Starting the Software From a Remote Site (home PC)

Using PINE from a home PC should be exactly like running it in the CIRCA labs except that you will have to start it differently. You must have terminal emulation software capable of VT100 terminal emulation.  There are many different freeware and shareware packages available. If you're not sure if you have this software, and/or you want to get a different package, just ask one of the CIRCA lab assistants for advice.   Staff members that run NERSP recommend, among others, the shareware NetTerm.   A current version, NT32429.EXE, can be downloaded from the folllowing site (789K).

http://nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu/~dicke/xfer.htm

Detailed instructions on installing and configuring NetTerm for your home micro are included below.  Click here to view the NetTerm installation and configuration instructions.  From here on, this tutorial will assume you've either installed and configured NetTerm as described, or you have access to another functional telnet package.

From this point on it should appear and behave the same as a PC in the CIRCA labs where you have picked a Telnet login.

Pine Basics:

Starting Pine

To start: The details of how to start Pine vary considerably from site to site. (For example, you might select Pine from a menu of choices or type pine as a command at the Unix system prompt.) Consult your local support staff for further information. After starting Pine, the Main Menu screen appears. Each Pine screen has a similar layout: the top line tells you the screen name and additional useful information, below that is the work area (on the Main Menu screen, the work area is a menu of options), then the message/prompt line, and finally the menu of commands.

Users logging into NERSP.NERDC.UFL.EDU are accessing Node 15 on the IBM RS/6000 SP by default.  Start PINE by entering

              pine

at the prompt.  It is strongly recommended that the prompt be changed to display your current subdirectory.  Examples are shown below in the section Customizing Settings. 

To quit: When you want to leave Pine, press Q (Quit).

The PINE Interface

PINE's interface is very different from Netscape's Messenger or Eudora. Rather than being an application running in the Microsoft Windows environment, having a graphical user interface (GUI), it is entirely text based without mouse support. It runs on the host machine and the PC you sit at is simply a terminal.

What this means to you is that you will need to learn how to do everything from the keyboard. Sometimes the keyboard options seem cryptic. Even though this may seem to be a drawback, keyboard commands can frequently be faster and more efficient than using a GUI. Once you have learned all the most frequently used commands it's very easy to use the software.

Figure P-1

The Main Menu (figure P-1) is the first thing you will see. Each different screen in PINE has some common features which make it easy to work with. At the very top of the screen is a line in "reverse type" (white on black) which indicates the version level of PINE that you're using, the current screen name, and the status of your Inbox.

At the bottom of the screen are three very important lines. The first of these is in reverse type and is used to let you know important information about the current activity. It is also used to prompt you for answers to questions. For example, if you issue the command to cancel a message you've been writing, PINE will prompt you on this line to confirm that cancel operation. This line is where PINE communicates with you.

The last two lines on the screen display the valid command options for the current screen, option, or activity. The key which is assigned to each command is in reverse type. For example, the Help command can be issued by pressing the [?] (question mark) key. In PINE you do not have to press [Enter] after the key for a command. Since there are so many options in PINE and only a limited number of keys, key combinations are sometimes used. This is done by pressing the [Control] key and holding it down while pressing another key. You will see these key combinations denoted with a caret (^) before the letter. For example, the Cancel command which is available in some screens is denoted as "^C."

When there are more command options for a screen than can fit in the bottom two lines, you will see the option "O OTHER CMDS". By pressing [O], the bottom two lines will change to display more command options which you can use. The option does not have to be visible to use it. For example, if I press [O] at the Main Menu the command option "R RelNotes" will no longer be displayed, however I can still use it.

The middle of the Main Menu screen has some options listed which are the most common options. By default the "L  FOLDER LIST" option is highlighted in reverse type. You can move this reverse type "cursor" up and down by using the cursor keys (up and down, right and left arrow keys). When the cursor is highlighting an option, you can press [Enter] to choose it. Choosing an option in this way is the same as if you pressed the key specified at the bottom of the screen. If, for some reason, your cursor keys do not move the cursor up and down, you can always press [P] to move to the previous option or field, and [N] to move to the next option or field.

On other screens you can move the cursor from field to field by using the cursor keys. Typically the field label will be highlighted in reverse type and a blinking cursor will be placed at the beginning of the field. You can type in data at that cursor.

Setting and Changing Your Userid and/or Password

Since PINE is running on the host to which you have logged in, it can directly use your username from the system. This means that you do not have to configure PINE with your account and host information like you have to when using e-mail software that runs on the PC itself.

