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pine(1)								       pine(1)

NAME
       pine - a Program for Internet News and Email

SYNTAX
       pine [ options ] [ address , address ]

       pinef [ options ] [ address , address ]

DESCRIPTION
       Pine  is	 a screen-oriented message-handling tool.  In its default con‐
       figuration, Pine offers	an  intentionally  limited  set	 of  functions
       geared  toward  the  novice  user,  but	it  also has a growing list of
       optional "power-user" and personal-preference  features.	  pinef	 is  a
       variant	of  Pine  that uses function keys rather than mnemonic single-
       letter commands.	 Pine's basic feature set includes:

	      View, Save, Export, Delete, Print, Reply and Forward messages.

	      Compose messages in a simple editor (Pico) with word-wrap and  a
	      spelling	checker.   Messages may be postponed for later comple‐
	      tion.

	      Full-screen selection and management of message folders.

	      Address  book  to	 keep  a  list	of  long  or   frequently-used
	      addresses.    Personal   distribution   lists  may  be  defined.
	      Addresses may be taken into the address book from incoming  mail
	      without retyping them.

	      New  mail	 checking  and notification occurs automatically every
	      2.5 minutes and  after  certain  commands,  e.g.	refresh-screen
	      (Ctrl-L).

	      On-line, context-sensitive help screens.

       Pine supports MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions), an Internet
       Standard for representing multipart and multimedia data in email.  Pine
       allows  you  to save MIME objects to files, and in some cases, can also
       initiate the correct program for viewing the object.  It uses the  sys‐
       tem's  mailcap configuration file to determine what program can process
       a particular MIME object type.  Pine's message composer does  not  have
       integral	 multimedia  capability, but any type of data file --including
       multimedia-- can be attached to a text message and  sent	 using	MIME's
       encoding rules.	This allows any group of individuals with MIME-capable
       mail software (e.g. Pine, PC-Pine, or many other programs) to  exchange
       formatted  documents,  spread-sheets,  image  files,  etc, via Internet
       email.

       Pine uses the c-client messaging API to access local  and  remote  mail
       folders.	 This library provides a variety of low-level message-handling
       functions, including drivers for a variety of different mail file  for‐
       mats, as well as routines to access remote mail and news servers, using
       IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) and NNTP (Network  News	Trans‐
       port  Protocol).	 Outgoing mail is usually handed-off to the Unix send‐
       mail, program but it can optionally be posted directly via SMTP (Simple
       Mail Transfer Protocol).

OPTIONS
       The command line options/arguments are:

       address		   Send	 mail  to address.  This will cause Pine to go
			   directly into the message composer.

       -attach file	   Send mail with the listed file as an attachment.

       -attachlist file-list
			   Send mail with the listed file-list as  an  attach‐
			   ments.

       -attach_and_delete file
			   Send	 mail  with  the listed file as an attachment,
			   and remove the file after the message is sent.

       -aux local_directory
			   PC-Pine only. When using a remote configuration (-p
			   <remote_config>)   this  tells  PC-Pine  the	 local
			   directory to use for storing auxiliary files,  like
			   debug files, address books, and signature files.

       -bail		   Exit	 if the pinerc file does not exist. This might
			   be useful if the config file is accessed using some
			   remote  filesystem protocol. If the remote mount is
			   missing this will cause Pine	 to  quit  instead  of
			   creating a new pinerc.

       -c context-number   context-number  is  the number corresponding to the
			   folder-collection to	 which	the  -f	 command  line
			   argument  should  be	 applied.   By	default the -f
			   argument is applied to the  first  defined  folder-
			   collection.

       -conf		   Produce a sample/fresh copy of the system-wide con‐
			   figuration file, pine.conf, on the standard output.
			   This is distinct from the per-user .pinerc file.

       -convert_sigs -p pinerc
			   Convert signature files into literal signatures.

       -copy_abook <local_abook> <remote_abook>
			   Copy	 the  local  address  book  file  to  a remote
			   address book folder.

       -copy_pinerc <local_pinerc> <remote_pinerc>
			   Copy the local  pinerc  file	 to  a	remote	pinerc
			   folder.

