




        User's Guide to the NUPOP Electronic Mail System




                 This guide explains how to use the  basic features of
                 the NUPOP electronic mail  program.  It  assumes that
                 the  NUPOP  program   has  been  installed   on  your
                 computer,  and   that  the   hardware  and   software
                 necessary to connect your computer to the campus data
                 network  have  been  installed.    If  you  have  any
                 questions about  your  ethernet  connection,  contact
                 your computer  technical support  representative.   A
                 mouse and  mouse  driver  are  recommended,  but  not
                 required.


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        Overview of Electronic Mail



             Computers in educational institutions, government agencies and
             private businesses around the world are connected by a complex
             set of communication systems collectively referred to as
             INTERNET.  This connection enables computers to share
             information.  One of the services this sharing makes possible is
             the exchange of electronic mail messages between individual
             users.  Each person using the INTERNET has an ADDRESS that
             uniquely identifies him or her to the world.

             A typical INTERNET mail address looks like this:
                  GREENMAN@STONEHENGE.UCR.EDU
                  GREENMAN@STONEHENGE.UCR.EDU
                  GREENMAN@STONEHENGE.UCR.EDU
             GREENMAN is the name of the account on the "post office"
             computer that receives electronic mail for the user; STONEHENGE
             is the name of the post office computer; UCR is the name of the
             site or institution where the computer is located; and EDU
             identifies that site as an educational institution.

             When electronic mail is sent to an individual using INTERNET,
             the mail is sent to an internet address.  Much as ordinary mail
             is routed from place to place using city names, states and zip
             codes, electronic mail is routed to the proper site and computer
             according to the INTERNET address.  When the mail is received by
             the post office computer, it is stored there until the user
             reads it.

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        How NUPOP Works


             NUPOP is designed to automate the process of reading and sending
             electronic mail using INTERNET.  It works much like an ordinary
             post office box.  You go to the post office, get the contents of
             your box, and take the mail home where you read it at your
             convenience.  You then write whatever letters you want to send,
             take them to the post office, and drop them in the mail slot.
             The amount of time you spend at the post office is minimal.

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             NUPOP works the same way.  It connects to the post office
             computer and quickly transfers your mail to your personal
             computer where you can read it without tying up the resources of
             the post office computer.  You then compose mail using NUPOP and
             send it all at once.  You are only connected to the post office
             computer while NUPOP is actually sending or acquiring mail, and
             once NUPOP has acquired your mail, the resources of the post
             office computer used to store that mail are released for use by
             other users.

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        How NUPOP is Set Up on your Computer


             NUPOP is generally installed on your hard disk, in a directory
             called C:\NUPOP
                    C:\NUPOP
                    C:\NUPOP.  Within the NUPOP directory are a number of
             program files, and also several subdirectories.  Your mail
             messages are stored in these subdirectories, which have an .MBX
                                                                        .MBX
                                                                        .MBX
             extension.  The NUPOP directory is also used to hold files that
             are transferred by NUPOP, or by the FTP and GOPHER modules (more
             on these later).   If you lose track of your mail or download
             files, this is where to look for them.

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        Using NUPOP



             While a mouse is not required to use NUPOP, it simplifies
             issuing commands.  This guide will assume that you have a mouse.
             To select an item with the mouse, simply point to the item and
             press the LEFT mouse button.  To cancel a particular selection,
             either select the CANCEL button, or click on the small green
             "close" square in the upper left corner of the box.  IF YOU DO
             NOT HAVE A MOUSE: notice that each menu item or button has one
             character highlighted, or presented in a different color.
             Pressing the ALT key and, at the same time, the highlighted
             letter, is equivalent to selecting the item with the mouse.
             Pressing ALT and the F3 key is equivalent to selecting the
             "close" square.  The ESC key will generally also closes boxes or
             cancel commands.


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        Starting NUPOP


             If your computer has a menu system, you can start the NUPOP
             program by typing the letter or number of the NUPOP item and
             pressing the ENTER key.  Otherwise, change to the NUPOP
             directory by typing CD C:\NUPOP
                                 CD C:\NUPOP
                                 CD C:\NUPOP and pressing ENTER; then type
             NUPOP
             NUPOP
             NUPOP and press ENTER.  Note: NUPOP can be run in a DOS window
             if you are using Microsoft Windows 3.0 or 3.1.

