We offer UNIX shell accounts as a stand-alone service. Our shell access is very robust and features a wide array of tools for operating within the UNIX environment. We are confident you'll find that our UNIX shell accounts operate quickly and efficiently.

UNIX System

All shells are housed on UltraSparc hardware running the Sun Solaris operating system.

Email

Your UNIX shell username is also your email address, i.e. "user@xnet.com". Set spam and virus filters, autoresponders, mail forwarding, and message sorting through our Sync! Mail management portal. , XNet's answer to managing your e-mail is included. Details available here. Our UNIX shell accounts offer the following e-mail programs:

pine     elm     mutt

News

XNet offers three separate newsfeeds, so you get the most complete news feed in the Chicago area. We offer the following news reader programs:

slrn     tin     trn

Misc.

Access popular UNIX programs such as irc, ftp, and telnet, as well as the following commonly-used features:

gcc     perl 5   vim
emacs   lynx     vi
ssh     ncftp    screen

Personal Disk Space

All of our clients are allowed 10 MB of disk space and full access to a wide array of CGI tools to run your own scripts.

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