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diff --git a/sag-0.6.1-www/Invisible/sag-0.6/node17.html b/sag-0.6.1-www/Invisible/sag-0.6/node17.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fb2ffd3 --- /dev/null +++ b/sag-0.6.1-www/Invisible/sag-0.6/node17.html @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN"> +<!--Converted with LaTeX2HTML 96.1-h (September 30, 1996) by Nikos Drakos (nikos@cbl.leeds.ac.uk), CBLU, University of Leeds --> +<HTML> +<HEAD> +<TITLE>Mail</TITLE> +<META NAME="description" CONTENT="Mail"> +<META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="sag"> +<META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> +<META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> +<LINK REL=STYLESHEET HREF="sag.css"> +</HEAD> +<BODY LANG="EN" > + <A NAME="tex2html505" HREF="node18.html"><IMG WIDTH=37 HEIGHT=24 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="next" SRC="./next_motif.gif"></A> <A NAME="tex2html503" HREF="node8.html"><IMG WIDTH=26 HEIGHT=24 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="up" SRC="./up_motif.gif"></A> <A NAME="tex2html497" HREF="node16.html"><IMG WIDTH=63 HEIGHT=24 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="previous" SRC="./previous_motif.gif"></A> <A NAME="tex2html507" HREF="node1.html"><IMG WIDTH=65 HEIGHT=24 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="contents" SRC="./contents_motif.gif"></A> <A NAME="tex2html508" HREF="node114.html"><IMG WIDTH=43 HEIGHT=24 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="index" SRC="./index_motif.gif"></A> <BR> +<B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html506" HREF="node18.html">Printing</A> +<B>Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html504" HREF="node8.html">Major services in a </A> +<B> Previous:</B> <A NAME="tex2html498" HREF="node16.html">Network file systems</A> +<BR> <P> +<H2><A NAME="SECTION00339000000000000000">Mail</A></H2> +<P> + Electronic mail is usually the most important method for + communicating via computer. An electronic letter is stored + in a file using a special format, and special mail programs + are used to send and read the letters. +<A NAME="248"> </A> +<A NAME="293"> </A> +<A NAME="294"> </A> +<A NAME="251"> </A> +<A NAME="295"> </A> +<P> + Each user has an <b>incoming mailbox</b> (a file in the + special format), where all new mail + is stored. When someone sends mail, the mail program + locates the receiver's mailbox and appends the letter to the + mailbox file. If the receiver's mailbox is in another + machine, the letter is sent to the other machine, which delivers + it to the mailbox as it best sees fit. +<A NAME="254"> </A> +<A NAME="255"> </A> +<P> + The mail system consists of many programs. The delivery of mail + to local or remote mailboxes is done by one program (the + <b>mail transfer agent</b> or <b>MTA</b>, e.g., + <tt>sendmail</tt><A NAME="387"> </A> or <tt>smail</tt><A NAME="389"> </A>), while the programs users use + are many and varied (<b>mail user agent</b> or <b>MUA</b>, + e.g., <tt>pine</tt><A NAME="393"> </A> or <tt>elm</tt><A NAME="395"> </A>). The + mailboxes are usually stored in <tt>/var/spool/mail</tt><A NAME="397"> </A>. +<P> +<BR> <HR> +<P><ADDRESS> +<I>Lars Wirzenius <BR> +Sat Nov 15 02:32:11 EET 1997</I> +</ADDRESS> +</BODY> +</HTML> |