Subject: Have Pine put me directly in INBOX

From: [email-masked] ()
Date: 2 Dec 1994 20:48:16 GMT

My site runs v3.89 (still!). When I fire up Pine, it puts me in the
main menu. Is there a way to configure Pine so that it drops me straight
into my INBOX? I tried the command `pine -i i', but Pine interpreted 
this as an attempt to compose a message to someone with the userid 'i'.

Thanks for your help!

Don Pratt
Syracuse University

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From: [email-masked] (Mary S. Freeman)
Date: 5 Dec 1994 02:05:52 GMT

[email-masked] wrote:
: My site runs v3.89 (still!). When I fire up Pine, it puts me in the
: main menu. Is there a way to configure Pine so that it drops me straight
: into my INBOX? I tried the command `pine -i i', but Pine interpreted 
: this as an attempt to compose a message to someone with the userid 'i'.

: Thanks for your help!

: Don Pratt
: Syracuse University 
Dear Don

It is not safe to go directly to the inbox.  There is a virus that is
announced as Good News and should not be read.  It should be deleted.

Susan F.

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From: "Sean Allen" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 1994 14:12:38 -0500 (EST)

The Good News "virus" is URBAN LEGEND and should be
    disregarded...  See the CIAC bulletin for more info.

    To answer Dons question look for this in your .pinerc:

# Pine executes these keys upon startup (e.g. to view msg 13: i,j,1,3,CR,v)
initial-keystroke-list=

    Put an i after initial-keystroke-list= abd it will dump you into
    INBOX automagically.

> announced as Good News and should not be read.  It should be deleted.

Sean Allen                                      AIX/Database Administration
(919)543-6021 Fax 7996                        IBM Personal Computer Company
Internal Zip: D318/B205                    Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
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