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General WAM Information

• How to Set up the Mail Application in OS X 10.4 to Read E-mail on OIT Systems
  Use the OS X Tiger Mail Application to read e-mail
• Mail Filtering with Outlook 2003
  Instructions on configuring Outlook 2003 to filter incoming or outgoing e-mail.
• Open Relaying Background
  This page provides information on open relay why it is caused, problems and solutions to it
• Outlook XP and Outlook 2003 Mail Setup
  Configuring Outlook XP or Outlook 2003 to read mail at the University of Maryland
• Using E-mail From Home
  How to set up your home computer to read your University of Maryland e-mail account.
• View Message Size in Entourage
  Set Entourage to show the size of each message
• View Message Size with OS X Mail
  How to set the Mail application to show the size of each message
• Viewing Message Sizes With SeaMonkey And Thunderbird
  How to set Mozilla and Thunderbird to show the size of each message
• Your @umd.edu E-mail Address
  Updating the address where mail sent to your @umd.edu address is delivered
• Basic Unix Commands
  This page provides information about the Basic Unix Commands. Commands such as cd, mkdir, rmdir, pwd, mv,cp,cat, more are explained in this page
• Change In Password Authentication For TerpConnect
  Explanation of the change in password authentication from the local TerpConnect (formerly Glue) password database to the Kerberos V database (the same password as the UM Directory).
• Changing Stored E-mail Passwords
  How to change your stored password in the various e-mail clients.
• Changing Your Finger Information
  This page provides information on how to change your finger information. It gives instruction on changing the finger information on WAM and Glue accounts.
• Common Variables In The Unix OS Shell
  This page gives a listing of some common variables that are using in the unix os shell. It also explains the variables.
• Configure the Mac OS X Terminal Application
  Configuring the Terminal program in Mac OS X for WAM, Glue and Deans
• Considerations when running processes in the background on WAM/Glue when not logged on
  Considerations when running processes in the background on WAM/Glue when not logged on
• Displaying X Windows Applications On Remote Systems
  Tips on how to be able to display X Windows applications on remote systems
• Downloading And Installing F-Secure SSH For Windows
  This page explains how to download and install the F-Secure SSH Telnet and FTP client for Windows systems.
• Downloading and Installing Fugu 1.2.x
  Use Fugu for secure file transfer
• Examples of Designators in Unix
  This page gives a listing of examples of designators used in Unix. Designators are used following a selector and a colon
• Examples of Using Wild Cards in Unix
  This page provides examples in using wild cards in Unix. It explains how wild cards are used.
• Examples of the Modifiers in Unix
  This page provides information on Modifiers in Unix. It also provides examples with the Modifiers.
• Finding Software on OIT Unix Systems
  This explains how to find information on software available on WAM or Glue.
• Forwarding Mail on WAM/Glue
  Explains how to forward your email to a different email address from your account.
• General Systems Overview
  Describes various OIT systems and the functions that they perform
• General information on Unix editors
  This page provides general information on Unix editors. It discusses about pico, vi and emacs.
• Getting Started with Webmail for Glue and WAM
  How to use the web client for Glue and WAM
• How To Change Your Window Manager On WAM Or Glue
  A windows manager is program which controls layout and the look and feel of the X-Windows session. This document explains how to change the window manager you are using on the WAM/Glue systems.
• How To Clear Browser Cache Stored On WAM Or Glue Account
  How to clear cache (delete cache files) stored by various browsers of various versions; Netscape, Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers, used in the WAM or OWL labs.
• How To Transfer Files To and From Unix
  This page describes how to use the sftp program in unix to transfer files between machines.
• How do I access the Unix shell in my TerpConnect Account?
  How to access the UNIX shell in a TerpConnect (formerly Glue) account
• How to Find Your Own IP Address
  Find your IP address in Windows, Mac OS, or Unix
• How to post news on WAM and Glue
  How to post news on WAM and Glue
• How to print from Pine on the WAM system
  This page explains how to print from Pine when you are on a WAM Lab computer.
• How to use renice to run a process in the background
  How to use renice to run an already running process in the background before logging off WAM/GLUE
• How to use the nice command
  How to use the nice command to run processes in the background while logged into WAM/GLUE
• Information On How To Reclaim Disk Space On UNIX Systems
  How to reclaim disk space on a UNIX system
• Information On Newsgroups
  This provides information about newsgroups, newsgroups that university Maryland provides and how to read newsgroups
• Information on news kill files
  Information on news kill files
• Introduction to the Unix Shells
  This page provides information about the unix shell. It expalins about wild cards, aliases, shell, input and output, pipes, jobs and job control, history list and designators and modifiers
• Mail Filtering with Outlook XP
  Using Outlook XP's mail filter
• OIT Computer Lab Windows Environment
  This page provides information about the envirnoment on the Windows XP machines in the OIT Computer labs. It gives information about accessing your home directory and files in UNIX vs XP, profile.
• Parts of the UNIX System
  This page provides information on parts of the UNIX system. It has information about the Kernel, unix file systems, Groups, ownerships etc.
• Printing From a WAM Computer
  How to print from a WAM PC, Mac or Unix workstation
• Reading Usenet News From WAM, Glue, or GRACE
  How to read Usenet news from the OIT Unix systems
• Reading Usenet News on Unix Systems
  Downloadable document set
• SSH Gateway on the Web
  Make an SSH connection via your web browser
• Supporting information on running processes in the background on WAM/Glue
  Supporting information on running processes in the background on WAM/Glue
• The not Login Shell Message in Unix
  This page give information on why a user gets Not login shell messages when logging into the unix account. It also explain how to resolve it and kill the process.
• The xqpr window
  This is a screen shot of the xqpr window. This software is used when printing from a unix workstation.
• Transferring Files with SFTP or SCP
  General information on using secure ftp (sftp) and secure copy (scp)
• Turning Off Wild Card Expanison in Unix
  This page gives information how to turn off wild card expansion. This page has several ways of turning the wild card expansion off
• Turning Off the Windows XP Firewall
  How to disable the Windows XP Firewall completely.
• UNIX: Using Zephyr on Glue and WAM
  UNIX: Using Zephyr on Glue and WAM
• Unix Networking Utilites
  Various networking utilities found on the UNIX systems and their commands
• Unix: What Are All These Dotfiles In My Glue / WAM Account For?
  Information on Unix hidden (dot) files
• Using Fugu to Transfer Files with SFTP in Mac OS X
  Secure FTP client
• Using Mac X11 for Graphical Applications
  Use the X-Windows Application to make a secure connection
• Using The OIT Computer Lab Macintosh Workstations
  How to use Macintosh workstations in the OIT Computer labs
• Using Windows Workstations
  General information on using the OIT Computer Lab Windows workstations
• Using the Emacs Text Editor
  General info on using the emacs text editor.
• Using the Pico Text Editor
  How to use the Pico text editor
• Using the Unix Mail Program
  General information on how to use the Unix Mail (mail, mailx) application
• Using the Vi Text Editor
  General information on how to use the 'vi' editor