             When the NUPOP program starts, it displays a box that shows you
             user name,  your full name, and a blank line for your password.
             You should type in the password for your mail account and press
             ENTER.  Several screens will quickly flash by as NUPOP sets
             itself up.  The display stops on a screen with a light blue

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             background, waiting for your commands.  Note that you can press
             the F1 key at any time for help, and ALT-X to quit.

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        Reading Your Mail


             This first screen is called the INDEX screen.  To get your mail
             messages from the post office computer, select the ACQUIRE
             button.  NUPOP will display a small box while it connects to the
             post office, showing how many messages you have.  When mail
             retrieval stops, the index screen will show a numbered list of
             mail messages, along with the address of the sender and the
             subject of the message.  Using the mouse or the arrow keys, you
             can move up and down, or side to side, through the list of
             messages.

             Notice that the top message is highlighted by a green bar.  You
             can move the green bar either with the mouse or with the arrow
             keys.  To read the highlighted message, select the VIEW button.
             The VIEW screen will appear.  The top of the screen shows
             information about who sent the message; the message itself is
             displayed in the lower part of the screen.  If the message runs
             off the bottom or side of the screen, use the arrow keys or the
             mouse and scroll bars to read the complete message.

             The VIEW screen presents several options, some of which will be
             discussed in  subsequent sections.  For now, you can delete the
             message by selecting the DELETE button, read the NEXT or
             PREVIOUS messages by choosing the appropriate buttons, or return
             to the INDEX screen.

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        Printing Your Messages



             Printing is done from the INDEX screen.  To print your messages,
             highlight the message you want to print and either press the
             space bar, or double click with the mouse.  A check mark will
             appear next to the message.  You can select more than one
             message for printing at a time by placing check marks next to
             the messages you want to print.  Select the PRINT button to
             print the messages.

             By the way, the letters next to the message indicate its status:
             N is a new message you haven't read, no letter means you have
             read it, R means you have replied to it.

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        Saving Your Messages


             You will probably want to save some of your messages, separating
             them according to subject, sender, or some other scheme.  NUPOP
             makes this easy to do.  At the top of the INDEX screen, right
             above the DELETE button, notice the word IN.  The index screen
             is displaying your IN mailbox, the subdirectory where NUPOP
             places your newly received mail.  You can move messages out of

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             the IN mailbox into some other subdirectory using the TRANSFER
             button.  To move a message, place a check mark next to it using
             the space bar or the mouse; you can select more than one message
             to be transferred at a time if you wish.  Then choose the
             TRANSFER button.  A box appears listing your existing mailboxes
             on the left.  The mailboxes that come with NUPOP are:

                  IN: where mail received from the post office computer is
             stored;
                  OUT: where mail you have composed is stored until it is
             sent;
                  SENT: where mail you send is copied, if you have selected
             the "Keep Copy of Sent Mail"            option;
                  TRASH: where deleted messages are stored until they are
             erased. (If you                         accidentally delete a
             message, here's where you will find it).

             You can highlight the mailbox where you want the message stored
             and press ENTER or click OK.  If you want to create a new
             mailbox for the message/s, click on the MAILBOX NAME box or
             press ALT-N, then type the name (up to 8 characters) of the new
             mailbox and press ENTER.  Your messages will be transferred to
             the new box.

             To read messages saved in a mailbox, choose the MAILBOX option
             from the menu at the top of the screen, and CHANGE MAILBOX from
             the pull-down menu.  A box similar to the transfer box will
             appear, from which you can select the mailbox you want to view.
             The index screen will appear, showing a list of messages in the
             mailbox you selected.

             In addition to saving your messages as NUPOP mail messages, you
             can also save them as text files, to be used with word
             processors.  To save one or more messages to a text file, place
             a check mark in front of the message/s using the INDEX screen
             and space bar (or mouse).  Then, from the top menu bar, choose
             Messages.  Choosing "Save To File" saves the entire message,
             including the address information, while choosing "Write to
             File" saves only the text of the message/s.  Specify the entire
             path and file name where you want the message/s saved, i.e.,
             C:\FILES\MAIL.TXT
             C:\FILES\MAIL.TXT
             C:\FILES\MAIL.TXT.

