SENDING MAIL

As with paper mail, you need to know the address. To send mail to someone on the same host as you, you can just type the userid, as shown in the example here. To send to someone on another host, you need to type the address in the form userid@host. You can see an address in that form in the From field of a message you've read.

ENTERING THE ADDRESS AND SUBJECT

Start by typing send or just s at the MM> prompt:

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MM>send
 To:

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Four prompts will appear, one at a time:

• To: Type the address. To send to more than one person, you can type a list of addresses with commas between them.
• cc: To send a copy of the message to someone, just so they can see what you sent, type one or more addresses here. The cc is optional, so you can just press return and leave it blank.
• Subject: Type in a phrase describing your topic.
• Message: A very long prompt. At this point you can type your message.

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MM>send
 To: jb51
 cc: [return]
 Subject: Meeting Sept 21
 Message (End with CTRL/D or ESC
  Use CTRL/B to insert a file, CTRL/E to enter editor, CTRL/F to run text
  through a filter, CTRL/K to redisplay message, CTRL/L to clear screen and
  redisplay, CTRL/N to abort, CTRL/P to run a program and insert output.):

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ENTERING THE MESSAGE

After the long Message... prompt, start typing your message. When you finish the message, signal MM by pressing either escape or control-d.

While you are typing the message, if you make an error, you can backspace to it (even to a previous line), and then retype forward.

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MM>send
 To: jb51
 cc: [return]
 Subject: Meeting Sept 21
 Message (End with CTRL/D or ESC
  Use CTRL/B to insert a file, CTRL/E to enter editor, CTRL/F to run text
  through a filter, CTRL/K to redisplay message, CTRL/L to clear screen and
  redisplay, CTRL/N to abort, CTRL/P to run a program and insert output.):

OK, I can meet then.  --Fuat
[escape]

[ D=display S=send TE=text ED=edit TY=type Q=quit ?=Hints HELP ]
S>

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SENDING THE MESSAGE

At the S> prompt, you can decide whether to send this message. To send it, type send or s:

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S>send
jb51... Queued

MM>

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You might decide not to send the message after all. Type quit or just q to discard the message.

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S>quit

MM>

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