UpDate - Vol. 15, No. 11, Page 6
November 9, 1995
New addition; Copland joins network, offers free communication

     Copland, a new central UNIX computer, has joined the campus
network. Dedicated to electronic communication, Copland is designed
for e-mail use, newsgroup participation and Internet exploration.
     Unlike the central computers already in use on campus, Copland
has an important added bonus: CPU time on Copland is free. Users can
spend unlimited time corresponding with colleagues and exploring the
Internet.
     The software available on Copland includes Pine Mail, trn,
Netscape and Gopher.
     "We encourage everyone to use Copland for e-mail, newsgroups and
Internet surfing because they will not be restricted to the CPU time
limits currently in effect on the other UNIX computers," Dan Grim,
network and system services, explained.
     "Copland is the central mail server on campus, and it also is
called 'udel.edu.' All mail leaving any of the central UNIX computers
will carry return addresses in the form, '@udel.edu,'" Grim
said.
     Copland does not have any compilers or licensed software (e.g.,
SAS, Mathlab, Mathematica, etc.) installed.
     Users must log in to Strauss, Brahms and Chopin to use this
software and will continue to be charged for CPU time on these
computers.
     But Copland offers some important new services.
     The ISODE X.500 Directory Service, commonly called the White
Pages, includes directory information for UD students and faculty and
staff members.
     Copland supports mailing lists for every course section for the
current semester. The syntax of the mailing list name is the
following:
        * the three or four character department code
        * the three-digit course number
        * a hyphen
        * the three-digit section number
        * @udel.edu

     "For example, 'CISC105-100@udel.edu' would be a mailing list that
sends e-mail to every student registered for section 100 of CISC 105,"
Grim said.
     Mailing lists will become available a week or two before the
start of each semester and remain available until a week or two after
that semester ends.
     The date on which e-mail addresses for the new semester will be
available will be announced the last few weeks of the semester.
     Faculty can create local aliases, if necessary, to allow them to
send messages to multiple sections simultaneously.
     The mailing lists are updated daily to reflect the changes from
drop/add activity.
     Because POP and IMAP servers are running on Copland, users can
now send and receive e-mail directly from their desktop computers.
     "You can configure your PC or Mac to access your mailbox on
Copland (using 'udel.edu' as the address) and send and receive mail
directly from your desktop computer," Grim said.