Class LISTSERV Handout - Unix Version

These are instructions to subscribe to Dr. Brewer's listservs. You should put the appropriate list-serv name where indicated.

N511-list

N516-list

WHAT IS N511-list or N516-list?

The listserv for my class is a computer discussion list. The purpose is to encourage and facilitate discussion among the students and between the instructor and the students in Dr. Brewer's classes. Topics for discussion should be relevant to assignments or course topics as introduced in the textbooks and lectures. For further information, contact Carol Brewer, 829-3241, or via email to: csbrewer@buffalo.edu.

SUBSCRIBE TO THE LISTSERV DISCUSSION LIST

To subscribe to the listserv send an e-mail message to listserv@listserv.buffalo.edu

 Leave the Subject : line blank. Inside the mail message, put the following message as the only line:

SUB list-name-here your_real_first_name your_real_last_name

 Use the name under which you are enrolled for Dr. Brewer's class. For example:

SUB list-name-here put-your-real-name-here

 Press the 'ctrl-x' key in UNIX (or send) to send your message.

 You will receive instructions regarding how to confirm your subscription. These instructions may arrive within a few minutes or not until several hours have passed. IMPORTANT: After you have received the confirmation instructions, you must send a confirmation message within 48 hours. If you fail to do this, then you must start over with a new SUB command message.
 

FULFILL CLASS ASSIGNMENT

Participating on the listserv Discussion List.

  To send a message to all the people currently subscribed to the discussion list, send an e-mail message to: put-your-list-name-here@listserv.buffalo.edu

 
WARNING: Do not send messages to LISTSERV!
  1. To reply to a message and send your reply to all the people currently subscribed, use the e-mail 'r'eply command.
  2. ALWAYS sign your message with your real name, so that you can receive course credit.
  3. ALWAYS sign your message with your computer account name (your username or userid), so that people who read your message can reply to you personally. Sometimes, people will prefer to send a personal message rather than a message that will be read by all the people currently subscribed to the discussion list.
  4. Do NOT reply or send messages using ALL CAPS. (Capital letters may be used for emphasis.)
  5. It may be inappropriate to reply to messages that are not of recent origin, for example, messages that were sent more than two weeks ago. Your reply may appear foolish if you have not read ahead to learn how the discussion has proceeded.
  6. If you do not read your UNIX mail and delete messages regularly, your user disk may become full and you will no longer be able to receive messages. You might miss important announcements from the instructor to the class. You can learn whether your user disk is becoming full with the 'quota' (without the quotes) command:

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    quota -v

     If your computer disk becomes full, you might be unsubscribed from put-your-list-name-here. If this happens (that is, your disk was full and now you are no longer receiving PSYMEA-L messages), you must start over with a new SUB command message and resubscribe so that you do not miss important class announcements. If the volume of mail becomes heavy, try to refrain from replying to each message. Instead, read several messages on the same topic and then send one message that summarizes what has been said by others and then add your own ideas.

  7. It is a violation of Computing Center regulations to send chain messages. If you do this, your access to university computers will be terminated.

 

If you are a new student:

GET A COMPUTER ACCOUNT

Computer account. If you do not already have a computer account, go to Room 215, Computing Center, to establish a Unix account. Bring your student identification.

GET ONTO A COMPUTER

Logging in and out of the computer. There are public computer terminals at the Computing Center, Baldy Hall, Bell Hall, Capen Hall (Science and Engineering Library), Clemens Hall, Crosby Hal, Deifendorf, 7th floor Kimball (South Campus), and Ellicott (South Library).

Type 'ubunix' or 'c ubunix' (without the quotes) and press the RETURN key once or twice. You might not be able to see what you have typed--this is OK. At the prompts, type your username (user name or user identification) and your password and press the RETURN key. The procedures differ slightly at different terminals. It is OK to ask another student or the consultant for help. If you have logged in correctly, you will see the Unix prompt.

 To change your password, type 'passwd' (without the quotes) at the Unix prompt and press the RETURN key:

passwd

 To end your session and log out, type 'exit' (without the quotes) at the prompt and press the RETURN key:

exit
 
 

LEARN ABOUT UNIX ELECTRONIC MAIL (E-MAIL)

Electronic mail (e-mail). To send and receive mail from other people, type 'pine' (without the quotes) at the prompt and press the RETURN key:

pine

 See the Pine (Unix) JumpStart for more information about using pine to send and read your email.