Hello students!! I am calling this page First Time Telnet & Pine. It is for those of you who have never emailed with Pine before, have never done telnet, and don't know what I'm talking about. Ok, deep breath and here we go. Please note that the below instructions are for PCs using Windows. If you use a Mac, please let me know who you did it and I will add it and give you some extra credit points as well. Also note that with a Mac it won't be much different.

1. What is telnet?
2. Using Hummingbird Telnet (IUWARE CD)
3. Using Windows Telent (Standard with Windows 95 and on)
4. Using SSH Telnet (in the SL247 Lab)
5. Using Pine (the email service on the phoenix server)

What is telnet?
Telnet is a protocol. What's a protocol you ask? It is a standard way for communication. For example, if you ever meet the Queen of England you must address her as "Your Majesty." Do not call her "Your Highness" as that title is reserved for princes and princesses. "Your Majesty" is the proper protocol used for addressing kings and queens. Since Elizabeth II is the Queen of England you must address her as Your Majesty.

Thus a protocol in computer talk is the established and agreed upon way computers talk with each other. So when you are using telnet, you know that the computer you are contacting knows how to talk with you because you are both agreeing to communicate in the same way.

Using Hummingbird Telnet (IUWARE CD)
Just as there are many word processing programs (irregardless of what Mr. Bill Gates would have us believe) there are also many telnet programs. The first one we will discuss is the Hummingbird program that you got when you purchased you IUWARE CD. Hummingbird is not available in the SL247 lab, but use it at home and there are probably other labs across campus that uses it. To get Hummingbird to work, do the following:

1. Load Hummingbird onto your computer. To do that, put the CD into your CD drive and wait for the CD to open itself up. You will then select Communications and load everything they give you. When that is done, take the CD out and put it away somewhere safe. (Or use it as a coaster for your coffee table which is what I do.)
2. To open Hummingbird you will first select the Start button, select Programs, select Communications Programs, select Telnet, and the select Telnet again.
3. For a brief second you will see the Hummingbird logo. It's pretty and it's a good sign that you are doing the right thing.
4. You will now see an Open Session window. In the large white box in the left hand side of this window you will see a little "tree" of files. Good. Now you must put phoenix into that tree.
5. Select the New Profile button that is below the white box. Another window called HostExplorer Session Info will appear.
6. In the line Profile Name type Phoenix.
7. In the choose Profile Type line, click on the downward pointing arrow at the far right hand side of the space and select VT.
8. In the Host Name line, type: phoenix.cs.iupui.edu And make sure you spell it right!
9. Select Ok and the window will disappear.
10. Now you should see in your white box the name of Phoenix. Whoo hoo!! You did it!! Half the battle has been won and you will never have to do this part again for accessing Phoenix.
11. Now to actually contact the phoenix server, click on the word Phoenix in the white box. The box called Host Name at the bottom of this window should now show the phoenix address.
12. Select the Connect button at the top of this window.
13. Voila! You will now see a new box that says "Welcome to phoenix IUPUI Computer Science Department and asks for your login.
14. GREAT!! Now put in your login name and then your password and you are set!!
15. For further instructions on using Pine, see below.
16. To quit at anytime, just click the X button in the upper right hand corner or type exit at the Unix prompt (see below).

Using Windows Telent (Standard with Windows 95 and on)
The Windows telnet comes with the Windows 95 OS and on up (at least that I am aware of) and is something you can access from just about any PC in the world. Yup, you could contact your good old phoenix server from England if you liked (yes, I'm an Anglophile). Many students use Windows Telnet in the lab and from their homes so use it all you want HOWEVER!! WARNING!! If you want to use Emacs, you CANNOT use Windows Telnet because Emacs HATES Windows Telnet. Thus if you try to use Emacs from Windows Telnet, nothing will work and you will become very frustrated. (Yes, I'm speaking from experience here.) Windows Telnet, however, is perfect for using Pine to email me and other classmates. To use Windows Telnet, do the following:

1. Select the Start button.
2. Select Run. This will open the Run window.
3. In the open bar line in the Run window type: telnet phoenix.cs.iupui.edu NOTE: you must type that space in between telnet and phoenix.
4. Voila! You will now be at the Telnet - phoenix.cs.iupui.edu window. Type in your login name and password information and you will be set!
5. For further instructions on using Pine, see below.
6. To quit at anytime, just click the X button in the upper right hand corner or type exit at the Unix prompt (see below).

Using SSH Telnet (in the SL247 Lab)
Really the only time you will use SSH is in the lab. You are more than welcome to buy it and use it on your own home computer. In my opinion the others work just as well. To use SSH, do the following:

1. Double click on the SSH icon to open the program. The SSH window should appear on your computer.
2. In the SSH window, select File and then Connect.
3. You will now see the Connect to Remote Host window.
4. In the first line, Host Name, type phoenix.cs.iupui.edu.
5. In the second line, User Name, type your login/user name.
6. Ignore the other lines and press the connect button.
7. You will get a new window that says Enter Password. Do so now and hit the return key.
8. Voila!! You are now connected to the Phoenix server.
9. For further instructions on using Pine, see below.
10. To quit at anytime, just click the X button in the upper right hand corner or type exit at the Unix prompt (see below).

Using Pine (the email service on the phoenix server) for the First Time
I know that many of you may hate Pine but I love it. When comparing it to other email programs such as Outlook or Eurdora I think of it like this: Outlook and Eudora are automatic transmissions and Pine is a stick. Yup, I like driving stick because it gives me more control. Frankly, I don't care if you all hate Pine with a passion, it is still my preferred email software and hey you can still prefer yours. Now on to the lesson. For more information go to Readings and under Some Basics read about Pine from the people who created it. The following information can also be found at the Class FAQs and Notes page under FAQs in the email_a.html document. Thanks to Leanne Burrow for the following words.

Logging In

1. Your login consists of first initial and up to the first seven letters of your last name. <enter>
2. Your password is first initial, last four digits of your student ID, first three letters of your last name.
3. Everything is in lowercase - no commas.

1. You will receive a prompt. At this prompt, type: passwd
2. You will be asked for a login (NIS) password. This is your original password. Type this in and type <enter>.
3. You will now be prompted to enter in a new password. Do NOT use your dog's name, friends name, etc. You want to use a combination of letters and numbers. Use at least 7 letters and 2 numbers. You will be asked to enter this in again for verification.

1. We will be using an email program called Pine. Again, your mouse does not work.
2. At the prompt, type: pine
3. You will get a one screen regarding copyright, etc., on Pine. After you have agreed to it, you will get the basic Pine screen.
4. From here on in when you want to access Pine, type in Pine at the UNIX prompt and you will be set.
5. To navigate around, you will need to follow the commands listed below. (FYI - ^ means the control key.) Your arrow keys do work and are a great way to move around the screen.
6. To get out of Pine, just type q for quit and you will be done with it.

1. When finished with your email, you will need to Quit out of Pine.
2. Once you are back to the prompt, type Exit. This will close you session.

1. C means compose and that is what you press to in order to start a new message.
2. R means reply and that is what you type when you want to reply to a message. This command only works when you have a message selected or are currently reading it.
3. F means forward. Like reply this command only works when you have a message selected or are currently reading it.
4. ^o is one of my favorite commands as that means postpone. If you are writing and email to someone and you don't have the time to finish it or you have to look up an answer for an assignment (hint, hint), press ^o and the message will be saved on the phoenix server but not sent. When you are ready to get back to the message just press c for compose. Pine will ask you if you want to continue working on a saved message. You say yes and continue with the email. I have saved at least 3 emails at once like this and they all worked just fine.