Subject: Can I use PINE from a shell account?

From: [email-masked] (Rick Yi)
Date: Sun, 21 May 1995 07:32:46 GMT

Currently there are no mail readers available on one of my accounts
and I would like to have access to PINE to read mail.  Do I just
download the binaries and install it in my shell acount or do I need
root access to be able to install/use PINE.  Also, related to that
question, how do I find out what kind of system I am on?  Finger tells
me what shell I'm using, but not the operating system.  Basically I
need a FAQ on installing pine.  Thanks in advance.

-Rick

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From: [email-masked] (Ananda M. Kar)
Date: 22 May 1995 16:11:19 -0500

[ [email-masked] (Rick Yi) wrote the following on "comp.mail.pine": ]

-> Currently there are no mail readers available on one of my accounts
-> and I would like to have access to PINE to read mail.  Do I just
-> download the binaries and install it in my shell acount or do I need
-> root access to be able to install/use PINE.  Also, related to that
-> question, how do I find out what kind of system I am on?  Finger tells
-> me what shell I'm using, but not the operating system.  Basically I
-> need a FAQ on installing pine.  Thanks in advance.

   You definitely don't need "root" access to install Pico, Pine. However
   you need to have root access if you need to run "imapd" as a daemon.

   To find out what kind of system you're on type "uname -a" or if available
   "whatami"

   IMHO downloading the "pine" and "pico" binaries will work fine for you.

   Good Luck

   Ananda

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