Subject: inbox-path specifications

From: Robert Lowe <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 12:04:21 -0600 (CST)

[Newbie questions:]

Is there anything special one has to do to specify an inbox-path to a VMS
system, e.g. special quoted characters, Unix directory syntax, etc.?  Any
other considerations?

Is there any kind of adminstrator's guide?  I'm looking for ways to limit
portions of the configuration menus, when distributing Pine to both public
and faculty/administrator's desktop PCs.

I've heard wind of an IMAP consortium.  Any news on who is participating? 
Any possibility of industrial strength IMAP client software for the Mac?

Thanks!

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From: Portia Shao <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 13:11:28 -0700 (PDT)

> system, e.g. special quoted characters, Unix directory syntax, etc.?  Any

no, it is the same as for UNIX systems, i.e.

inbox-path={vmssystem}INBOX

you can also use

inbox-path={vmssystem}NEWMAIL

however, if you want to access other folders on VMS, you might have a 
folder-collections field like this

folder-collections=vms {vmssystem}[],
             unix {unixsystem}mail/[],
	etc...

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From: Terry Gray <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 23:24:03 -0700 (PDT)

Robert,
I think the VMS experts have already answered your first question.

As to an administrator's manual, the closest approximation right now is
the Pine Tech Notes:
  ftp://ftp.cac.washington.edu/pine/docs/tech-notes.txt

As for an IMAP consortium, there are plans.  I'll put you on the list of
interested parties.

You might also want to look at:

 ftp://ftp.cac.washington.edu/mail/imap.software

The leading Mac IMAP clients at the moment seem to be Baylor's Mail Drop
and Esys Corp's Simeon, both fairly "young", but under active development.

-teg