Lab 6

(Chapter 6)

Learning Objectives

1.      To give a brief exercise on UNIX mail program.

2.      To give practice exercises on KMail.

3.      To give practice exercises on pine.

Lab Work

1. Create a table of the e-mail functions common to UNIX e-mail systems found in Table 6.1 on page 135 of the textbook, and include descriptions of the functions as they are implemented in an e-mail system you currently use. Make your descriptions of the implementations brief. Note: There is no need to add a column in the table that describes what the function is, as seen in Table 6.1.
2. List the properly named parts of a valid e-mail address, briefly describe each one, and then give 3 examples of complete e-mail addresses.

3. Go to the textbook website, and find the section that deals with the UNIX mail command. Send an e-mail message to yourself using the UNIX mail program. Then, using the mail program, read the message, and delete it.
4. This exercise assumes that you have done Example: Setting Your Identity and Testing KMail on pages 137 through 139 of the textbook. Before you begin, log on to your UNIX system and edit the ksig.sig file you created in the Example, by adding more to it, or subtracting things from it, using the pico program shown in Chapter 5. Then use the KMail program to send an e-mail message to one of your friends, either on the same system, or via the Internet.
5. What e-mail protocol is your KMail system using in exercise 3. above? How did you find this out, even if you did not configure the KMail program for your account?
6. This exercise assumes that you have done Example: Setting Your Identity and Testing KMail on pages 137 through 139 of the textbook. Log on to your UNIX system and use KMail to read your e-mail.
7. This exercise assumes that you have done Practice Session 6.3 on pages 146,147 of the textbook.  Following the 2-step process shown on page 146 of the textbook, create a folder and design a filter in KMail that will allow you to automatically save any e-mail messages sent from your instructor in the folder you create.
8. This exercise assumes that you have done Practice Session 6.3 on pages 146,147 of the textbook, and exercise 6 above.  Following the 2-step process shown on page 146 of the textbook, create a folder and design a filter in KMail that will allow you to automatically save any e-mail messages sent from someone who frequently sends you e-mail in the folder you create.
9. This exercise assumes that you have done Practice Session 6.3 on pages 146,147 of the textbook, and exercises 6 and 7 above.  Following the 2-step process shown on page 146 of the textbook, design filters in KMail that will allow you to automatically save any spam e-mail messages sent to you in a folder.
10. Create a text file with the emacs text editor and save it in your home directory on your UNIX system. Then execute pine, and attach the text file to a pine e-mail message to your instructor.
11. What do the following keystroke commands do in pine?

<?> 

<C>

<L>

<M>

<O>

<Q>

12. Examine your .pinerc file, usually found in your home directory, and list the names of your user-domain, smtp-server, and inbox-path.

13. Redo exercise 6. above in pine (omitting Practice Session 6.3), using pine filtering.
14. Redo exercise 7. above in pine (omitting Practice Session 6.3), using pine filtering.
15. Redo exercise 8. above in pine (omitting Practice Session 6.3), using pine filtering.

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