Subject: Pine Users guide (internet version)

From: Alex Tang <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 1994 16:35:57 -0400 (EDT)

Hi folks.  Due to the recent flurry of "I NEED A USER GUIDE!" requests,
I've modified my home grown documentation to a more generalized "internet
version".  

Actually, all i've done is strip all of the Univeristy of Michigan, and
School of Natural Resources and Environment specific stuff.  Everything
else is untouched.

I've put up both a PostScript version, and a Macintosh, Microsoft Word
version 5.1a version as well.   (the word version has been binhexed).  

Feel free to modify it as needed, but of course, please leave my name, and
UM/UM-SNRE's name on it as well.  Also, if you do modify it, please send
me the copy that you are using.  It'd just be nice for me to see what
other people have to say.  (and besides, I don't think that my writing is
that good).  

it is available via ftp in:

ftp.snre.umich.edu:/pub/pine/documentation/pine.internet.doc.Hqx (word version)
ftp.snre.umich.edu:/pub/pine/documentation/pine.internet.doc.ps (PostScript)

(a note for those who i sent an explicit message to:, note the file
location has changed a bit...sorry...my fault).

In a couple of days, there will be a HTML version at 

http://www.snre.umich.edu/pine/pine.internet.doc.html

Here's my disclaimer about it:

This piece of documentation was originally written for the University of 
Michigan, School of Natural Resources and Environment.  It's target 
audience was/is/are novice computer users who have been using UM's 
mainframe computing system (the Michigan Terminal System, or MTS).  The 
documentation is by no means a definitive explanation of all of pine's 
features, but I have found that it does answer about 90 - 95% of a first 
time user's questions.  (I'll leave out the legal garbage, but it's written 
in the document proper.)

---end disclaimer... 

Please feel free to send me feedback about it (flames too, although If 
you put "flame" anywhere in the subject line, procmail will dissapate it 
as heat. :) .  I must admit, I don't think myself as much of a writer, 
but I've worked hard to make this as comprehensible as possible.

Sorry about the delay...

...alex...

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From: "Richard C. Gaine" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 1994 18:10:40 -0400 (EDT)

Alex,
	I tried ftping to your cite to get the pine user guide, but when I
tried logging in as ftp or anonymous it told me user unknown.  If there is
a problem with the server would you just e-mail me a copy of the guide for
MS word?

Thanks
Rick Gaine