Topics from class:

Vax topics:

Changing directories
• To change to www directory, at $ prompt, type: set default [.www]
• To change to main directory, type: set default [username]

Assistance on the vax:
• On your vax account, at the $ prompt, type: assist.
• Then type "nu" for new user, and then "vms".

Misc. tips:
• At $, type: show quota. This shows how much space you have used and what is left.

Using mail on vax:

Setting up a distribution list (or address book)
• Create a file with all e-mails of those you want to receive the mail. To do this, at the $ prompt, type, for example: edit/edt friends.dis. (Or, if you want to just send to one friend, name the distribution list with his or her name and only enter that one e-mail address.) You MAY need to hit c and then enter, in order to edit. Then list all e-mail addresses on separate lines. Then control/z to save.
• To send to them, at the $, type: mail. Then type: send. Then, to: @friends. Then, type your message, and hit control/z.

Commands for Using folders inside of "mail":
• dir /fo: when inside of mail, this lists all folders
• move foldername: when reading a particlular message, this moves it (and creates the folder if necessary) to the folder
• read foldername: this opens the folder to the first message in the folder
• dir: this shows a directory of the folder
• read 2: this read message 2 in the folder

Personalizing your username
• At $, type: mail/edit
• SET PERSONAL_NAME=text-string is used to attach the string text-string to all of your mail messages. The text-string must be surrounded by quotes if it contains spaces.

Sending mail- options:
• SEND: usual command
• SEND/EDIT: invokes the editor when composing a message
• SEND/SELF: causes mail to send you a copy of the message
• REPLY: is used to resopn to a message
• REPLY/EXTRACT: enables you to reply to contents of the message
• FORWARD: sends a copy of the current message to another user
• FORWARD.EDIT: enables you to add comments to a message before it is forwarded
• DEL [message-number]: deletes the message identified by message-number.

Customizing mail:
• SET COPY_SELF=(REPLY,SEND) tells MAIL to send back to you, a copy of all messages to which you reply, or which you send.
• SET CC_PROMPT tells MAIL to automatically prompt for a list of addresses to receive "carbon copies" of your messages.

Using mail on Netscape at Ross:

...more later

Mathcad topics:

For hints:
• Go to Dr. Urban's tutorial at: users.edinboro.edu/urbanj/
• Or, get the tutorial on disk from Dr. Urban or from me for $1.

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