If you want to change your password for e-mail, you simply change your password for your account as you normally would. You can ask your System Administrator or one of the lab assistants for help. PINE does allow you to change your password from within the program by pressing [S] to change the setup, and then [N]. PINE will use the same process to change your password as if you went directly to the command prompt to change it.

Writing and Sending a Message

You can start writing a message by choosing "C  COMPOSE A MESSAGE" from the Main Menu, or simply press [C]. The screen will change to the Compose Message screen (figure P-2) and the cursor will initially be in the To: field. Enter a valid e-mail address in the To: field either by typing it directly, by entering a nickname, or by pressing [Ctrl - T] to go to the Address Book and get an address.
Figure P-2

When you use the Address Book to select an address by pressing [Ctrl - T] you will be presented with the Composer: Select Address screen. Press [Enter] to see an expanded listing of your Personal Address Book (figure P-3). You can select and choose an address by moving the cursor to highlight the one you want and then press [Enter], or press [S]. The Address Book will close and the address will be entered in the To: field. If you want to exit the Address Book without marking a selection press [E].

Figure P-3

After entering the receiver's address, press [Tab] or use the cursor keys to move to the next field. When entering data in the fields you can use [Ctrl - D] to delete a character and [Ctrl - K] to delete an entire field.

When you move the cursor to the Message Text field, the options at the bottom of the screen change somewhat as shown in figure P-2. You can still use [Ctrl - D] to delete a character and [Ctrl - K] will delete an entire line. The cursor keys will allow you to move freely around to edit the text. Pine will also automatically wrap your text. You should only include standard ASCII text characters in your message. If you have something special to send, you will need to send it as an attachment which we'll cover later.

If you change your mind and decide not to complete and send the message, just press [Ctrl - C]. You will be prompted to confirm that you really want to abandon your mail message. Just answer with [Y] to cancel this message.

When writing a mail message you must have a valid Internet e-mail address in the To: field and it's a good idea to have something descriptive in the Subject: field. When you have your message ready to send, press [Ctrl - X]. You will be asked to confirm the send command. Just press [Y] to send it.

Receiving a Message

To receive mail you don't have to do anything. Since PINE is running on the host, your mail is placed directly in the Inbox. When you open PINE you will see the number of messages in your Inbox at the upper right of the screen. If you are using PINE when a message comes in, you will see a message in the status line at the bottom of the screen indicating that a message has been received and you may hear a beep or bell sound.

All received messages are first placed in the Inbox. From the Main Menu screen (figure P-1) choose "L  FOLDER LIST" and then press [Enter] on the next screen to see an expanded list of your folders. You may only have the Inbox to start with. You can use your cursor keys to highlight the Inbox and then press [Enter] to open it. You will be presented with the Folder Index for the Inbox(figure P-4).

The Folder Index will give you a lot of information about each message. To the left of each message are special characters that indicate the status. Each one will have an 'N' next to them when they're new and unread. Once read, they will not have the 'N' anymore. If you've answered the message it will have an 'A' next to it. A 'D' indicates that the message is marked for deletion. Each message is assigned a number. There are 4 other columns of information containing the message date, the sender, the file size, and the subject field.

You can read a message by highlighting it and pressing [Enter] or [V] to open it. You will see the message in the Message Text screen (figure P-5). Each mail message will have the header information displayed at the beginning of the message. There may be any number of different header fields displayed depending on whether the sender included the information and/or whether their e-mail software writes all the fields to the header. Typical fields include the Date, From, To, and Subject fields.

Figure P-4

You can scroll the message up and down using the cursor keys or by using [-] to move up one page and [Space] to move down one page. When you have finished reading the message, you have a couple options to read another message. You can press [N] to open the next message and you can press [P] to open the previous message. You can also press [I] to return to the Folder Index screen (figure P-4) where you can select another message to read.

Figure P-5

You can also open the next message by pressing [D] to delete the current message. To find out more about deleting messages see the section entitled "Reviewing and Deleting E-mail Messages".

When you're done reading all your new messages in the Inbox, you can return to the Main Menu by pressing [M].

Replying to a Message

Sometimes you may want to reply to a question or comment in a message someone has sent to you. You could do this by writing a new message and entering the person's address, the subject, and maybe even some of their original message for reference. Rather than do all this manually, it can be done automatically just by pressing [R] when the message is highlighted in the Folder Index screen (figure P-4) or when you are reading the message in the Message Text screen (figure P-5). You will be prompted to include the original message in the body of your reply for reference. Answer with [Y] or [N] as you desire.

