How to READ mail
In order to read your mail, you must first get it from your Post Office.
Type:
inc
You will see something like:
10+ 11/08 harry@mit.edu How about lunch on thursday? <<Are you
11 11/08 ilham@mit.edu Alice (for IAP guide) <<m4-082-4 [69]
12 11/08 snoopy@mit.edu Your OLC question about xwindows << In a
Here are some commands for reading mail:
show see the message indicated by a +
scan get the above listing for all of your mail
next move the + to the next message and show that one
prev move the plus to the previous message and show that one
rmm delete the message indicated with a +
These commands can be given a number to mark another message as the current
message. For example:
show 10
will show message 10 and move the + sign there.
You can find more information on sending and receiving mail in On-Line Help.
To get to it, type the following at the athena% prompt:
help email
This documentation is also available in the document Essential Mail, which can
be purchased in CopyTech.
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