Lab03: The Unix Mail System
Objectives
The goal of this lab is to become proficient with using the
UNIX mail utility to send and receive mail messages.
Procedure
Log on to the Opus machine so that you have a command line shell at your
service. Be sure you are in your home directory to start this lab.
In class you will have received another mail message from me
that describes a UNIX historical event for a particular year from
1968 to 2003. Save this message to a mailbox called uhistory.
Then send email to your other classmates asking them to send you any other dates that they may have received. Each time you get UNIX event that you haven't already saved, save it to your uhistory mailbox.
See how many dates you can accumulate. Can you get all 18?
When someone asks you for the date that you received, you have to
send it to them with the subject of date (YYYY).
When you get all the UNIX event messages saved in your uhistory mailbox you should have
up to 18 messages, each with a different date for the Subject field. Delete any duplicate
dates you may have.
When you have acquired at least 15 UNIX historical events, you can submit your uhistory mailbox by entering the submit command.
When asked for which lab, enter 3.
Grading Rubric
- 9 - 10 Points
- Your uhistory mailbox is in your home directory and contains 15 to 18
of the UNIX historical date messages. None of the messages are duplicates.
- 7 - 8 Points
- Your uhistory mailbox is in your home directory, but contains less than 15 unique messages.
- 5 - 6 Points
- Your assignment is submitted late.