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        Sending Messages


             Sending messages is done from the COMPOSE screen, which is
             activated by the COMPOSE button.  There are three blue boxes on
             the COMPOSE screen.  The upper box is for the addresses of the
             individuals to whom you are sending the messages.  There are
             three options for addressing mail.  TO, selected by ALT-T or
             clicking with the mouse, is for the INTERNET addresses of the
             recipients.  You should specify addresses in proper INTERNET
             format, i.e., GREENMAN@STONEHENGE.UCR.EDU, and you may send to
             more than one address either by separating the addresses with
             commas, or by typing the addresses on separate lines.  The CC
             option is for other addresses to receive the message, and the

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             BlCC (Blind CC) option is for sending the message to other
             recipients without their address appearing on the message.

             Pressing TAB will move you to the Subject line.  You should
             always enter a subject for your message, as many people who
             receive large volumes of mail routinely DO NOT READ messages
             without subjects!

             Pressing TAB again moves you to the text area, where you type in
             the text of your message.  The text editor has basic word wrap
             and insertion/deletion, but they are not fancy.  Word wrap does
             not work properly if you insert text in an already filled line.

             To send your message, you can choose the SEND NOW option to send
             the individual message.  More often, if you will be sending
             and/or replying to several messages, choosing the QUEUE option
             is more time efficient.  QUEUE places your composed message in a
             mailbox that is used to send all of your messages and replies at
             once.  You send everything in the queue using the SEND QUEUED
             button; alternatively, if you try to quit NUPOP and you have
             queued messages, NUPOP will ask you if you want to send them
             before quitting.

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        Replying and Forwarding Messages


             Replying to, and forwarding messages are done from the VIEW
             screen.  When you REPLY to a message, the composer screen
             appears, showing the address of the person who sent the message
             in the TO: box, along with the text of the message in the TEXT
             box.  You can then type in new text in the text box and SEND or
             QUEUE the message.  Unless you specify otherwise in the Options
             menu, NUPOP will always include the text of the sent message in
             the reply.  You can delete all or part of this text either with
             the DELETE key, or by highlighting the part of the text you want
             to delete with the mouse and pressing the DELETE key.

             FORWARD works much like reply, except that the TO: line is left
             blank.  You can type in the address of the person to whom the
             message is to be forwarded in the TO: box, and add additional
             comments if desired in the text box.  The message can then be
             SENT or QUEUED.

        You now know the basics of using NUPOP for sending and receiving
        electronic mail!  NUPOP is a complex program with many advanced
        features.  In the next section, some of those features are discussed.
        Keep in mind that for help on any function within NUPOP, selecting
        that function and pressing the F1 key will bring up a help screen for
        that function.

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        Using Mail Groups (Aliases)


             You may have a list of people to whom you regularly send copies
             of the same message, such as faculty members, department heads,
             etc., or there may be someone with a difficult to remember

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             internet address to whom you frequently send mail. In either
             case, NUPOP lets you define a group name, sometimes called an
             "alias", and link that name to an address or set of addresses.
             By sending mail to the group name, NUPOP automatically inserts
             the correct INTERNET address/es without your having to type (or
             remember) them.

             To create a group name, select the GROUP item from the bar at
             the top of the screen, and the MAKE GROUP item from the pull-
             down menu.  The "Make Group" box appears.  Choose ADD... to
             create a new group.  Type in the name for the new group and
             press ENTER.  Then type in the address (or addresses) in
             INTERNET format.  To enter more than one address, press ENTER
             after typing in each address.  Select the OK box, either with
             the mouse or with the TAB key, to create the group.

             You can remove groups by selecting GROUP/Make Group,
             highlighting the group name, and selecting the REMOVE button.
             You can edit or change addresses in the group by selecting
             GROUP/MakeGroup, highlighting the desired group, pressing the
             TAB key to move the cursor into the Definition box, and using
             the arrow keys and DELETE key to change addresses.

             To send mail to a group name, start the COMPOSER screen.  Choose
             the GROUP button; the group box will appear.  Highlight the
             group you want, and select the DONE button.  To send to more
             than one group, highlight each group name and choose the  SELECT
             button for each group; select the done button when finished.

             If you have set the "Expand Group Names When Sending" option,
             the composer screen will show the group names in the TO: box; if
             this option is not set, you will see that the group name has
             been expanded into a list of all the members of the group/s you
             selected.

