" align="left" valign="top"><a href="basic-network-commands-ssh.html" +accesskey="P">Prev</a></td> +<td width="34%" align="center" valign="top"><a href="index.html" +accesskey="H">Home</a></td> +<td width="33%" align="right" valign="top"><a href="basic-network-commands-web.html" +accesskey="N">Next</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td width="33%" align="left" valign="top">The Secure shell</td> +<td width="34%" align="center" valign="top"><a href="basic-network-commands.html" +accesskey="U">Up</a></td> +<td width="33%" align="right" valign="top">Browsers</td> +</tr> +</table> +</div> +</body> +</html> + |