From 75a4a592e5ccda30715f93563d741b83e0dcf39e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Patrick J Volkerding Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:37:00 +0000 Subject: Slackware 13.37 Mon Apr 25 13:37:00 UTC 2011 Slackware 13.37 x86_64 stable is released! Thanks to everyone who pitched in on this release: the Slackware team, the folks producing upstream code, and linuxquestions.org for providing a great forum for collaboration and testing. The ISOs are off to be replicated, a 6 CD-ROM 32-bit set and a dual-sided 32-bit/64-bit x86/x86_64 DVD. Please consider supporting the Slackware project by picking up a copy from store.slackware.com. We're taking pre-orders now, and offer a discount if you sign up for a subscription. As always, thanks to the Slackware community for testing, suggestions, and feedback. :-) Have fun! --- slackbook/html/basic-network-commands-email.html | 241 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 241 insertions(+) create mode 100644 slackbook/html/basic-network-commands-email.html (limited to 'slackbook/html/basic-network-commands-email.html') 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 @@ + + + + +email + + + + + + + + + +
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13.7 email

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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.

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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.

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13.7.1 pine

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pine(1) is not elm. 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. pine is +one of the most popular email clients in use today and is available for nearly every +flavor of Unix and even Windows.

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Figure 13-2. The Pine main menu

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You will see a menu of commands and a row of command keys at the bottom. pine is indeed a complex program, so we will not discuss every +feature about it here.

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To see what's in your inbox, type i. Your messages are +listed with their date, author, and subject. Highlight the message you want and press +enter to view it. Pressing r +will start a reply to the message. Once you have written the response, type Ctrl+X to send it. You can press i to get back to the message listing.

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If you want to delete a message, press d. It will mark +the highlighted message for deletion. pine deletes the mail when +you exit the program. pine also lets you store your mail in +folders. You can get a listing of folders by pressing l. At +the message listing, press s to save it to another folder. +It will ask for the folder name to write the message to.

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pine 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.

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13.7.2 elm

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elm(1) is another popular text-based email client. Though not +quite as user friendly as pine, it's definitely been around a +lot longer.

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Figure 13-3. Elm main screen

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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 Enter to read the message.

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To compose a new message, type m at the main screen. The +d key will flag a message for deletion. And the r 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.

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The man page discusses elm in more detail, so you will +probably want to consult that before using elm.

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13.7.3 mutt

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“All mail clients suck. This one just sucks less.” mutt's original interface was based on elm +with added features found in other popular mailclients, resulting in a hybrid mutt.

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Figure 13-4. Mutt main screen

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if you're looking for a mail client that will let you be in total control over +everything, then you will like mutt. all the default settings +can be customized, keybindings can be changed. if you like to add a macro, you can.

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you probably want to take a look at the muttrc manpage, +which will tell you how to configure everything. or take a look at the included example +muttrc file.

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13.7.4 nail

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nail(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 +nail at /usr/bin/mail and /usr/bin/mailx. Any of these three commands executes the same +program. In fact, you will most likely see nail referred to as +mail.

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mailx 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 Ctrl+D when finished with the message.

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The man page explains more of what nail can do, so you will +probably want to have a look at that before using it.

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