The screen will change to the Compose Message Reply screen which is actually the same thing as the Compose Message screen (figure P-2). The receiver's address will already be filled in along with the Subject: field. If you chose to include the original message in your reply, the first line in the body of your message will indicate that the receiver wrote the following text. The text of the original message will have each line preceded by a ">" (greater than) character.

You may edit the body of the original message just as if you typed it in yourself. Otherwise, replying is exactly the same process as writing your own original message. You send it the same way.

Reviewing and Deleting E-mail Messages

As you may have noticed, messages you have received do not automatically get deleted after you read them. They stay in your Inbox until you want to take them out. Also, the message you send will have a copy in the sent-mail folder. This may seem like a waste of disk space, but it is very convenient to be able to review old messages. Sometimes you may find that you want to reply to or forward one of them.

You can select and read any of the messages in your folders. If you have any message that you want to delete, just press [D] when the message is highlighted in the Folder Index screen (figure P-4) or when you are reading the message in the Message Text screen (figure P-5). A 'D' will be placed next to the message in the Folder Index screen to indicate that the message is marked for deletion. When you exit PINE you will be prompted, "Expunge the # deleted messages from 'INBOX'?" Press [Y] to go ahead and delete the messages.

You will be prompted monthly by PINE to move the contents of the sent-mail folder to a new folder. You don't have to do this and you can even delete messages from that folder just the same as you can from the Inbox.

Beyond the Basics:

Sending Copies to Multiple Receivers

Sometimes you want to send a message to someone and also send copies to others for reference. To do this, place the valid e-mail addresses in the Cc: field separated by commas. You can either type in a valid address or alias, or you can use the Address Book (figure P-3) by pressing [Ctrl - T] when the cursor is in the Cc: field. If you want to enter multiple addresses using the Address Book, just use it repeatedly.

Working with nicknames and address books is discussed in the section entitled "Using Nicknames and an Address Book" below.

Sending Blind copies

When you send a copy to multiple receivers, each receiver can see who other copies have been sent to. A blind copy does not include a list of all receivers. This allows you to keep the list of receivers private from each other.

In order to send a blind copy you will need to toggle on the extra header fields by pressing [Ctrl - R]. You will now have extra fields available at the top of the Compose Message screen (figure P-2), but the only one we are concerned with is the Bcc: field. You may enter valid e-mail addresses in this field just as you can for the Cc: field.

You may send blind copies to some people and regular copies to others.

Forwarding Messages

Sometimes you may receive a message that you know a friend would like to read. If the sender didn't already send a copy to your friend, you can forward a copy. To do this, just press [F] when the message you want to forward is highlighted in the Folder Index screen (figure P-4), or when you are reading the message in the Message Text screen (figure P-5).

The screen will change to the Forward Message screen which is actually the same thing as the Compose Message screen (figure P-2). The Subject: field will already be filled in. The Message Text section will have the original message including its header information preceded by a line indicating that a forwarded message follows.

You may edit the body of the original message just as if you typed it in yourself. Otherwise, forwarding is exactly the same process as writing your own original message. You send it the same way.

Using Nicknames and an Address Book

Before you can use nicknames or the Address Book, you will need to put some names and addresses in it. From the Main Menu screen choose "A ADDRESS BOOK" or simply press [A] to change to the Address Book screen (figure P-6). By default the cursor will be highlighting the option to expand your Personal AddressBook. Go ahead and press [Enter] to expand it and you will see "[ Empty ]" highlighted.

Figure P-6

Add a new entry by pressing [A] and answering the prompts. You will be prompted only for the 3 required fields: the person's real name, a nickname, and their e-mail address. You can simply press [Enter] after each to move to the next. When you have entered all 3 fields you will see the entry listed in place of "[ Empty ]". The nickname will be in the left column followed by the real name and the e-mail address will be in the right column.

You probably won't need to add any more information to an entry, but if you made a mistake entering data or you want to add additional comments to an entry, you can simply press [Enter] or [E] when it is highlighted. You will be prompted for a field to edit and the options at the bottom of the screen will change to show you the available fields for an entry. You can just press [Enter] to edit the address field, or press the appropriate key for one of the other fields. You will be prompted to edit the field and when you press [Enter] to accept it you will see the normal Address Book screen and options (figure P-6).

Once you have your addresses and nicknames in the Address Book, you can press [M] to return to the Main Menu screen (figure P-1). Your addresses are available for use.