       -create_lu addrbook sort-order
			   Creates auxiliary index (look-up) file for addrbook
			   and sorts addrbook  in  sort-order,	which  may  be
			   dont-sort, nickname, fullname, nickname-with-lists-
			   last,  or  fullname-with-lists-last.	  Useful  when
			   creating  global  or	 shared	 address books.	 After
			   creating the index  file  in	 this  way,  the  file
			   should  be moved or copied in a way which preserves
			   the mtime of the address book file.	The  mtime  of
			   the	address	 book  file at the time the index file
			   was built is stored inside the  index  file	and  a
			   comparison  between	that stored value and the cur‐
			   rent mtime of the address book file	is  done  when
			   somebody runs pine.	If the mtime has changed since
			   the index file was made, then  pine	will  want  to
			   rebuild  the	 index	file.	In  other words, don't
			   build the index file with this option and then copy
			   the	address book to its final destination in a way
			   which changes the file's mtime.

       -d debug-level	   Output diagnostic info at debug-level (0-9) to  the
			   current  .pine-debug[1-4] file.  A value of 0 turns
			   debugging off and suppresses the .pine-debug file.

       -d key[=val]	   Fine tuned  output  of  diagnostic  messages	 where
			   "flush"  causes  debug file writing without buffer‐
			   ing, "timestamp" appends each message with a	 time‐
			   stamp,  "imap=n"  where n is between 0 and 4 repre‐
			   senting none to verbose IMAP	 telemetry  reporting,
			   "numfiles=n"	 where	n  is  between 0 and 31 corre‐
			   sponding to the number of debug files to  maintain,
			   and "verbose=n" where n is between 0 and 9 indicat‐
			   ing an inverse threshold for message output.

       -f folder	   Open folder (in first  defined  folder  collection,
			   use	-c n to specify another collection) instead of
			   INBOX.

       -F file		   Open named text file and view with Pine's browser.

       -h		   Help: list valid command-line options.

       -i		   Start up in the FOLDER INDEX screen.

       -I keystrokes	   Initial (comma separated list of) keystrokes	 which
			   Pine should execute on startup.

       -install		   For	PC-Pine	 only,	this  option causes PC-Pine to
			   prompt  for	some  basic  setup  information,  then
			   exits.

       -k		   Use function keys for commands. This is the same as
			   running the command pinef.

       -n number	   Start up with current message-number set to number.

       -o		   Open first folder read-only.

       -p config-file	   Use config-file as the personal configuration  file
			   instead of the default .pinerc.

       -P config-file	   Use	config-file  as the configuration file instead
			   of	default	  system-wide	 configuration	  file
			   pine.conf.

       -pinerc file	   Output fresh pinerc configuration to file, preserv‐
			   ing the settings of variables  that	the  user  has
			   made.   Use	file set to ``-'' to make output go to
			   standard out.  <IP> -registry cmd  20  For  PC-Pine
			   only, this option affects the values of Pine's reg‐
			   istry entries.  Possible values for	cmd  are  set,
			   clear, and dump.  Set will always reset Pine's reg‐
			   istry entries according to  its  current  settings.
			   Clear  will clear the registry values.  Clearsilent
			   will silently clear the registry values.  Dump will
			   display  the	 values	 of current registry settings.
			   Note that the dump command is  currently  disabled.
			   Without  the	 -registry  option, PC-Pine will write
			   values into the registry only  if  there  currently
			   aren't any values set.

       -r		   Use restricted/demo mode.  Pine will only send mail
			   to itself and functions like save  and  export  are
			   restricted.

       -sort order	   Sort the FOLDER INDEX display in one of the follow‐
			   ing orders: arrival,	 date,	subject,  orderedsubj,
			   thread,  from,  size,  score,  to,  cc, or reverse.
			   Arrival order  is  the  default.   The  OrderedSubj
			   choice  simulates a threaded sort.  Any sort may be
			   reversed by adding  /reverse	 to  it.   Reverse  by
			   itself is the same as arrival/reverse.

       -supported	   Some	 options may or may not be supported depending
			   on how Pine was compiled.  This is a way to	deter‐
			   mine	 which options are supported in the particular
			   copy of Pine you are using.

       -url url		   Open the given url.	Cannot be used with -f	or  -F
			   options.

       -v		   Version: Print version information.

       -version		   Version: Print version information.

