Electronic mail and Unix

Armitage, Richard and Hutchison, David and Muir, Stephen J. (1986) Electronic mail and Unix. Data Processing, 28 (9). pp. 461-469. ISSN 0011-684X

Abstract

This is the first of two papers concerned with electronic mail. In this paper the essential elements of mail systems - the user agent and the mail delivery agent - are introduced and explained. The various specific mailing systems available with the Unix operating system are briefly compared. A basic minimum set and an extended set of mail user facilities are identified and presented.