TEACH MAIL                     Jonathan Laventhol & Tom Khabaza Oct 1983


=== READING MESSAGES AND SENDING MESSAGES TO OTHER USERS ===============

---- READING AND SENDING MESSAGES ----------------------------------------

You can send messages via a program called "mail".  When you log in you
will get a message if you have a mail waiting for you.  It says "You have
mail". You can read your mail like this:

       % mail

("mail" is a shell command - see HELP * SHELL). This will print out a
numbered list of the messages you have. You can read a particular message
by typing its number, or by pressing return you get the next message.  To
get rid of the message you've just read, type "d" (for Delete), then
return. After you delete a message, to see the next message, type "t" (for
Type).

    Sending mail to others works like this:

        % mail rudi susan
        ... this is my message to you rudi ...

        <end-of-file>

(The thing <end-of-file> means press the end-of-file key - see HELP * TTY.
If you typed out "<end-of-file>", it would be part of the message to Rudi
and Susan.)

-- REPLYING TO MAIL ------------------------------------------------------

If you want to send a reply to a message you've just read, you can type

    r

which means send a message to the person who sent the one you've just read
(as long as you haven't deleted it).  A list of the people to whom your
reply is being sent will be printed out, after which you can type your
message, ending with <end-of-file>.  After this, you can type "d" to
delete the message (followed by "t" to see the next one), or <RETURN> to
go on to the next one without deleting anything.

-- INVOKING MAIL FROM OUTSIDE THE EDITOR ----------------------------------

If you are talking to POP-11 (as indicated by the colon prompt) and want to
use mail, then just give the shell command

    : %mail

(You type the percent sign "%", but not the colon). When you have finished
with mail you'll again get the colon prompt as a reminder that you have
returned to POP-11.

You can use mail to send messages to your tutor about difficulties you are
having.  To do this, you need to know the tutor's login name.
(See TEACH * TUTORS).

See also HELP * SEND