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        Sending and Receiving Files with NUPOP


             Very often you will want to send files along with mail messages.
             These files may be in the form of simple text files or word
             processing documents.  There are two ways to accomplish the
             sending of files.

             You can send a simple text file as a mail message.  To do this,
             bring up the COMPOSER screen, fill out the address and subject
             boxes, and place your cursor in the text box.  Choose the
             MESSAGE item from the top menu bar, and the Append From File
             option from the pull-down.  The file selector box will appear.
             You can type in the complete path to the file you want to send,
             i.e., C:\FILES\MYFILE.TXT
                   C:\FILES\MYFILE.TXT
                   C:\FILES\MYFILE.TXT and press ENTER -- the file will be
             copied into the text box.  Or you can type in a partial path,
             such as C:\FILES\
                     C:\FILES\
                     C:\FILES\ and press ENTER; the selector box will show a
             list of files in the directory you specified, from which you can
             select a file by highlighting and press ENTER.



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             Files that are not simple text, such as Word Perfect documents,
             must be sent as "enclosures", which do not appear as part of the
             mail message itself.  To send an enclosure, start the COMPOSER
             screen, fill out the To and Subject boxes; you might also want
             to add some text describing the file you are sending.  Now
             choose the ENCLOSURES button, and the ENCLOSURES screen appears.
             If you are sending a simple text file, choose the ADD TEXT
             button.  A selector box appears, from which you can choose a
             file to send.  Note that you can send more than one file
             "enclosed" with an individual mail message.

             Sending non-text files is more complicated, because INTERNET
             uses special procedures to handle such files.  Examples of non-
             text files are programs, word processor documents, graphics, and
             .ZIP files.  To send these, you must choose either the BINHEX or
             UUENCODE methods.  BINHEX is commonly used with Macintosh
             computers (and also by NUPOP), UUENCODE is almost exclusively
             used by UNIX computers.  Note that the person receiving the file
             must have means by which the file can be decoded.  Most
             educational institutions have programs for decoding both kinds.
             Enclosing a BINHEX or UUENCODEd file works with the same
             selector box described above.  You can send any combination of
             TEXT, BINHEX, or UUENCODE files.

             When you send a message with an enclosure, the file is sent as
             an entity separate from the message itself.  Note that the file
             is not read by NUPOP until it is sent, so if you are enclosing a
             file located on a diskette, be sure not to remove the diskette
             until the file is sent!

             If someone sends you a BINHEX, UUENCODED or TEXT file, NUPOP
             will decode the file appropriately and place it in the
             ENCLOSURES directory, usually C:\NUPOP
                                           C:\NUPOP
                                           C:\NUPOP.


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        Using Signatures


             "Signatures" are small text files added to the end of all mail
             messages that can provide useful information about the author
             such as title, address, and so forth.  If you create a signature
             file and turn on the signature option, the contents of the
             signature file will be added to each mail message as it is sent.

             To create a signature file, choose OPTIONS from the top menu and
             Signature from the pull-down.  Type whatever text you want in
             the box, and press ENTER.  To turn on the signature option,
             choose OPTIONS from the top menu, Preferences and Messages from
             the pull-downs, place an X in the "Append Signature" box using
             the space bar, and press ENTER.  You can change the contents of
             the signature using OPTIONS/Signature, and you can turn off the
             signature file by un-checking the box in
             OPTIONS/Preferences/Messages/Append.




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        Automatically Acquiring Mail


             You can tell NUPOP to automatically check the post office
             computer for new mail at some specified time interval.  Note
             that if you choose this option, unless you are running NUPOP as
             a DOS window in Microsoft Windows, you will be unable to use
             your computer for anything else while NUPOP is operating.
             Choose the MAILBOX menu from the top bar, and Timed Mail
             Acquisition from the pull down.  Enter a time interval and press
             ENTER.  NUPOP will wait the specified interval, connect to the
             post office computer, and collect your mail.  It will then wait
             for the specified interval and repeat the procedure.  To end
             automatic acquisition, press the ESC key.

