Subject: Re: how use external filter?

From: [email-masked] (Gideon Weisz)
Date: 1 Aug 1995 06:41:51 -0600

Thanks to Timothy Cheney, but part of the problem here is
that the pipe command doesn't seem to be recognized,
because it is part of an "old-growth" config option according
to the man page, but i don't see it as an option in the
standard .pinerc, so i'm kind of lost here. or, maybe i haven't
used the pipe at the right place? maybe that helps define
where i am lost?
thanks, gideon

Timothy P. Cheney ([email-masked]) wrote:

: The pipe command will allow you to cause a received message to be used
: as standard input of a program like a filter.

: For composing messages, you can use an alternate editor.  Look
: for one that will allow you to define a macro that accomplishes what
: you want to do.

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From: [email-masked] (Gideon Weisz)
Date: 1 Aug 1995 17:42:30 -0600

this is a followup to the question about how to use an external filter
in PINE. it has been suggested that using a pipe symbol could
handle incoming messages. however,
i have tried this with three different internet service providers
that i use, with these results:

Provider A: PINE 3.91 -- both in the index to Inbox, and when
   looking at the message text itself, i get the same result
   when i type in the pipe: i get
   Command "|" not defined for this screen ...
Provider B: PINE 3.89 -- exactly the same as with provider A
Provider C: PINE 3.07 -- again i get a refusal, but the message is
   Piping message into UNIX command not implemented yet

So, i submit, there is more to this story than meets the eye
when one just looks at the manpage. does anyone know what might
be going on?
thanks, gideon

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From: Vladimir Solnicky Vladimír Solnický <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 10:47:42 +0200 (METDST)

> when one just looks at the manpage. does anyone know what might

  In pine 3.91 (provider A) go to the main menu, then to the Set up
screen, then to the Config screen, find the line with the text
`enable-unix-pipe-cmd' and set it on (using the key X). If this is not
possible, then your provider disabled it and ask him to allow this command
for you.  In every case, having enabled it you can use the pipe command.

Hope this helps,  V. S.

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From: [email-masked] (Gideon Weisz)
Date: 2 Aug 1995 15:00:39 -0600

thanks to a czech angel, whose name i do not have handy at the moment,
i've found out that the way to get piping, at least in recent PINE,
is either to go to Setup in main menu, and then to config,
or, if that doesn't give you the appropriate options, then
there is a place (there was in my case)
in .pinerc to ask for it.
thanks to everyone who tried to assist with this!
gideon