Use this procedure to send a message after you have created it.
- The mail program must be installed on your system.
- You must know the name and address of the mail recipient.
- Enter the mail command on the
command line, followed by the name and address of the recipient (or recipients)
of the message. For example:
>mail jan@brown
The
system responds with:
Subject:
- Type the subject of the message. For example:
Subject: Dept Meeting
and
press Enter. You can now type the body of the text.
- Type your message. For example:
There will be a short department meeting this afternoon
in my office. Please plan on attending.
- To send a message you have typed with the mail editor, press the
end-of-text character, which is usually the Ctrl-D key sequence or a period
(
.), while at the beginning of a new line in the message.
The system displays the
Cc: field:
Cc:
- Type the names and addresses of those users who should receive
copies of the message. For example:
Cc: karen@hobo cliff@cross
Note: If
you do not want to send copies, press Enter without typing.
When you press the Enter key, the message is delivered to the
specified address.
Note: If you enter an address unknown to the
system, or not defined in an alias or distribution list, the system responds
with the login name followed by an error message: [user ID]... User
unknown.