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        Using the ClipBoard



             NUPOP provides a clipboard facility similar to the one found in
             Microsoft Windows.  It is easiest to use with a mouse.  To copy
             text to the clipboard, highlight the text by placing the mouse
             cursor at the beginning to the text you want, pressing the left
             button, and dragging the mouse so that all the text you want is
             in the colored box.  Release the mouse button, and choose
             EDIT/Copy.  To Paste the text, place the cursor where you want
             the text and choose EDIT/Paste.  This feature is especially
             useful for pasting addresses obtained from the PH server (see
             below).  To use the keyboard to cut and paste text, place the
             cursor over the first character you want to highlight, and,
             while holding the SHIFT key down, press the arrow keys to
             highlight the desired text.


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        Other Utilities Provided with NUPOP


             In addition to electronic mail, NUPOP provides several other
             INTERNET programs that can be useful.  Some of these are
             discussed below.

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        Gopher


             Gopher is an INTERNET information retrieval system, in which
             information stored in the form of text files on various
             computers can be made available.  Other services, such as
             library catalogs, on-line journals, and file archives are also
             to be found on Gopher.  Selecting GOPHER from the UTILITY menu
             starts the Gopher program.  The menu that appears is for the
             local Gopher system.  You choose an item from the menu by
             highlighting it and pressing ENTER.  Using the available
             buttons, you can return to previous menus, cancel your gopher
             session and return to NUPOP, or save information to a file.  If

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             asked to specify a file name, be sure to specify the complete
             path to the file you want to save.

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        PH


             In some installations, an electronic phone book is available.
             To use this, choose PH from the UTILITIES menu.  You will be
             asked to specify a string to search for; this could be someone's
             last name, part of a last name, a first name, a department, etc.
             Choose the Lookup button, and the windows will display the
             results of the search.  Choose cancel to close the window.  This
             is (sometimes) useful for finding INTERNET addresses.

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        Terminal (TELNET) Session


             NUPOP has a built-in terminal function that allows you to
             connect directly to a host computer.  This is useful for using
             remote programs such as MELVYL.  Before using the Terminal
             utility, you need to make sure it is set up properly for the
             computer you want to communicate with.  Choose the OPTIONS item
             from the top bar, then choose Emulation.  Make sure VT100 is
             checked.  To communicate with a VAX, the "Backspace sends
             Delete" must be checked YES, whereas to communicate with MELVYL,
             it must be checked NO.  The ESC key ends the emulation setup.
             To start your terminal session, choose the UTILITY item from the
             top menu bar, then TERMINAL from the pull-down.  Enter the name
             of the computer you want to communicate with in the appropriate
             box; for MELVYL, type MELVYL, for the UCR C&C VAX Cluster, type
             UCRAC1.  Pressing the ENTER key starts your terminal session.
             You can exit your terminal session by logging out of the remote
             computer system, or close the terminal window with ALT-F3 or
             clicking on the green close box.  Note that the ClipBoard copy-
             and-paste works in the terminal window.






















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        Internet File Transfer (FTP)


             NUPOP supports the FTP file transfer protocol, which allows you
             to directly transfer files between your computer and another
             computer set up for FTP.  Most commonly, this feature is used to
             transfer program files from an archive site directly to your
             hard disk.   To do this kind of transfer, select the UTILITY
             item from the top menu bar, and XFER FILES WITH FTP from the
             pull-down.  You will be asked to enter the name of the remote
             computer; this can be entered as an internet name, i.e.,
             UCRAC1.UCR.EDU, or as an IP number, i.e., 138.23.225.12.  When
             you press enter, NUPOP will try to connect to the remote
             computer.  If it is successful, you will be asked for a user
             name.  For most "open" archive sites, this is usually anonymous
                                                                   anonymous
                                                                   anonymous
             (must usually be in lower case letters).  When prompted for a
             password, enter your email address.  You can then use ordinary
             DOS commands like DIR 
                               DIR 
                               DIR and CD
                                       CD
                                       CD to locate the file/s you want.  To
             transfer a file to your computer, first BE SURE to issue the
             command binary
                     binary
                     binary if you are transferring a program or other non-
             text file.  Then type get filename
                                   get filename
                                   get filename, where filename is the name
             of the file you want.  NUPOP will copy the file from the remote
             computer into your C:\NUPOP directory.  To leave the FTP
             program, type CLOSE
                           CLOSE
                           CLOSE or QUIT
                                    QUIT
                                    QUIT.
































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