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> XI. PINE (E-Mail)
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>
> Electronic mail (e-mail) lets you send typed messages to other
> Chebucto Community Net members, and to people anywhere in the world,
> as long as they have an Internet e-mail address. Chebucto Community
> Net uses a mail managing program called Pine to send, recieve, read,
> write and store mail. To get to Pine, type "g mail" and press [ENTER].
> You will arrive in your new mail folder. If there is any, it will
> appear as a list. Type "m" to go to the Pine main menu or "v" to view
> mail. You can also read your mail by using the arrow keys to select a
> message and then hit the right arrow or [ENTER] to read the message.
>
> There are also a number of other functions that the user can set for
> Pine. These include using Pine to read and post to Newsgroups and
> other configuration options. The Community Net Keymap does not operate
> in Pine, it has instead its own sets of commands in its different
> sections. Remember that, '^' means to hold down the Control key while
> pressing the other key.
>
> PINE 3.91 MAIN MENU
> ___________________________________
>
> ? HELP - Get help using Pine
> c COMPOSE MESSAGE - Compose and send a message
> i FOLDER INDEX - View messages in current folder
> l FOLDER LIST - Select a folder to view
> a ADDRESS BOOK - Update address book
> s SETUP - Configure or update Pine
> q QUIT - Exit the Pine program
>
> General Pine Commands
>
> ? Display help text
> o Show other available commands
> m MAIN MENU screen
> q Quit Pine
> c Compose a message to selected address
> l FOLDER LIST screen
> g Specify a folder to go to
> i FOLDER INDEX screen
>
> Sending Mail
>
> From most areas in Pine, "c" will take you to the composing screen.
> The basics of editing are the same as for the Pico editor detailed
> later in this document. Look there for a detailed description of
> editing the message.
>
> The top part of the composing screen contains a header for the address
> and some information about sending it. Below this is the actual
> message.
>
> For example:
>
>From: aa001@chebucto.ns.ca Sat Mar 18 10:48:34 1995
>Date: Fri, 17 Mar 1995 23:07:11 -0400
>From: John Smith <aa001@chebucto.ns.ca>
>To: Jon Doe <aa002@chebucto.ns.ca>
>Subject: Good News!
> _________________________________________________________________
>
> Pine Composing Help
>
> HELP FOR 'TO:' IN MESSAGE COMPOSER
>
> The To: field in general
>
> Type in the e-mail addresses you want to send mail to. If you are
> sending mail to someone else on CCN then you can just type their login
> name (such as aa001), or if the person is in your address book then
> you can just type the nickname you gave the person. When you move the
> cursor out of the To: field, the full addresses will be filled in. The
> To: field may be several lines long, and have many addresses in it
> separated by commas. You can move around the To: field and the header
> with the arrow keys.
>
> Commands for editing the To: field
>
> Arrow keys Move the cursor around.
>
> Delete key
> Back Space key Erase character and move back one character.
>
> ^D Del Char Delete character under the cursor.
>
> ^G Help Display this help screen.
>
> ^X Send Finish composing this message and send it off to the
> addressees.
>
> ^C Cancel Stop sending this message. Anything you have composed
> is lost. You have a chance to confirm cancellation.
>
> ^R Rich Hdr Expand the header to show the Bcc: (Blind Carbon Copy)
> and Fcc: (File Carbon Copy) fields, so they can be
> edited. Giving this command again hides these fields
> again but does not remove the information.
>
> ^J Attchmnts Use this command to attach a file to a message.
> First you will be prompted for the file name, and then
> a description of the file you just attached. Once the
> file is attached it will be displayed in the
>"Attchmnts:"
> line in the message header with its size. The
> contents of the file won't actually show in your
> message.
>
> ^Y Prev Page Go back one page in the message text.
>
> ^V Next Page Go forward one page in the message text.
>
> ^K Del Line Delete the entire line the cursor is currently on.
> The last batch of lines that were deleted one after
> another is saved so they can be undeleted elsewhere.
