- Hewlett-Packard Desktop PC Owner's Guide

System Overview

Networking Overview

Your workstation is capable of many more tasks than are described in this

owner’s guide. This section gives an overview of some of the networking

capabilities of your system and directs you to the appropriate source for

more information.

Mail

Electronic mail allows you to send and receive mail messages on your work-

station. For information on setting up and using electronic mail on your

workstation, contact your system administrator and also see the Using Your

HP Workstation manual that came with your workstation.

telnet

The telnet application uses the TELNET protocol to communicate with

another computer system on the network. The telnet application allows you

to log on to the remote system from your workstation. If your system has

manpages installed, you may read the online telnet man page by entering the

following at a command-line prompt:

man telnet