amystar - /email/705/

Instructions for use of Pine 3.96

Sending Mail

>From the "Main Menu":
1.  Hit the "c" key.
2.  A screen with "To:," "cc:," etc. will pop up.  Using your
arrow keys, highlight the "To:" line.  When on the line, type in
the email address of the person you are sending to (i.e.
[email protected]) and hit "enter."
3.  If you need to send a copy of the letter you are about to
type, make sure you're on the "cc:" line and type in the email of
the person you want to copy to (i.e. [email protected]) and
hit "enter."
NOTE:  If you need to copy the letter to someone and do not want
the original receiving person to see that it was copied, while
above the "Message Text" line, hold down the "ctrl" key and hit
the letter "r", then use your arrow keys to highlight the "bcc:"
line.  When on the "bcc:" line type in the email address of the
person you want to copy to (i.e. [email protected]).
4.  If you want to attach a file that is already uploaded to the
server, make sure you're on the "attchmnt:" line, then type in
the exact name of the file (i.e. myfile.doc) and hit "enter."
5.  You should now be on the "subject:" line.  Type in the
general subject of your letter in approximately 3 words or less
(i.e. "Hi :)" or "Just checking in!") and hit "enter."
6.  Now you should be under a line that looks like this:
----------Message Text-----------
Start typing like you would type a letter on a typewriter or in a
word processor.
7.  When you've finished typing your letter, hold down the "crtl"
key and hit "x".
8.  It will ask (at the bottom of the screen) "Send message?"
Hit the letter "y" and the message will be sent.
9.  NOTE:  To cancel the message at any time before you send it,
hold down the "ctrl" key and hit the "c" key.  It will ask
"Cancel message?"  Hit the letter "y".  To postpone the message
at any time before you send it, hold down the "ctrl" key and hit
the letter "o".  When you hit "c" again to compose a letter, it
will ask you if you want to continue your postponed message.  If
you do at that time, hit the letter "y", if not , hit the letter
"n" and you can come back to it later.



Reading Email
>From the "main menu":
1.  Hit the letter "i" to go into your current folder, normally
it is defaulted to your INBOX where your new incoming mail is
stored.
2.  You should now be in a listing of your mail, whether new or
read, but undeleted messages.  Using your arrow keys, highlight
the message you'd like to view and hit "enter".
3.  You'll now see your message.  You can either use your arrow
keys to scroll down the message or you can go down page by page
by hitting the space bar (page up is the "-" key).
4.  To go to the next message without going into the INBOX index,
hit the letter "n" or "p" to go the previous message.  If you
want to go back to the INBOX index, hit the letter "i" and use
your arrow keys to move up and down the listing.

Replying to a Message

>From the point where you are reading the message:
1.  Hit the letter "r".
2.  It will ask, "Include original message in reply?"  If you do
want to include the text from the message you were sent, hit "y".
If not, hit the letter "n".
3.  Start typing your letter like you would if you were starting
a new letter below "----------Message Text----------".
4.  When you're finished, hold down "ctrl" and hit the letter "x"
to send the message.
5.  Note:  If you need to copy the reply to someone, use your
arrow keys to highlight the "cc:" line and type in the email
address (i.e. [email protected]) before you do step 4. (Read
further steps for cc'ing and bcc'ing under "SENDING MAIL" at the
beginning of these help files.)


The following is an example of a complex reply and how you can
split the message to insert your reply.  Each ">" is one reply.
(i.e. everything with "> >" before it is the original message)
On Thu, 11 Dec 1997, Jen wrote:

> On Thu, 11 Dec 1997, Yukiko wrote:

> > Nicholette has a hard time letting her go.  She wants her
> > sister to stay with her instead of going off to school.
> > Sibling love!!  How sweet!!

> Nicholette *is* a good sister.  It was so cute when she was
> taking away trash that Alyssa got out of the garbage when I was
> visiting.

Oh My~!~  I had no idea that happened!! That's too cute!

> > It's going to be interesting when Jason gets here.

> I think Alyssa will be happy to have someone else to pick.

Heh.. that's true!!

> > How is the weather there??  Jesper will be in January.  Are
> > you going to visit then too?

> The weather is grand!  I can actually not wear a sweater today.
> It's great.

Good to hear!

> Jesper will be here, eh?  I definitely will be up to visit!

> > I need to know if you can come so that I can plan the menu.


> Remember vegetarian for the menu.

Ok!! Will do!

-y-

(End example)


Forwarding a Message

>From the point where you are reading the message:
1.  Hit the letter "f".
2.  If you need to include a message, start typing your letter
like you would if you were starting a new letter below
"----------Message Text----------".
3.  When you're finished, hold down "ctrl" and hit the letter "x"
to send the message.
4.  Note:  If you need to copy the reply to someone, use your
arrow keys to highlight the "cc:" line and type in the email
address (i.e. [email protected]) before you do step 3. (Read
further about cc'ing and bcc'ing under "SENDING MAIL".)

Bouncing a Message

When bouncing a message you can not add text to the beginning of
the message like you could if you were forwarding a message.

