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- URL: http://www.zrox.net/Mail/Pine/pip.txt
- Last-modified: 2002-09-16
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- Welcome to comp.mail.pine, a newsgroup devoted to discussing the popular
- Pine mail and news client from the University of Washington.
-
- The purpose of this document is to acquaint new readers with the
- newsgroup, answer some frequently asked questions, and point readers to
- sources of further information.
-
-
- QUESTIONS
-
- 1. The Newsgroup
- 1.1 What is comp.mail.pine?
- 1.2 What kind of questions are welcome?
- 1.3 Are the discussions archived?
- 1.4 What other discussion fora are available?
-
- 2. The Program
- 2.1 Where can I get Pine?
- 2.2 What is the latest version?
- 2.3 What platforms is it available for?
-
- 3. FAQs
- 3.1 How do I change my From: header?
- 3.2 How do I set my Reply-To: header?
- 3.3 Can Pine read mail from a POP3 server?
- 3.4 Can Pine notify me when I get new mail?
- 3.5 Can I send mail from the command-line without using the composer?
- 3.6 Pine doesn't show my name in messages from me. How do I fix it?
- 3.7 My local username is different from the one on my remote server.
- How do I read/send mail/news?
-
- 4. Further information
-
- 5. Credits
-
-
- ANSWERS
-
- Section 1: The Newsgroup
-
- 1.1 What is comp.mail.pine?
-
- comp.mail.pine is a USENET newsgroup devoted to discussion of the
- Pine mail and news client.
-
- 1.2 What kind of questions are welcome?
-
- The newsgroup is intended for end-user questions, although more
- technical as well as administrative discussions also take place.
- Asking FAQs is frowned upon.
-
- 1.3 Are the discussions archived?
-
- Google Groups maintains an archive of most USENET newsgroups. The
- archive for comp.mail.pine is available at
- <http://groups.google.com/groups?group=comp.mail.pine>
-
- Etiquette suggests that you search the archive first to see if your
- question has been answered, before you ask the newsgroup.
-
- 1.4 What other discussion fora are available?
-
- In addition to comp.mail.pine, the University of Washington runs the
- pine-info mailing list. This mailing list is for administration
- issues regarding Pine. You can find subscription information, as well
- as the archives at <http:/www.washington.edu/pine/pine-info/>
-
-
- Section 2: The Program
-
- 2.1 Where can I get Pine?
-
- Pine is available for download from the University of Washington's
- web site at <http://www.washington.edu/pine/>. It is also available
- via anonymous FTP from their FTP site <ftp.cac.washington.edu> in the
- pine/ directory. The latest version is always pine.tar.Z or
- pine.tar.gz
-
- 2.2 What is the latest version?
-
- Version information, as well as changes since the last version are
- available from UW's page at
- <http://www.washington.edu/pine/changes.html>
-
- 2.3 What platforms is it available for?
-
- Pine is currently available for various flavors of Unix as well as
- Linux, MacOS X, Microsoft Windows and other platforms. Earlier versions
- are available for MS-DOS. A complete list of ports is available at
- <http://www.washington.edu/pine/overview/ports.html>
-
-
- Section 3: FAQs
-
- This section touches only very briefly on a few of the most frequently
- asked questions. Please see the resources listed in Section 4. There are
- other frequently asked questions that are answered in those pages, and
- the questions answered here are dealt with in greater depth as well.
-
- 3.1 How do I change my From: header?
-
- In recent versions, you can go to (M)ain (S)etup (C)onfig and under
- customized-hdrs, add your address like this:
-
- From: "My Name" <my@address.invalid>
-
- The most complete instructions are available from Infinite Ink's web
- page at <http://www.ii.com/internet/messaging/pine/changing_from/>. It
- includes instructions for earlier versions, and alternative ways to do
- it.
-
- 3.2 How do I set my Reply-To: header?
