LINUX CLASSES - EMAIL
What is the Best Email Program for Linux?
Pine is an email handler that is much friendlier than the plain ol'
mail command. Pine sport
s a full-screen
interface and a context-sensitive list of commands on each screen. Even though it's text-based (no GUI) it's
very easy to use and has enough features to satisfy almost any user. I personally recommend Pine and use it in a Linux
environment, even though I access the Internet from a Windows machine.
In case you're wondering why an email system would be named after a tree, here's the scoop. Pine was
originally based on another email program called Elm(short for "ELectronic Mail"), written by Internet
pioneer Dave Taylor. The name Pine was first an acronym for "Pine Is Not Elm," but today the official title
is Program for Internet News and Email. (Revisionists: 1, Geeks: 0セfilm at 11.)
Starting Pine
To fire up the Pine program, use the following command, and you'll see the Pine main menu screen:
% pine
PINE 4.10 MAIN MENU Folder: INBOX 3 Messages
? HELP - Get help using Pine
C COMPOSE MESSAGE - Compose and send/post a message
I MESSAGE INDEX - View messages in current folder
L FOLDER LIST - Select a folder OR news group to view
A ADDRESS BOOK - Update address book
S SETUP - Configure or update Pine
Q QUIT - Exit the Pine program
Copyright 1989-1999. PINE is a trademark of the U. of Washington
? Help P PrevCmd R RelNotes
O OTHER CMDS > [ListFldrs] N NextCmd K KBLock
Typically, I press I to jump right into my INBOX, but Pine also offers several options: pressing C to send a message, L to see a list
of my saved mail folders, or A to manage my address book. (We'll touch on those options later.)
If you want to bypass this opening screen, you can add the -i flag to your pine command and go directly to the INBOX screen.
For more information on the pine command, see the
pine manual.
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Comments - most recent first
(Please feel free to answer questions posted by others!)
john (11 Sep 2014, 22:31)
Go easy on me will you? I'm a newbee at Linux, but I am learning. It may
take some time to learn since I'm what some call an old goat. That's ok,
I'm not dead. My OS is Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. I like the GUI, but I want to
learn the rest. Thanks.
John
Majed (07 Dec 2011, 09:09)
@phani go to
www.washington.edu/pine/getpine/pcpine. h t m l
phani kumar (05 Feb 2011, 10:20)
how to install pine in windows
Russ (13 Feb 2010, 21:44)
I am using ubuntu 9.1, with firefox for web surfing. I use aol for my
email and just log in and off I go. Works good for me!
lslackware (09 Feb 2010, 12:24)
1) wget ftp://ftp.cac.washington.edu/pine/pine_4.64_i386.deb
2) sudo apt-get install libssl0.9.7
3) sudo dpkg -i pine_4.64_i386.deb
Bob Rankin (29 Jan 2010, 07:40)
Instructions for installing Pine are here:
http://www.washington.edu/pine/getpine/linux.html
sumeet (29 Jan 2010, 06:36)
how to install pine in ubuntu
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