They are functionally equivalent. All of the email programs have on-line manual pages, readable by typing main mail , or man elm at the Unix command prompt. 14.2 File Management. It requires use of function keys, so if your function keys work, this is an easy way to manipulate your files. Remember, the GCG WPI interface is NOT a file manager, so in order to move, remove, copy, delete, and otherwise maipulate your files and directories, you must either use the unix commands described earlier in this document, or use the mc program.
Gopher is available from the unix command line by typing gopher .
Gopher is a program developed at the University of Minnesota which provides transparent access to many machines throughout the world by displaying a menu which, when you pick and item on it, may connect you to a machine anywhere on Internet. Here at the University, we have a gopher server, which in turn provides access to many other locations throughout Internet. Gopher is mostly designed to provide access to information in the form of text files which you can read, print, and mail to yourself. Such diverse things as help files for specific programs and President Clinton's entire Health Plan are available through gopher. The Health Plan was available in toto within days after it was released to the public.