Subject: temp files

From: "Michael A. Naud" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 1994 12:10:41 -0500 (EST)

To all:

We use Pine 3.87 (until 3.91 is available) on a SparcServer running SunOS 
4.1.1 I have noticed that there are a lot of temp files in /usr/tmp/ All 
of them look like this:

-rw-------  1 mrbrady         0 Oct  7 16:08 pinesend002737

Most are of 0 bytes. Are those safe to delete? What about the other 
messages? Does sendmail process them? The above file was created on Oct 
7, and just rebooted the system 4 days ago. I guess they are not 
automatically removed. Any help would be grand.

Michael A. Naud
Dept of Academic Computing

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From: Ed Greshko <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 1994 07:59:59 -0800 (GMT)

> automatically removed. Any help would be grand.

	First, pine 3.91 is available from ftp.cac.washington.edu, so you
may now upgrade.

	Second, those tmp files may be removed.  As you know pine 3.87 is
rather old....there may have been a problem with the files not always
being removed.  I frankly don't remember.

				Ed

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From: Spirituality <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 1994 13:34:56 -0500 (EST)

How does one go about recieving newsgroups through Pine? I'd like to 
access the jvnc.net server - I think.  At least, my school USED to have a 
connection with jvnc, but do I need one to recieve news?

I'm only interested in ONE newsgroup, anyway, and I'd like to get it 
through the mail on a daily basis, if at all possible. Thanks for any info.

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From: Ed Greshko <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 1994 11:26:26 -0800 (GMT)

> through the mail on a daily basis, if at all possible. Thanks for any info.

	I think you are slightly confused as the access of newsgroups
through pine.

	With pine you have the ability to access newsgroups through a
protocol known as NNTP (Network News Transport Protocol) or (maybe?)
IMAP.  Since I'm not sure if the IMAP method is supported...I'll only
speak to the NNTP way.

	If jvnc.net supports NNTP...and if...it is configured to allow
access to your host you should be able to configure the nntp-server=
variable in the Configuration to point to jvnc.net and then go through
the process of "subscribing" to the newsgroup that you are interested in
reading.

	The various help menus of pine give a fairly easy to follow
directions on how to configure the NNTP server and how to subscribe
to a newsgroup.

	The thing is...you won't be getting the newsgroup as email.  In
these cases pine acts in a fashion similiar to tin or the other newsreaders.
It trys to keep a consistant interface so you don't have to know one
set of keystrokes for news and a different set for mail.  Since I was not
much of a newsreader until pine gave me access...it was a snap for me
to figure out the subtle differences keystrokes used in email and the
same keystrokes used in newsreading.  Others will disagree....to them
I simply say it proves the saying, "Can't teach an old dog new tricks.".

	There are some newsgroups, such as pine, that exist as both a
mailing list and newsgroup.  They are bi-directionally gatewayed.  You
may do yourself a favor by asking around to find out if the one that
interests you is also a mailing list.  Some people prefer getting their
news as mailing lists.....

	Good Luck.....

					Ed