Subject: GUIDE> PineTutorial

From: calfeld@eratosth (Chris Alfeld)
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 1994 22:03:42 GMT

----> Pine Tutorial <----
			    --> Rev. 1 <--

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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 [email-masked]

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 <[email-masked]>

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 <[email-masked]>
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 unread.
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 <[email-masked]>
To: Chris Alfeld <[email-masked]>
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 : [email-masked]

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.

---

From: [email-masked] (Liam Crilly)
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 08:18:23 GMT

Chris Alfeld wrote:
»		      ----> Pine Tutorial <----
»			    --> Rev. 1 <--
[...]
»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 unread.

No.  A "+" indicates that the message was meant for you.
You are specified on the To: field and not the Cc: field.

Not trying to be pedantic, I like the document.

	Liam.

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