----> Pine Tutorial <---- --> Rev. 4 <-- Chris Alfeld - calfeld@east.east.slc.k12.ut.us Legal Guck: You are free to distribute this guide unmodified in any non-profit way. If you would like to modify it, or distribute it for a profit (CD-ROM, etc..). Please ask me (address above). Archives: ftp://ftp.east.slc.k12.ut.us/calfeld/ http://www.math.utah.edu/creations/ gopher://gopher.east.slc.k12.ut.us/1/Guides/ Spanish Version: A spanish version of this guide is available at the archive sites. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a step-by-step tutorial for beginners in pine. This does not cover many advanced or uncommon features or configuration. I am currently writing "Intermediate Pine", "Advanced Pine", and "Configuring Pine". Please send all comments, requests for guides, or requests to get on my mailing list to calfeld@east.east-slc.edu This tutorial is based on version 3.89 with default set-up. Part 1-Composing a message: 1)type 'pine' at your prompt to load pine. If you have a non-shell interface do whatever is necessary to launch pine. 2)You are now at the main menu: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PINE 3.89 MAIN MENU Folder: INBOX 0 Messages ? 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 Copyright 1989-1993. PINE is a trademark of the University of Washington. ? Help P PrevCmd R RelNotes O OTHER CMDS L [ListFldrs] N NextCmd K KBLock ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type 'c' to enter the composition screen. 3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PINE 3.89 COMPOSE MESSAGE Folder: INBOX 0 Messages To : Cc : Attchmnt: Subject : ----- Message Text ----- ^G Get Help ^C Cancel ^R Rich Hdr ^K Del Line ^O Postpone ^X Send ^D Del Char ^J Attach ^U UnDel Line^T To AddrBk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The "To:" field is who you want to send the message to. For this tutorial put your own login name in. You will be sending a message to your self. To : calfeld Pine should expand this to your full name (this is only done for people who are on the same system as you are.) To : Chris Alfeld 4) Leave the Cc: field blank. If you were to put a address in here a copy of your letter would be sent to that address. 5) Leave Attchmnt: field blank as well. This is used to attach files to a letter. 6) Enter a subject for your letter. When you receive mail the mail will be listed with only the subject shown, you can then choose which letter you wish to read completely. To : Chris Alfeld Cc : Attchmnt: Subject : Tutorial Letter 7) Now enter your message. (Pine uses the editor pico by default. I have not included instructions on pico here but may in another paper) ----- Message Text ----- This is a test letter for the pine tutorial. 8) Type ^T to check the spelling of your message. 9) Type ^X to send the message. Answer 'y' or just press return to: Send message? [y] : 10) You should now be back at the main menu. If you get a message that messes up your screen don't worry; just type ^L and all will be fine again. Now proceed to part 2. Part 2-Reading a message. 1) Get to the main menu of pine. If you are already here from part 1 quit by typing 'Q' and relaunch pine. 2) Type 'I' to enter the folder index: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PINE 3.89 FOLDER INDEX Folder: INBOX Message 1 of 1 NEW + N 1 Mar 27 To: Chris Alfeld < (419) Tutorial Letter [Folder "INBOX" opened with 1 message] ? Help M Main Menu P PrevMsg - PrevPage D Delete R Reply O OTHER CMDS V [ViewMsg] N NextMsg Spc NextPage U Undelete F Forward ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You will see the line: + N 1 Mar 27 To: Chris Alfeld < (419) Tutorial Letter A B C D E F A: A plus represents that this letter is addressed to you, rather than a mailing list, or mail alias. B: N represent that this is a new letter. C: This is the date it was sent. D: This is who the letter is for. E: This is how many characters are in the letter. F: This is the subject of the letter. 3) Use the arrow keys or 'P' and 'N' until the correct line is highlighted and press return. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PINE 3.89 MESSAGE TEXT Folder: INBOX Message 1 of 2 100% Date: Sun, 27 Mar 1994 14:03:26 -0700 (MST) From: Chris Alfeld To: Chris Alfeld Subject: Tutorial Letter This is a test letter for the pine tutorial. ? Help M Main Menu P PrevMsg - PrevPage D Delete R Reply O OTHER CMDS V ViewAttch N NextMsg Spc NextPage U Undelete F Forward 4) You may now do many things with this letter. You can delete (D) it if you have no more interest in it. You can save it (S) if you would like to keep it. You can export (E) it to a file. You can reply (R) to it. You can forward (F) it to another person. Or you can leave it in your inbox wasting precious disk space and forcing the computer to tell you that you have mail every time you log in. Two notes on replying. On almost ALL posabilities you want to answer 'n' to a question of "Reply to all receipents?". The "Include original message in Reply?" question if answered yes will copy the contents of the current letter to the letter you will be sending in return. For this tutorial we will delete the message with the "D" command. Last note: It is not a good idea to leave mail in the inbox. Either delete it with 'D' or save it with 'S'. It will ask you at some point if you wish to expunge deleted messages. Answer 'y'. Part 3-Adding an address to the address book. 1)Launch pine. 2)At the main menu press 'a'. 3)Press 'a' to add a address. 4) New full name (last, first) : Enter the last name and first name of the person that owns the address. This is for your reference only. New full name (last, first) : Alfeld, Chris 5) Enter new nickname (one word and easy to remember) : This is what you will type into the "To:" field to send a message to the address you are entering. Enter new nickname (one word and easy to remember) : chris 6) Enter new e-mail address : Enter the e-mail address. Enter new e-mail address : calfeld@east.east-slc.edu 7) If you did the one above you can now enter 'chris' into the 'To: ' field of any message and it will send the message to me. 8)If you wish to delete an entry: select the entry with the arrow keys or 'n' and 'p' and press 'd'. If you wish to edit the entry either select it and press 'e' or you the arrow keys to select the part you wish to edit and press ' return'. Part 4-Viewing old mail. 1)Enter pines main menu. 2)Press 'L' to enter the folder list: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PINE 3.89 FOLDER LIST Folder: INBOX 0 Messages INBOX sent-mail saved-messages ? Help M Main Menu P PrevFldr - PrevPage D Delete R Rename O OTHER CMDS V [ViewFldr] N NextFldr Spc NextPage A Add ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3)Select the folder you wish to view and press return. INBOX is the folder where new mail is. sent-mail is where the messages you send are kept. saved-messages is where messages you saved are kept. 3)You can now process the messages here just like those in the inbox.