       -x config	   Use configuration exceptions in config.  Exceptions
			   are used to override your default  pinerc  settings
			   for a particular platform, can be a local file or a
			   remote folder.

       -z		   Enable ^Z and SIGTSTP so pine may be suspended.

       -option=value	   Assign value to the config option option e.g. -sig‐
			   nature-file=sig1 or -feature-list=signature-at-bot‐
			   tom (Note: feature-list values are additive)

CONFIGURATION
       There are several levels of Pine configuration.	 Configuration	values
       at  a  given  level over-ride corresponding values at lower levels.  In
       order of increasing precedence:

	o built-in defaults.
	o system-wide pine.conf file.
	o personal .pinerc file (may be set via built-in Setup/Config menu.)
	o command-line options.
	o system-wide pine.conf.fixed file.

       There is one exception  to  the	rule  that  configuration  values  are
       replaced	 by  the value of the same option in a higher-precedence file:
       the feature-list variable has values that  are  additive,  but  can  be
       negated	by  prepending	"no-"  in front of an individual feature name.
       Unix Pine also uses the following environment variables:

	 TERM
	 DISPLAY     (determines if Pine can display IMAGE attachments.)
	 SHELL	     (if not set, default is /bin/sh )
	 MAILCAPS    (semicolon delimited list of path names to mailcap files)

FILES
       /usr/spool/mail/xxxx	   Default folder for incoming mail.
       ~/mail			   Default directory for mail folders.
       ~/.addressbook		   Default address book file.
       ~/.addressbook.lu	   Default address book index file.
       ~/.pine-debug[1-4]	   Diagnostic log for debugging.
       ~/.pinerc		   Personal pine config file.
       ~/.newsrc		   News subscription/state file.
       ~/.signature		   Default signature file.
       ~/.mailcap		   Personal mail capabilities file.
       ~/.mime.types		   Personal file extension to MIME  type  map‐
       ping
       /etc/mailcap		   System-wide mail capabilities file.
       /etc/mime.types		   System-wide file ext. to MIME type mapping
       /usr/local/lib/pine.info	   Local pointer to system administrator.
       /usr/local/lib/pine.conf	   System-wide configuration file.
       /usr/local/lib/pine.conf.fixed Non-overridable configuration file.
       /tmp/.\usr\spool\mail\xxxx  Per-folder mailbox lock files.
       ~/.pine-interrupted-mail	   Message which was interrupted.
       ~/mail/postponed-msgs	   For postponed messages.
       ~/mail/sent-mail		   Outgoing message archive (FCC).
       ~/mail/saved-messages	   Default destination for Saving messages.

SEE ALSO
       pico(1),	 binmail(1),  aliases(5),  mailaddr(7), sendmail(8), spell(1),
       imapd(8)

       Newsgroup:  comp.mail.pine
       Pine Information Center:	 http://www.washington.edu/pine
       Source distribution:  ftp://ftp.cac.washington.edu/pine/pine.tar.Z
       Pine Technical Notes, included in the source distribution.
       C-Client messaging API library, included in the source distribution.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
       The University of Washington Pine development team (part of the UW Office
       of Computing & Communications) includes:

	Project Leader:		  Mike Seibel
	Principal authors:	  Mike Seibel, Steve Hubert, Laurence Lundblade*
	C-Client library & IMAPd: Mark Crispin
	Pico, the PIne COmposer:  Mike Seibel
	Documentation:		  Many people!
	PC-Pine for Windows:	  Tom Unger, Mike Seibel
	Project oversight:	  Terry Gray, Lori Stevens
	Principal Patrons:	  Ron Johnson, Mike Bryant
	Additional support:	  NorthWestNet
	Initial Pine code base:	  Elm, by Dave Taylor & USENET Community Trust
	Initial Pico code base:	  MicroEmacs 3.6, by Dave G. Conroy
	User Interface design:	  Inspired by UCLA's "Ben" mailer for MVS
	Suggestions/fixes/ports:  Folks from all over!

	  *Emeritus

       Copyright 1989-2005 by the University of Washington.
       Pine and Pico are trademarks of the University of Washington.

       $Date: 2005-09-15 14:01:32 -0700 (Thu, 15 Sep 2005) $

				 Version 4.64			       pine(1)
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