Surfing the Internet and reading mail
Surfing
Start the web browser by clicking the netscape icon close to the clock in X.
Another
way to start netscape is to write netscape & at the command prompt in
a
terminal window (this will start netscape and the & will make the prompt return
so that the terminal and netscape can be used simultaneously).
Reading and writing mail
In Unix there are different programs that can be used to read your mail, pine
is a very simple one. Pine is text based, which makes it easy to read mail
when you are
logged in via PuTTY and not logged in to X.
To start pine just write pine and then press ENTER. A list with the mail
in your inbox will appear (if you have got any mail). To read a mail just
slect it with
the arrow keys and press ENTER. To return to the list press <.
To mark a mail as deleted press d and remove it permanently with x
followed by a y answering the question "Expunge message from inbox".
Useful commands in pine:
| m |
Shows main menu |
| i |
Shows the inbox |
| l |
Shows all available inboxes |
| c |
Compose a mail |
| d |
Delete a mail |
| u |
Undelete a mail |
| x |
Permanently remove deleted mails |
Redirection
If you already have an e-mail address that you are using you can redirect the mail from
your cs.umu.se-mail so that it will be sent to your other address:
- Enter cd. To get to the root of your home directory
- Start vim .forward
- Press i to start editing
- Enter your other e-mail address
- Press esc and write :wq (this means save and quit in vim)
- Press enter
- Test the setting by sending a mail to your
cs.umu.se-address
