1. Log on to Unix if necessary.  

2. If you have mail, type mail and press Return.  Read any 

messages you have, pressing Return after each message.

3. If you don't get your shell prompt after the last message, type q 

or ^D .

4. Now use compose mode to prepare a message to yourself, 

including about four lines of text.  If typing a period as the only 

character on the last line doesn't restore the shell prompt, type ~.  

If this also fails to work, type ^D .

5. Send the contents of savemail (created previously) to yourself as mail.

6. Send the contents of /usr/teacher/215README1.txt to yourself as mail.

7. Send yourself a fourth message to ensure a sizable collection 

next time you check your mail.

8.  If you have any colleagues who use the same Unix System, 

send a message to one or two of them for practice.  Ask for a reply.

9.  Send a message to a userid that doesn't exist, such as gggggg.  

You'll see a message that it was sent to dead.letter.  Try cat 

dead.letter to examine it there.

10. Check your mail again.  When the first message displays, press 

^D  to exit the mail system (or type x at the & prompt)

If it doesn't work:

A.  If you get no valid response from mail, try mail -f mbox

B. If pressing Return doesn't display any messages, you may not 
have any.  Wait until your mail arrives.  Send yourself some more 
messages.

C. If you get messages that indicate mail is not sent when you try, 
get help.  Be sure you use the userid and not the name or 
password in the command.

Questions? Robert Katz:rkatz@ned.highline.edu
Last Update June 24, 2002