ARCHIVED: At IU, how do I make a telnet connection to the Shakespeare or Jewel systems so that I can use Pine to read and send email?

All Indiana University Bloomington students, faculty, and staff are entitled to an email account on the Shakespeare systems, and all IUPUI students, faculty, and staff are entitled to an email account on the Jewel systems. Pine is a program that allows you access to your Shakespeare or Jewel systems email account from any computer that has a telnet program. Follow the instructions below to connect via Pine to the Shakespeare or Jewel systems.

In the STCs or RTCs

IUB

• If you are using Windows in the IUB Student Technology Centers (STCs) or Residential Technology Centers (RTCs):
  1. Click Start and select Programs, then Communications, then Shakespeare systems.
  2. Select your email host: i.e., Ariel, Iago, Kate, or Lear.
  
  
• If you are using Mac OS X in the IUB STCs or RTCs:
  1. From the Dock at the bottom of your screen, select the Communications icon.
  2. If the Shakespeare folder isn't already expanded, do so by clicking the right-pointing arrow.
  3. Select your email host: i.e., Ariel, Iago, Kate, or Lear.

IUPUI

• If you are using Windows in the IUPUI STCs:
  1. From the Start menu, select Programs, then SSH Secure Shell.
  2. Open the Secure Shell Client application, and from the Profiles menu select your email host: i.e., Pearl or Jade.

• If you are using Mac OS X in the IUPUI STCs:
  1. From the Dock at the bottom of the screen, select the Internet and Communication icon.
  2. Select your email host: i.e., Pearl or Jade.

Via modem

IUB

Use your computer, communications software, and modem to dial 856-5200 or 856-5202. For more information, see the Knowledge Base document ARCHIVED: About campus modem pools. Then follow the appropriate instructions in the Making a telnet connection section below.

IUPUI

Use your computer, communications software, and modem to dial 278-5620 or 278-5621. For more information, see the Knowledge Base document ARCHIVED: About campus modem pools. Then follow the appropriate instructions in the Making a telnet connection section below.

In campus housing

If you live on campus, you can connect to the Internet via Ethernet and then make a telnet connection to your account according to the Making a telnet connection section below. For more information about how to set up your computer to connect to the Internet from your campus housing residence, see the Knowledge Base document Connect to the network in IU Bloomington or IU Indianapolis campus housing

Making a telnet connection

• In Windows using Hummingbird HostExplorer:
  1. From the Start menu, select Programs, then Communications Software 3.x.
  2. Select your email host: i.e., Ariel, Iago, Lear, or Kate at IUB; i.e., Jade or Pearl at IUPUI. If your host computer is not on this menu, see the Knowledge Base document ARCHIVED: In Hummingbird Telnet, how do I set up a connection to a new server?
  
  
• In Windows using SSH Secure Shell at IUPUI:
  1. From the Start menu, select Programs, then SSH Secure Shell.
  2. From the Profiles menu, select your email host: i.e., Jade or Pearl. If your host computer is not on this menu or does not work, select Quick Connect and type the correct email host from the following:

       jade.iupui.edu
       pearl.iupui.edu

  3. Type your username, then click Connect. When prompted, enter your password.
  
  
• In Mac OS X:
  1. From the Applications folder, open the Utilities folder.
  2. Open Terminal.
     • At IUB, at the prompt in the terminal window, enter the correct one of the following:

         telnet ariel.ucs.indiana.edu
         telnet iago.ucs.indiana.edu
         telnet kate.ucs.indiana.edu
         telnet lear.ucs.indiana.edu

     • At IUPUI, at the prompt in the terminal window, enter the correct one of the following:

         telnet jade.iupui.edu
         telnet pearl.iupui.edu

• In Mac OS with BetterTelnet or MacSSH:
  1. In BetterTelnet or MacSSH, press Cmd-o to open a new connection.
     • At IUB, when prompted, enter the correct one of the following:

         ariel.ucs.indiana.edu
         iago.ucs.indiana.edu
         kate.ucs.indiana.edu
         lear.ucs.indiana.edu

     • At IUPUI, when prompted, enter the correct one of the following:

         jade.iupui.edu
         pearl.iupui.edu

     Note: If you install BetterTelnet or MacSSH from IUware, you may also use one of the included shortcuts to connect to your account.

• From the IUPUI Office of the Registrar web page:

  At IUPUI, you can connect via the Office of the Registrar's web page at:

    http://www.registrar.iupui.edu/

  1. Click the Email Express link on the right of the page, and then click the name of your Jewel node.
  2. If you have a telnet client configured to work with your browser, a telnet session to your Jewel account will open. For more information, see the Knowledge Base document ARCHIVED: In Windows 2000 or XP, how can I set the default telnet program? or ARCHIVED: How do I set up Netscape 3.x-4.x and Internet Explorer 5.x to open telnet links?
  
  
• From the Connect to IUB Shared Computers page:

  At IUB, you can also connect to your Shakespeare account via the following web page:

    http://www.indiana.edu/~ucshosts/telnet.html

  1. Click the name of your Shakespeare node.
  2. If you have a telnet client configured to work with your browser, a telnet session to your Shakespeare account will open. For more information, see the Knowledge Base document ARCHIVED: In Windows 2000 or XP, how can I set the default telnet program? or ARCHIVED: How do I set up Netscape 3.x-4.x and Internet Explorer 5.x to open telnet links?

Logging in

However you connected, you should now see the login: prompt. At this prompt, enter your Network ID username. At the Password for username: prompt (where username is your username), enter your Network ID password. You are now at Pine's Main Menu.

Using Pine

For information on using Pine, please see the Knowledge Base document ARCHIVED: The basics of using Pine on the IU Shakespeare and Jewel systems.