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Once, you've established the person's login to which you wish to send, simple enter:
mail login
So, if you wish to send mail to moeh, you would enter:
mail moeh
If this user was on the machine rigel, you would enter:
mail moeh@rigel
After this point, the program mail will prompt you for the subject and body of the mail message. To end a mail message you typically enter Ctrl-D or a single dot (.) on a blank line.
When sending mail to moeh@rigel it should be noted that moeh is a user on the machine rigel. This machine is located under some domain.
A domain is a string of words separated by periods. Lower-level domains are arranged left to right, in ascending order, ending with a top-level domain. Any number of lower-level domains may be used.
A domain may represent a subdivision of an organization (at any level), or an individual host computer. The following is a list of some of the domains that are found on the PSU campus, and thier associated departments:
So, if you wish to send mail to a user in another domain, you would enter:
mail login@machine.domain
As you can see, the key to sending someone mail is locating their login, machine, and domain. So, as a review, if the user you wish to send mail to is on the same machine as you, enter:
mail login
If they are in the same domain as you, enter:
mail login@machine
and if they're outside your domain, enter:
mail login@machine.fully.qualified.domainname
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