org will handle getting the mail
to the host dream, where it will be delivered locally to debbie.
All of the intricacies of email addressing methods are fully covered
in the book ``!%@@:: A Directory of Electronic Mail Addressing and
Networks'' published by O'Reilly and Associates, as part of their
Nutshell Handbook series. It is a must for any active email user.
Write to nuts@ora.com for ordering information.
Sending and Receiving Mail
We'll make one quick diversion from being OS-neuter here, to show you
what it will look like to send and receive a mail message on a Unix
system. Check with your system administrator for specific
instructions related to mail at your site.
A person sending the author mail would probably do something like this:
% mail brendan@cs.widener.edu
Subject: print job's stuck
I typed `print babe.gif' and it didn't work! Why??
The next time the author checked his mail, he would see it listed in
his mailbox as:
% mail
"/usr/spool/mail/brendan": 1 messages 1 new 1 unread
U 1 joeuser@foo.widene Tue May 5 20:36 29/956 print job's stuck
?
which gives information on the sender of the email, when it was sent,
and the subject of the message. He would probably use the
reply command of Unix mail to send this response:
? r
To: joeuser@@foo.widener.edu
Subject: Re: print job's stuck
You shouldn't print binary files like GIFs to a printer!
Brendan
Try sending yourself mail a few times, to get used to your system's
mailer.
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