Chapter 11: Net interactive (1 of 4) -- TALK

     TALK the Net equivalent of a telephone conversation and requires
that both you and the person you want to talk to have access to this
function and are online at the same time.  To use it, type

                talk user@site.name

where that is the  e-mail  address of the other person.  She will see
something like this on her screen:

                talk: connection requested by yourname@site.name
                talk: respond with:  talk yourname@site.name

To start the conversation, she should then type (at her host system's
 command line ):

                talk yourname@site.name

where that is the e-mail address of the other person.  She will see
something like this on her screen:

                talk: connection requested by yourname@site.name
                talk: respond with:  talk yourname@site.name

To start the conversation, she should then type (at her host system's
command line):

                talk yourname@site.name

where that is your e-mail address.  Both of you will then get a top and
bottom window on your screen.  She will see everything you type in one
window; you'll see everything she types in the other.  To disconnect, hit
control-C.
     One note: Public-access sites that use Sun computers sometimes have
trouble with the talk program.  If talk does not work, try typing

     otalk

or

     ntalk

instead.  However, the party at the other end will have to have the same
program online for the connection to work.