>
> ^U Undel Line Undelete the last line or series of lines you
> deleted. To delete a series of lines and move them to
> another part of your message addresses be sure to
> delete them all at once.
> Using the Del Line and Undel Line commands is a
> convenient way to rearrange the order of addresses in
> the To: field, or move addresses between the To:, Cc:
> and Bcc: fields.
>
> ^O Postpone Temporarily stop working on the current message so you
> may read other messages, or compose another message.
> You can then resume working on the postponed message
> by going back in to compose. You will be asked if you
> want to continue the postponed message. Only one
> message can be postponed at a time. When you are
> ready to resume entering your message, choose
> Compose. At that point you will be prompted with the
> question "Continue work in progress?". Choose yes and
> your existing message will appear. Choose no, and you
> will be given a blank screen to compose a new
> message. You may resume composing the previously
> postponed message later.
>
> ^T To AddrBk Go into the address book so you can browse through
> your addresses. Put the cursor on the entry you want
> to send mail to and give the command to select the
> address ("S" Select). You will return to the
> To:field, and the address will be filled in. You may
> go into the address book several times to pick several
> addresses.
>
> Address formats
>
> E-mail addresses can be structured many different ways. The most
> common way is:
>
> somone@somehost Where somehost is usually the name of the system
> followed by abreviations for where the system is located. Such as
> CCN's address:
>
> chebucto.ns.ca This tells the people that the machine is chebucto and
> that it is in Nova Scotia, Canada. So a full address would be:
>
> aa001@chebucto.ns.ca But there can also be more complicated addresses
> that you may have to use. Just make sure that you use the address that
> people give you and it should work. Remember, that uppercase and
> lowercase letters makes a difference! Also, there are never spaces in
> any e-mail address.
>
> If the person you are sending mail to is on the same system (CCN in
> this case) then you can just enter their user name and the rest of the
> address will fill in automatically. So you could just type in:
>
> aa001 and when you moved out of the to: field the whole address would
> be filled in (aa001@chebucto.ns.ca).
>
> Sometimes a person's email address has their name and then in brackets
> there is the e-mail address:
>
> John Smith <aa001@chebucto.ns.ca>
>
> In these cases you only need to enter the address (without the
> brackets). When you fill out someone's email address on the same
> system (CCN) then it will also automatically fill in their name.
> _________________________________________________________________
>
> HELP FOR CARBON COPY (CC:) IN MESSAGE COMPOSER
>
> The Carbon Copy field in general
>
> The Cc: field is just like the To: field, except it is used for
> addressees that you wish to send a carbon copy to. That is, the
> message is not directly addressed to these recipients, but you wanted
> them to see the message. The only difference the recipients see is
> that their name is in the Cc: field, rather than the To: field.
>
> All of the things that you can do with addresses in the to: field you
> can also do in the cc: field.
> _________________________________________________________________
>
> HELP FOR ATTACHING FILE
>
> This field shows the attachments or other "parts" of the message you
> are composing.
>
> The most common use for this field will be to attach a file to your
> mail message. You can just type the file name here and if the file is
> found and accessible it will be "attached". You will know it is
> attached when the size of the file is shown. You can also add a
> description of the file between the quote marks "". You can remove and
> edit attachments to your messages by editing the items in this field.
> If you delete the line, the file will not be included in your message.
> When you attach a file, it will not actually be shown in your message,
> but if the line is the "Attchmnts:" field, the file will be included.
>
> Typing the file name here achieves the same result as using the ^J
> command.
>
> If some one sends you a message with different parts or attachments,
> you may forward that message with its different parts if you like.
> When you do this the parts will show up in the "Attchmts" field too,
> but they will be in square brackets "[]". These attachments can be
> images, files, other messages, sounds and even video. The type will be
> shown. You can remove these attachments if you like by deleting the
> line from the field. This is something you might want to do often
> because messages with attachments can become very large and it is
> better to send smaller messages if that will do.
