Subject: Documentation for Pine

From: Colin Eric Johnson <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1993 01:43:08 -0500 (EST)

I am looking for some formatted docs for Pine. I would 
like it best if they were in MSWord format but anything will work that 
doesn't force me to reformat the pine.hlp file. Does such a creature exist?

Colin Eric Johnson		[email-masked]
University of Michigan, Information Technology Division Campus Computing Sites
finger @css.itd.umich.edu for PGP 2.3 key

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From: Joel Ness <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 93 08:21:15 -0600

>   like it best if they were in MSWord format but anything
>   will work that  doesn't force me to reformat the
>   pine.hlp file. Does such a creature exist?
>   
>   University of Michigan, Information Technology Division
>   Campus Computing Sites finger @css.itd.umich.edu for PGP
>   2.3 key

I've got a 16-page MSWord doc that I put together mostly out of the online help
for Pine. I included a number of screen shots and some local UMD information.
I've also got a two-page shorter version that just gets people started.

Be glad to send a binhex version to anyone who's interested.
_________________________
Joel Ness
UMD Information Services
[email-masked]
(218) 726-8841

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From: Keith Christopher <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1993 09:42:44 -0500 (EST)

How a version of pine for the PC that will dialout a modem and connect to do
imapd (or pop) mail, via modem. This way on the road I could get my mail 
without long connect times.

Keith Christopher
Welch Medical Library
Unix System Adminstrator

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From: Ron Pool <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1993 10:33:15 -0500 (EST)

> Be glad to send a binhex version to anyone who's interested.

Please send me a copy.  Thanks!
--
Ron Pool; Electronic Technology Group; B-15 Wing Hall; Ithaca, NY 14853
Internet: [email-masked]

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From: Terry Gray <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1993 07:41:50 -0800 (PST)

> without long connect times.

Keith,
This is on our wish list also, and planned for 1H94... 

Pine works fine via dialup IP (SLIP or PPP) but we will add an "offline
mode" where it doesn't try to send mail immediately, and provide for
saving (downloading) all or all new messages in one operation to minimize
connect time.  Later there will be a richer set of "aggregate" operations
to allow saving all messages that match particular criteria.  This will be
done via IMAP, rather than POP, so that one can choose to save/download a
*subset* of messages from the INBOX and choose to keep or expunge from the
server the subset of messages that was saved. 

-teg

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From: Steve Hubert <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1993 11:12:41 -0800 (PST)

> Be glad to send a binhex version to anyone who's interested.

Hey, why not send it as a regular attachment?  That's what this MIME 
stuff is for. :-)

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From: Barry Landy <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1993 11:53:22 GMT

> Be glad to send a binhex version to anyone who's interested.

You neglected to mention that this documentation is based on PINE 3.05!
If anyone redoes this for the current releases, I would be grateful!

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Barry Landy                                  Computer Laboratory:+44 223 334600
Head of Systems and Development              Direct line:        +44 223 334713
University of Cambridge Computing Service
New Museums Site                             Email:[email-masked]
Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QG

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From: Joel Ness <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 93 08:11:59 -0600

>   You neglected to mention that this documentation is
>   based on PINE 3.05! If anyone redoes this for the
>   current releases, I would be grateful!
>   
>   ----------------------------------------------------------
>   --------------------- Barry Landy
>   Computer Laboratory:+44 223 334600 Head of Systems and
>   Development              Direct line:        +44 223
>   334713 University of Cambridge Computing Service
>   New Museums Site
>   Email:[email-masked] Pembroke Street,
>   Cambridge CB2 3QG

Ah, very true. We'll be converting to the new version over the Christmas break
and I'll be updating the docs. If folks are still interested, I'll make the
updated versions available from my computer in the same ftp and gopher manner.

The changes should be fairly minor, however, so it wouldn't take too much work
for anyone to modify my documents (especially since they'll need to be modified
to remove local UMD information anyway). Since I cribbed most of these docs from
the Pine on-line help I see nothing wrong with anyone just modifying my
documentation a little and making it their own.
_________________________
Joel Ness
UMD Information Services
[email-masked]
(218) 726-8841