• Sending a Document
• Receiving a Document
  

1. If you will be using a modem, dialup and establish a connection to cunix via TCPMAN (Windows 3.1) or Columbia PPP (Windows 95).

2. Save your document using a name which has no spaces in it. If you're a Windows 95 user, it's a good idea to stick to 8-letter (or shorter) names, in case the person you're sending the document to is not using a system which can handle longer file names. Note the location (subdirectory) where the file is saved. In the following example, Ned (cunix ID eew3) is transferring NEDPAPER.DOC from the C:\MY DOCUMENTS directory. Note: The most widely compatible word processing file format these days is probably Microsoft Word Version 6. If you are using a different program or version and are not sure the recipients of your attachment will be able to read your document, you may want to use the File/Save As commands to save your document under a different name (so you don't overwrite your original document) and file type (Microsoft Word Version 6).

3. Launch WS_FTP (a "file transfer program"), either by double-clicking its icon (Windows 3.1) or selecting it from the AcIS Internet Software folder under Programs on the Start button (Windows 95).

4. The following Window will pop up:



If it is not already selected, select "Cunix" from the drop-down box beside "Profile Name:".Tab to the "User ID:" field and type in your cunix ID. Tab to the "Password:" field and enter your cunix password. Click OK.

5. You will see a window resembling the following:



The left column represents the current directory on your PC, the right is your cunix directory. The top half of each column lists subdirectories and, on the PC side, disk drives. The bottom half lists files. In the subdirectory lists, two periods ("..") represent the parent directory of the current directory.

Double-click your way through your PC directory "tree" until you locate the directory where your document is saved, or click the ChgDir button and type in the directory path. Highlight (click once) your document's file name.

Make sure "Binary" (not ASCII) is selected from the file transfer modes listed below the directory columns. (ASCII is for plain text files without any formatting.)

Click the arrow pointing from the PC column to the cunix column to transfer the file.

Click Exit.

6. Login to cunix and start Pine.

7. Begin composing your e-mail message. Fill in the "To:" field and (if necessary) the "Cc:" field. Move to the "Attchmnt:" field. Type control-T to list the names of files in your cunix directory, and select your document. Type in any message you wish in the message text area. It's a good idea to let the other person know the name of the file you're sending as an attachment, and what type of file it is (Word for Windows ver. 6, WordPerfect for DOS ver. 5.1, etc.). Send the file as usual by typing control-x.

Receiving a Document

1. Login to cunix and start Pine.

2. Read the message which has the attachment you wish to save and transfer.

3. Type V (for View attachment).

4. Use the arrow keys to highlight the attachment you wish to save. Type S (for Save Attachment).

5. At the "Copy attachment to file in home directory:" prompt, if no default file name is offered, type a name for the file. Press Enter.

6. Type E (to exit attachment viewer). You may now quit Pine and logout, if you like.

7. Launch WS_FTP (see Step 3 in the "Sending" section, above).

8. Locate the filename from step 5 in the cunix file list column on the right side of the WS_FTP window. Click on it once to select it.

9. Make sure Binary (not ASCII) is selected from the radio buttons at the bottom of the window.

10. Hunt your way through the PC file directory tree in the lefthand column of the WS_FTP window until you locate the directory in which you wish to place the file.

11. Click the arrow pointing from the cunix director column to the PC directory column to transfer the file.

12. Click Exit to quit WS_FTP.

13. Start your word processing program and open the file.

14. Can't open your file? There are several reasons why this may be. Try doing the WS_FTP transfer again, double-checking that the Binary button is clicked. It may also be that you are trying to open a document created by a different word processing program, or a different version of your own program, and which your program is not equipped to handle. Ask the person who sent you the file what program and version the file was created for, and try to obtain a conversion utility either from the installation disks for your program or from your program's web site. Or ask the person who sent you the file to save it in a format your program can handle and to resend it to you.

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