The OpenVMS User's Guide, Second Edition
A broad introductory overview of OpenVMS that focuses on command procedures, text editing and system utilities.
TABLE OF CONTENTS The OpenVMS User's Guide, Second Edition
Chapter 5: The Phone and Mail Utilities
At the instant I first became aware of the cosmos we all infest I was sitting in my mother's lap and blinking at a great burst of lights, some of them red and others green, but most of them only the bright yellow of flaring gas.
H. L. Mencken, Happy Days, 1940
Overview
VMS provides two utilities that help you communicate with other system users: the Phone utility and the Mail utility. This chapter explores these two utilities. In this chapter, you will
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Learn to place a call using the Phone utility
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Learn to answer a phone call from someone else
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Explore different methods of sending mail messages
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Understand the use of mail folders
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Create a file from a mail message
5.1 Using the Phone Utility
The Phone utility is an interactive utility that enables you to talk to other users on your system via your terminal screen. You can place a call, answer an incoming call, and get a list of users that you can call, and even place conference calls.
To enter the Phone utility, type
$ <b class="bold">phone</b>
The Phone utility screen appears, as shown in Figure 5.1. The % is the Phone prompt. You can type Phone commands after this prompt, such as DIRECTORY to see a list of available users or HELP to get information about the various Phone features.
The two sections of the split screen are used to carry on a conversation. The upper section, or window, will display your comments,...
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