-
- In the configuration screen (Main, Setup, Config) scroll down to the
- customized-hdrs option, and add Reply-To as an entry. If you wish to
- always add the same address in that header, you can specify it like
- this:
-
- customized-hdrs = Reply-To: xyzzy@example.invalid
-
- If you do not set the value of the Reply-To: header as above, you can
- add it in when you compose a message, by moving into the header area
- of the composer and pressing ^R for rich headers.
-
- 3.3 Can Pine read mail from a POP3 server?
-
- Yes. Specify the server configuration as follows:
-
- {server.name.invalid/pop3}
-
- The /pop3 flag will tell Pine to use the POP3 protocol. If you use
- POP3, you will have issues with new mail notification. See question
- 3.4. You may also be interested in question 3.7.
-
- 3.4 Can Pine notify me when I get new mail?
-
- If you are accessing your inbox as a local spool or with the IMAP
- protocol, then Pine will notify you when you get new mail. If you use
- POP3, then you will not, because of a limitation in the protocol and
- Pine's support of it.
-
- Pine will check for mail in incoming folders when you press the <TAB>
- key at the last message in the index. If you wish to check for new
- mail in a POP3 mailbox, you might want to add it as an incoming
- folder rather than as your inbox.
-
- 3.5 Can I send mail from the command-line without using the composer?
-
- No, not with Pine. You should use a command-line SMTP client for
- this, like mail or mailx for Unix. If you must use Pine, you can apply
- an unofficial patch by Eduardo Chappa for Unix Pine. It is available
- from his web page, listed below.
-
- 3.6 Pine doesn't show my name in messages from me. How do I fix it?
-
- It doesn't need to be fixed. Pine shows your messages like that only
- to you. Everyone else sees them fine. Pine shows them to you like
- that because for messages from you, it is presumably more interesting
- who the message is to, than who the message is from (you).
-
- If you really must change this behavior, go to the index-format setting
- in (M)ain (S)etup (C)onfig and read the help text. Copy the default
- index format from the help text, and change the "FROMORTO" token to
- "FROMORTONOTNEWS".
-
- 3.7 My local username is different from the one on my remote server. How
- do I read/send mail/news?
-
- In the server specification, add the user flag. For example,
-
- inbox = {mail.server.invalid/user=xyzzy}
-
- The /user flag can be added to any server specification, including
- IMAP, POP3 (in addition to the /pop3 flag), SMTP (only if SMTP
- authentication is necessary), NNTP etc.
-
- Section 4: Further information
-
- * The official Pine home page is at the University of Washington:
- <http://www.washington.edu/pine/>
-
- It includes the Official Pine FAQ
- <http://www.washington.edu/pine/faq/>
-
- * Infinite Ink has a lot of detailed information on Pine, as well as
- tips for power users and novices alike. This site is maintained by
- Nancy McGough.
- <http://www.ii.com/internet/messaging/pine/>
-
- The Power Pine page is at
- <http://www.ii.com/internet/messaging/pine/pc/>
-
- * Eduardo Chappa writes and maintains a list of unofficial patches to
- Pine. The patches are available from his site at
- <http://www.math.washington.edu/~chappa/pine/>
-
- He also has a Pine Help site, which is written more as a manual than
- as a series of questions and answers:
- <http://www.math.washington.edu/~chappa/pine/pine-info/>
-
- * Gopi Sundaram's comp.mail.pine FAQ is a collection of answers to
- questions frequently seen in the newsgroup:
- <http://www.zrox.net/Mail/Pine/>
-
- * The Open Directory Project has a list of links related to Pine.
- <http://dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Internet/Clients/Mail/Pine/>
-
-
- Section 5: Credits
-
- This document was written primarily by Gopi Sundaram. It includes
- additions and input from members of the comp.mail.pine community including
- Eduardo Chappa, Jeffrey Goldberg, Sebastian Jester, Nancy McGough and
- others.
-
- --
- (C) Copyright 2002, Gopi Sundaram, all rights reserved.
- Redistribution of this document is hereby freely granted so long as the
- document is redistributed in its entirety, with attributions and this
- copyright notice.
-