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MM
MM is the TOPS-20 mailing subsystem. You can use MM for sending and receiving emails.
Run MM with
MM
. The email subsystem prompt is:
MM>
Send email
To create a new message use the MAIL command.
MM>MAIL
Fill the TO: field. Following this criteria:
- For internal mails in TWENEX use user@twenex.org (@kankan.twenex.org also works).
- For @sdf.org addresses, use user@sdf.org.
- For external addresses please include the @sdf.org host as an intermediary using the % character. For instance, if you want to send an email to user@gmail.com, please use user%gmail.com@sdf.org
Fill the optional CC: and SUBJECT:, and MM will bring the standar Message: line editor.
Message: (End with ESCAPE or CTRL/D to get to send command level, CTRL/Z to send. Use CTRL/B to insert a file, CTRL/E to enter editor, CTRL/K to redisplay message, CTRL/L to clear screen and redisplay, CTRL/N or CTRL/X to abort.)
Type your message and use Ctrl+z to queue it.
To send it use the SEND command.
MM> SEND
Remote users will be able to answer to your TWENEX address (user@twenex.org).
Reading email
You can use the HEADERS ALL command to display a list of all the received emails.
MM>HEADERS ALL
Use the TYPE command with the email number to display it into your terminal, You can also use TYPE NEW to display only new and recent messages. For instance, display the first message received:
MM>TYPE 1
You can answer the displayed message using the REPLY command.
After editing the reply message, the “S>” prompt will be active. To send the queued message, use the SEND command.
S> SEND
Delete messages using DELETE number, Then you can clean the recycle bin with EXPUNGE.
TWENEX.ORG mailing system lacks proper MIME64 or HTML support. Use plain text if possible.
