Your World account was created with a few customization files that are
mandatory.  If these customization files are removed or altered in
ways that we do not recommend, you may experience difficulties using
your account.  There are a large variety of optional customization
files that may hold some interest for you as well.


Mandatory Customization Files:

.cshrc      The csh configuration file is the place where your editor,
            prompt, history, and aliases are defined, among others.

.login      alter your vt100 default prompt, set the delete/backspace key and other functions
            
.gopherrc   this contains all the gopher set-up information. 
            Editing this file is strongly discouraged.

.newsrc     this file contains a working list of newsgroups, with
            any subscribe/unsubscribe activity so marked.  You can
            edit this file, but be careful.  If you should ever alter
            this beyond repair, simply copy over a fresh one from
            ~freduser, as in:  cp ~freduser/.newsrc .newsrc


.newsrc.bak  depending on which USENET newsreader you use, you may
.oldnewsrc   discover either of these files hanging around.  They are 
             simply backup copies of the .newsrc file and you should
             delete them to preserve your diskspace quotas.

.nn          this is a directory for various backup files that
             the nn USENET utility uses to manage your newsgroup
             access.

.pinerc      This contains the customizable configuration file
             used with pine, the email utility.

.rnlast      These are files used by the newsreaders tin and trn,
.rnsoft      and are not to be edited.

.tin         this is a directory for this USENET utility, the
             configuration file tinrc is located in this directory


Optional Configuration Files:

.addressbook this is created by pine, in its 'Address Book' area,
             and contains aliases for frequently used addresses
             or address lists for use when sending email messages.

.aliases     maintain a list of aliases for use at the UNIX command
             line.  An example:  alias d date  will create alias "d" 
             for the "date" command.  The name of this file is
             arbitrary, the shell does not look for it explicitly.
             For it to take effect, you would use the command
             "source  .aliases" in your .cshrc or .tcshrc file.
             aliases can also be (and usually are) established in
             the .chsrc file itself; you may keep them in .aliases
             if you like, it is a matter of preference.

.article     this is created when using trn, tin or pnews to post
             an article, and contains the content of your posting.
             The contents are overwritten the next time you post.

.autologout  this would contain a designated idle time period that would
             determine when your account would be automatically logged off.
             For example: 15m   would instruct the system to log you out 
             if it sees that you are idle for 15 minutes. `m' stands for 
             minutes, `s' stands for seconds and `h' stands for hours.  
             This feature sends the appropriate "hangup" signal to both  
             the active process (eg emacs if you're editing) and the login 
             shell.  When it happens you'll see the following message 
             before the modem should hang up:  "Login: terminal idle 
             too long, automatically logging you out."
            
.elm         this is a directory used by the elm mail utility.  The
             configuration file elmrc resides here.

.emacs       Emacs editor customization file

.forward     all e-mail sent to your World account will 
             automatically forward to the e-mail address
             you list in this file, using the address
             format  username@hostname

.hushlogin   to suppress motd announcements.  Can be and usually is
             empty.  You can create it with "world%  touch  .hushlogin".
             This is for use if you have a dreadfully slow connection
             or an anemic scripting language that cannot tolerate
             variable text.  If you use it, you will not see messages
             which we intent all customers to see.

.ircrc       a configuration file for various functionality. useful
             if you are a heavy irc user.  Example of contents of
             this file:   /JOIN #my_channel

.letter      this is created when you reply to someone while in
             trn(any others?) via email.

.lastmsend   if you use the msend program (broadcast an immediate
             message to another user) this file is created
             that contains the email of the last person you
             msent to.

.mailcap     this file contains instructions for your mail program on
             how to handle MIME-encoded message content.  Do not edit.

.mailrc      this contains set crt=24 to set a pager for lengthy messages,
             set metoo to generate a carbon copy for you for each message
             you mail, set askcc to prompt you whether you want a carbon
             copy and is where you place aliases for email addresses.

.mh_profile  this is used by the mh file system's use of various
             programs such as comp, pick, scan adn rapl.

.msgrc       this file contains the latest system message index that you
             have read.

.ncrecent    contains most recently accessed ftp site accessed by 
             the ncftp program.  See man ncftp.

.netrc       contains aliases for different ftp sites that you 
             access using ncftp frequently.  It allows for easy
             logging in to these sites.  See man ncftp.

.plan        any text you place in this file appears in your
	     finger listing, so this is a good place to provide
             information such as your telephone number, office
             location, and usual schedule.  Must be readable by
             other

.project     is a one line entry included in your finger listing.
             must be readable by other.

.rhosts      is used by rlogin program and must be defined carefully.
             Please see man rhosts.

.signature   automatically append the contents of this file to
             each e-mail message you send, including articles you
             post to a USENET newsgroup.

.vacation    you can let folks know you'll be on vacation for a
             set period of time with this automatic email response

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