Sending Attachments

Sometimes you may want to send something besides a simple message, like a graphics file or spreadsheet file. Rather than try to convert it to ASCII text in the body of your message, you can simply attach it as a separate file. Normally, since e-mail must be only ASCII text, a graphics file could not be sent to someone by e-mail. It would arrive in a corrupted and unusable form. PINE will automatically encode any binary files (like a graphic file) in an ASCII format which can be decoded by the receiving e-mail software. The encoding method used by PINE is a base64 MIME format. This is one of the most common and useful encoding formats, and most e-mail packages can read and decode it.

Since PINE runs on the host system and your PC is only an terminal, you cannot directly send or receive attachments from the PC's disk. You will need to transfer your files to your account directory on the host system first. Ask your System Administrator for help if you don't already know how to do this.

To attach a file you will need to specify the filename(s) in the Attchmnt: field of the Compose Message screen (figure P-2) separated by commas. You can either type in the filename directly, or more easily, select them using the Browser screen (figure P-7) by pressing [Ctrl - T]. The Browser screen allows you to select a file by using the cursor keys to highlight any files and/or sub-directories within the directory shown in the line at the top of the screen. You can press either [S] or [Enter] when a file or directory is highlighted to select it. When you select a file in this way it will be listed in the Attchmnt: field of the Compose Message screen (figure P-2). If you select a directory, you will be prompted to confirm that you want to change to the selected directory. The same options will be available in the sub-directory. If you want to exit the Browser screen (figure P-7), just press [E].

Figure P-7

It would probably be a good idea to include in the body of your message a listing of each attachment with a description. Someone who does not use PINE to read e-mail may not find the message organized as PINE intended.

Before sending an attachment to someone else, you might want to try sending a message with attachments to yourself.

Receiving Attachments

PINE deals with attachments by creating a multi-part message with references to the attachment parts. You can then choose to view the attachments individually. An example of a message with attachments is shown as figure P-8.

Figure P-8

There is an extra header field called Parts/attachments: which lists each of the attachments in order with an index number, the size, and file type. The body of your message will be shown as you typed it and a more detailed description of each attachment will be appended to it. Notice that the first part (number 1) is listed as shown. Part 1 is the message itself. All parts after that are the attachments.

If you want to see a particular part, just press [V] to view the attachments. You will be presented with the Attachments Index screen (figure P-9) which displays all the attachments (even part 1 which is the message body itself), and lets you select one to view or save to disk.

Text attachments can be viewed directly by PINE, but binary files cannot. If you try to view a binary file, you will see a message indicating that PINE doesn't know how to view it. So your only option for binary files is to save them to disk.

To view a text attachment just press [V] when it is highlighted. You will see it in the Attached Text screen. You can press [E] to exit this viewing screen. To save a binary (or text) file to disk just press [S] when it is highlighted. You will be prompted to save the file to your directory with the filename already specified. You may edit the filename and press [Enter] to save the file. Remember, since PINE runs on the host, your file is saved to your account directory there, not to your PC terminal.

After working with the attachments in a message, press [E] to exit back to the Message Text screen (figure P-8). You can then read other messages, etc.

Getting Help On-line

PINE has fairly comprehensive help built in to it. When performing many operations you will be able to choose a special key combination, [Ctrl - G], to get specific help in the bottom two lines of the screen. Otherwise you can always press [?] to get context sensitive help. When you're done reading the help on a topic, press [E] to exit the help screen.

If you are used to using Microsoft Windows, you may find PINE's help screens to be confusing and difficult. They aren't point and click and they don't have nice indices to help you find something. However, the creators of PINE have done a very good job of writing descriptions of PINE's functions clearly and concisely.

If you use the help screens regularly, you will find PINE much easier to understand.

Forwarding

The .forward command can be used to forward mail to other places where you might receive e-mail AND have a copy kept at your NERSP account. Create a file with the name

         .forward

in your NERSP root directory, i.e., where you are located when you first sign onto NERSP.  It can contain real names and addresses where the latter are enclosed in "<" and ">".

If you were J.  Smith and had

      (1) userID f4220xy on NERSP,
      (2) userID fireant on GatorNet, and
      (3) userId smitj9999 on AOL and

you wanted mail coming to you at NERSP to be available on all three sites, your .forward file would contain the following.