>From the point where you are reading the message:
1.  Hit the letter "b".
2.  It will say, "BOUNCE (redirect) message to : ".  Type in the
email address of the person you are redirecting to (i.e.
[email protected]) and hit "enter".
3.  It will ask, "Send message to "[email protected]"?".  Hit
the letter "y" and it will be sent.
4.  NOTE:  You can also redirect from the INBOX index by
highlighting the message and following steps 1 through 3.

Saving a Message
>From the "INBOX" index:
1.  With your arrow keys, highlight the message you want to save
and hit the letter "s".
2.  It will ask, "Save to folder in  [saved-messages] :
".  If you just hit "enter" it will save it in the saved-messages
folder by default.  If you wish to save it in a special folder,
type in a name (i.e. "sister") and hit "enter".  It will then
say, "Folder sister doesn't exist.  Create?".  Hit the letter "y"
to create it and save the message to the folder.
3.  Note:  When reading the message is another point you can save
from.  Hit the letter "s" and follow step 2.

Deleting a Message

>From the "INBOX" index:
1.  With your arrow keys, highlight the message you want to
delete and hit the letter "d".
2.  It will put a "D" to the left of the message listing and will
move down a line if there is a line to move down to.
3.  Note:  When reading the message is another point you can
delete from.  Hit the letter "d".  At the bottom of the screen it
will say, "[Message deleted.]" and will go to the next message if
there is another message.  When you quit pine, it will be
deleted.

Undeleting a Message

>From the "INBOX" index:
1.  With your arrow keys, highlight the message you want to
undelete and hit the letter "u".
2.  It will take the "D" to the left of the message away and the
message will not be deleted while quitting pine.
3.  NOTE:  You can not undelete a message you have marked as
deleted if you exited pine before you undeleted it.

Creating a Signature File

>From the "Main Menu":
1.  Hit the letter "s".
2.  It will say, "Choose a setup task from the menu below : ".
Hit the letter "s" again.
3.  Type in the text you want appended to every message you send,
such as your name and business.
4.  When finished, hold down the "ctrl" key and hit the letter
"x". 5.  Note:  This text will be at the top when replying to a
message.  If you want it below all the text, (From the main menu)
hit the letter "s", then the letter "c".  This will bring up the
configuration file.  Go down several pages to "[  ]
signature-at-bottom" and hit the letter "x".  Hit the letter "e"
to exit, then hit the letter "y" to save.



Changing the Real Name in Outgoing Mail

>From the "main menu":
1.  Hit the letter "s".
2.  Hit the letter "c" to enter the configuration file.
3.  When on the top line reading, "personal-name" hit the letter
"c" to change what appears after the "=" sign.
4.  It will say, "Change field personal-name value : ".  Type in
what you want to appear (backspacing over what is there, if
anything).
5. Hit "enter".
6.  Hit the letter "e" to exit the configuration file.
7.  It will ask, "Commit changes?"  Hit the "y" key.  It will
dump you back to the Main Menu.


Address Book

>From the "main menu", hit the letter "a" to enter the address
book.

Taking an Email Address

This will allow you to put an email address from a message you
are reading in to the Address Book (see "Address Book" section).

While reading a message:
1.  Hit the letter "t"
2.  Pine will place you in the editing screen for your address
book and prompt you for a nickname, a short name you will
remember for your friend.  Type in something easy to remember.
3.  Examine the other fields to see if they are to your liking.
Be sure, for example, that the "Fullname" is as you want it to
appear.  You can edit these by using the arrow keys and
"backspace".
4.  Hold down your "ctrl" key and hit the letter "x".
5.  Pine will ask if you want to save the changes, assuming you
do, type "y".

Adding an Entry

When you've added an entry to the "address book" you can just
type in the nickname you choose into the "To:" field when
composing a message and hit "enter" and the email address for the
person will automatically appear.

1.   Hit the letter "a".
2.  The first line that will be highlighted is "Nickname:".  On
this line type a short and easy to remember nickname for the
person you are adding the email of (Sister for "Margaret Jones")
and hit "enter".
3.   You should now be on a line that says "Fullname".  On this
line type in the real, full name of the person you are adding the
email of (Margaret Jones) and hit "enter" three times.
4.  You will now be on a line that says "Addresses".  On this
line type in the complete email address of the person (i.e.
[email protected]).
5.  Hold down the "ctrl" key and hit the letter "x" to exit.  It
will ask,"Save changes?" and you need to hit the letter "y".

Editing an Entry

>From the "address book":
1.  Highlight the line with the entry you need to edit.
2.  Hit the letter "v".
3.  Using the arrow keys (or "ctrl" "n"/"ctrl" "p"),  go to the
line you need to edit and edit it the way you would in a word
processor.
4.  Hold down the "ctrl" key and hit the letter "x"  to exit.
5.  It will ask "Save changes?" and you will need to hit the
letter "y".

Deleting an Entry
1.  Highlight the line you need to delete.
2.  Hit the letter "d".
3.  It will ask,"Really delete?" and you will need to hit the
letter "y".