How to Compose Pine Mail Messages

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1. At the Main Menu screen, press C to select Compose Message. The screen should look similar to the following:

   

2. The cursor will be positioned in the To field. Type the e-mail address of the person to whom you are sending the message.
• If the person reads e-mail on UD's central e-mail server ("mail.udel.edu"), you only need to type his or her UDelNet ID. After you press ENTER, the program completes the e-mail address for the UDelNet ID you typed by adding the @udel.edu ending. You can use this feature to verify you've typed the e-mail address you intended.
• If the person does not read e-mail on UD's central e-mail server ("mail.udel.edu"), you must type the entire e-mail address in a format that looks similar to the following one:

  userid@computername.domain

  For example, if your correspondent has an America Online (AOL) e-mail account, you would need to type his or her complete e-mail address in a format similar to the following one:

userid@aol.com (e.g., sylvester@aol.com)

In the following example, a message is sent to a UD account called "trainf." The screen would look similar to the following:

3. Press ENTER.
4. The next two fields in the header are optional—you can fill them in if you choose:
   • Cc: Send a copy (carbon copy) of the message to someone else
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   • Attchmnt: Attach a file (text or binary) to your message.
5. In the Subject field, type a brief title describing the contents of your message.
6. Press ENTER.

In the following example, the subject is Test message.



7. Press the DOWN ARROWor ENTER to move the cursor below the Message Text line. Type your message. You do not need to press ENTER when the text reaches the right-hand side of the screen. The text will wrap to the next line automatically.



8. The options available while you compose a message are shown across the bottom of the screen. To use one of these options, you must hold down the CONTROL (CTRL) key and press the indicated letter key. (The ^ character represents the CTRL key.)

   For example, to cancel the message you are composing, press CTRL-C (^C on the screen).

   After you comp ose a message, you can choose to send it, postpone it, or cancel it.

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