J. Smith  <f4220xy@nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu>
J. Smith  <fireant@gator.net>
J. Smith  <jsmit9999@aol.com>

When e-mail arrives at NERSP for f4220xy, a copy is put in the f4220xy mail files on NERSP and copies are sent to both other sites. An advantage of this is that J. Smith can get to NERSP e-mail at any of the three sites.  The obvious disadvantage is that multiple copies can quickly consume disk space.

Customizing Settings

New NERSP accounts have a large number of default settings. They can be seen by entering the command

         set | more

on the command prompt while in your root directory.  The "| more" pipes the file to your display one screen at a time.  Press the Space Bar key to see the next screen. 

Some settings are set by the system for the duration of a session, e.g., "TERM=nnn", the kind of terminal being emulated is set from a query NERSP sends to your connection when it is started. .  TERM should not be changed. Most settings should be changed only on the advice of a UNIX/AIX guru.

Two settings you may wish to set yourself are the command line prompt with PS1 and the the new mail prompt with MAILMSG.  These are put in your .profile file.

New NERSP accounts typically have a default .profile file.  It is executed when you log onto NERSP.   If you do not have a .profile account, one can be created by entering

         pico .profile

on the command prompt while in your root directory.

If .profile exists, the "pico .profile" command will open the existing file.  Enter the PS1 and MAILMSG environmental variables in your new .profile file or at the end of of your existing .profile file.  Enter a "export" command as the last line in your .profile.  This is a case sensitive system; enter the environment variable names exactly as shown by the "set" command and as shown below.

In the following PS1 setting, "u" includes your userID, "h" includes the NERSP processor where your session is running, "w" displays the path to and current working directory, and "$" is the end of the prompt.

         PS1='\u@\h:\w $'

A shorter prompt might include only your userID, path, and ">" as the end of the prompt.

         PS1='\u:\w >'

A new mail prompt message such as the following could be used

         MAILMSG=' You have new mail in your NERSP account. '

if you have multiple systems open where you can receive e-mail.

The end of .profile with two of the example environment settings shown above and the export command would be as follows:

         PS1='\u:\w >'
         MAILMSG=' You have new mail in your NERSP account. '
         export PS1 MAILMSG

Save the file by pressing Ctrl with O (to "Write Out") or save the file.  Then enter Ctrl with X to exit the Pico editing session.  The prompt will be in place when your next NERSP session is started.

If you are famililiar with the micro commands dir (directory), copy, rename, and erase, you may wish to add the following aliases to your .profile file.

alias dir='ls -lagFo | more'  # enhanced file structure viewing
alias copy='cp -ip'           # copy with an overwrite warning
alias rename='mv -i'          # rename with an overwrite warning
alias erase='rm -i'           # erase with a warning prompt

These can be placed after the comment statements and before the PS1 setting in your .profile file.

You may also enter a PS1 definition similar to one of those above anytime during a NERSP session.  That definition will become effective immediately.  A list of options available in the PS1 prompt string can be seen by (a) entering "man bash" and then "/prompting" at the NERSP command prompt.

Installing and Configuring NetTerm

Installing NetTerm on your PC

1. Enter the URL http://nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu/~dicke/xfer.htm.

2. Scrolling down the list, you will find a file available for download titled 'nt32429.exe'. This is the most recent version of NetTerm, 4.29, as of this update.
   
   
3. Click the filename 'nt32429.exe'.
   
   
4. You will be prompted about what you would like to do with the file. Click on 'Save file'.
   
   
5. Choose the directory where you would like the file to be located.  The location of this file is irrelevant.  Just make sure to remember where you download it.  It's recommended that you save the file in the location where you ordinarily download shareware software.
   
   
6. The file is 943K which will take approximately 4 minutes to download at 56kbps, and 7 minutes to download at 28.8kbps.
   
   
7. After downloading the file, open the folder where you downloaded the file and double click on the filename 'nt32429.exe'.
   
   
8. The file is a self-extracting archive.  The program will automatically begin setup.
   
   
9. Select which language you would like used during setup.  English is the default.  Click 'Next'.
   
   
10. The setup wizard will ask you where you would like to install the program.  It's recommended that you use either the default which is:
    
    C:\Program Files\Netterm Or specify the following directory,
    
    C:\
    and Click OK.  NetTerm will automatically create the sub- directory "netterm" under C:.  Therefore, you will see that it will install in C:\netterm.
    
    
11. If you've previously installed a prior version of NetTerm (perhaps version 4.01) the setup wizard may try to install a file with the same name as one that is already on your system (C:\WINDOWS\netterm.ini).  Go ahead and click OK to retrieve the more recent version of this file, overwriting the older file.
    