> _________________________________________________________________
>
> HELP FOR MESSAGE SUBJECT: IN COMPOSER
>
> This is simply a few words summarizing the message that will show up
> in listings of the header when the recipient gets the message. You can
> type any text here you like. It's nice to make it as specific as
> possible. This shows up in the Index listings so the receiver can see
> what a message is about before actually reading it.
> _________________________________________________________________
>
> EXPORTING FROM PINE
>
> Using the Export command is the easiest way to take a message that you
> have received and put it in a plain file in your home directory. The
> file can then be edited, downloaded or used otherwise. The message
> will be written to the file with a small amount of the mail header
> information. You may want to edit the file to delete these headers if
> you don't want them.
>
> Editing exported files is safe. Be aware, however, that it is not
> always safe to edit a Pine email folder directly.
>
> To export a document, select it and then press "e". You will be asked
> for a filename (one is provided as a default) and where you want to
> export it - your personal files is the default for this.
> _________________________________________________________________
>
> NEXT NEW (TAB) COMMAND
>
> When you press the TAB key, Pine advances to the next "interesting"
> message. When you are using Pine to read email, that message is the
> next new message in the folder (a new message is one you have not read
> before). When reading news folders, Pine cannot tell which messages
> you have read, which you have not, so the next "interesting" message
> is the next one which you have not yet deleted.
> _________________________________________________________________
>
> PINE HELP ON ADDRESS BOOK
>
> ADDRESS BOOK COMMANDS
>
> The Address Book provides you with a place to store and select names
> of people you regularly send e-mail to. Once you have entered some
> names and addresses you can select them again and go directly to the
> composing screen with the address already filled in.
>
> Address Book Navigation Address Book Commands
> ----------------------- ---------------------
> P Prev Address E Edit selected entry
> N Next Address D Delete selected entry
> - Previous page of address book A Add a simple entry
> Spc Next page of address book Z Add to a list entry
> W Where is (search for word/ Y Print address book
> name in address book) C compose letter to selected
> address
>
> FOLDER LIST COMMANDS
>
> You can get to the folder list by pressing "l". You use this to get to
> your sent mail and saved messages folders, as well as other things.
>
>Navigating the Folder Screen Operations on the Selected Folder
> ---------------------------- ---------------------------------
> P Move to previous folder V View Index of selected folder
> N Move to next folder D Delete
> - Show previous page of listing R Rename
> Spc Show next page of listing
>
> FOLDER LIST Screen Commands
>
> A Add a folder
> G Specify a folder to go to
> I Show FOLDER INDEX
> of current folder
> W Whereis (search folder names)
> Y Print folder listing
>
> FOLDER INDEX SCREEN
>
> The folder index displays the headers or summary information of each
> message in the current folder. This is useful if you want to quickly
> scan new messages, or find a particular message without having to go
> through the text of each message, or to quickly get rid of junk
> messages, etc. If the list is too long to fit on one screen, you can
> page up and down in the list with the -/SPACE commands. The current
> message is always highlighted, and its message number is shown in the
> status line. Each message line contains the following columns:
>
> Status
> The first column shows the status of the message. It may be
> blank, or it may contain a "D" if the message is marked for
> deletion, or it may contain an "N" if the message is new
> (unread) and the text has never been looked at, or an "A" if
> the message has been answered (by using they Reply command). If
> the very first character of status is a "+", the message was
> sent directly to your account (you did not get it as part of a
> cc: or mailing list).
>
> Number
> Messages in a folder are numbered, from one through the number
> of messages in the folder, to help you know where you are in
> the folder.
>
> Date Sent
> The date the message was sent. Note that by default, messages
> are ordered by arrived time, not by date sent. (The sort
> command can be used to change the order that messages are
> presented.)
>
> Sender
> The name of the person that sent the mail. Various formats are
> used for mail addresses, therefore, this may show the address
> of the sender rather than the full name. If you are the sender
> of the message, such as when you Cc: yourself on a message,
> rather than showing your name, it will show the name of the
> recipient of the message.
>
> Size
> The number in parentheses is the number of characters in the
> message.
>
> Subject
> As much of the message's Subject line as will fit on the
> screen.
>
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