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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> + |