    
12. A window should pop-up telling you that NetTerm setup was successfull.   You're now ready to start using NetTerm.
    
    
13. During installation, a shortcut to NetTerm was placed in your Start Menu.
    
    
14. Click on the 'Start Menu' in the lower left hand side of the screen, ===> Go to 'Programs', ===> Go to 'NetTerm', ===> then click the only option which is 'NetTerm'.
    
    
15. The NetTerm window should now be open.
    
    
16. Click on 'File', ===> then select 'Phone Directory'.
    
    
17. Now you want to create a profile to connect to nersp.
    
    
18. Scroll down the list until the entry 'Telnet Default' is highlighted.
    
    
19. In the 'Host Name' textarea type,
    NERSP
    
20. In the 'Host/IP' textarea type,
    nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu
    
21. Set the 'Telnet Port' to 23 if it isn't already that as the default.
    
    
22. In the 'Emulation' drop box, scroll down and select VT220 emulation.
    
    
23. If you are dialing into the NERDC terminal servers with Win XX PPP dialing software, pick TCPIP as your connection, not modem.
    
    
24. In the 'Keys' drop box, scroll down and select VT220.
    
    
25. You've now entered all information necessary to connect to NERSP. Although not recommended, should you want to configure and customize your session further, click on the 'Desktop' button in the lower right. Otherwise,
    
    
26. Click the 'Add' button in the lower left hand side of the window. This saves the NERSP profile for future sessions.
    
    
27. Click Connect.
    
    
28. NOTE: The next time you load NetTerm, simply click on 'File' ===> Go to 'Phone Directory' ===> find and highlight 'NERSP' ===> Click 'Connect'.
    

Creating a NERSP NetTerm Shortcut On The Desktop

Following are instructions for creating a desktop shortcut that will connect to NERSP automatically when double clicked.

1. Minimize all active windows.
   
   
2. Right click on the Desktop, ===> SELECT 'New', ===> then SELECT 'Shortcut'.
   
   
3. You will then be prompted to enter the path of the desired shortcut.  Click 'Browse', then locate the file named 'netterm.exe' in the directory where you installed NetTerm. Click 'Open'.
   
   
4. Click 'Next' to continue.
   
   
5. You must now enter a name for the shortcut.  In this case, a good name for the shortcut would be NERSP.
   
   
6. Click 'Finish'.
   
   
7. There should now be a shortcut to NetTerm on the desktop.
   
   
8. On the desktop, RIGHT CLICK on the shortcut to NetTerm and SELECT 'Properties'.
   
   
9. CLICK on the 'Shortcut' tab and direct yourself to the textbox titled 'Target'.  This is the only area we are concerned with.
   
   NOTE:  In order to create a shortcut to NERSP, you must first have gone through the earlier steps of creating a profile for NERSP inside of NetTerm.  If you haven't already done this, refer to the first section of this manual.
   
   
10. NOTE: Before beginning Step #10, keep in mind that if at any time you accidentally erase the contents of this 'Target' text area, immediately click 'Cancel' and repeat steps 8 & 9.  Just make sure the entire textarea isn't highlighted blue when you're making any modifications.
    
    Being careful not to erase the contents of this 'Target' textarea, click the mouse at the end of the statement, OUTSIDE of the ending quotations (which will look something like "C:\Program Files\NetTerm\netterm.exe").  Or if you installed NetTerm in a directory other than the default, it will be 'C:\(THAT PATH)\NetTerm\netterm.exe'.
    
    
11. Now all that needs to be done to configure the shortcut to connect directly to NERSP is to type the 'Host Name' followed by the 'Port Number' both of which were specified earlier during the creation of the NERSP profile within NetTerm. If you used the suggested defaults when creating the NERSP profile, the 'Host Name' would be NERSP and the 'Port Number' would be 23.
    
    
12. Assuming the 'Host Name' you used was NERSP when creating the profile in NetTerm, and the default telnet port (23) was used... when finished, the 'Target' textbox will contain an argument such as,
    
    "C:\Program Files\NetTerm\netterm.exe" NERSP 23 or "C:\(YOUR SPECIFIED PATH)\NetTerm\netterm.exe" NERSP 23
    NOTE:  Make sure there is a space between the path to execute netterm.exe (the string in quotations), the profile name (NERSP), and the telnet port number (23).
    
    
13. Click OK.  You're shortcut is now configured to connect directly to NERSP.