Subject: pcpine

From: Guy Schlosser <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 00:26:09 -0400

Hi, I'm trying to use PC-pine over a PPP connection.  I'm using the DOS 
based version and am running into a few problems.  First of all, the 
network I'm trying to run it on does not have an Imap server installed.  
If I want to send one to the system administrator to be installed, which 
one would I use for BSDI unix?  I looked through the archive at 
ftp.cac.washington.edu in directory /pine/unix-bin-compressed, and I 
didn't see an Imap program for bsdi.  Also, is there any way possible to 
run pine over a pop3 server?  If so, I'd appreciate knowing how.  Lastly, 
is Imap pretty easy to install?  If anyone can answer these questions for 
me, I'd greatly appreciate it.  Thanks a bunch.

Guy ([email-masked])

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From: [email-masked] (System Administrator)
Date: 18 Oct 1995 19:12:10 GMT

Guy Schlosser ([email-masked]) wrote:
: Hi, I'm trying to use PC-pine over a PPP connection.  I'm using the DOS 
: based version and am running into a few problems.  First of all, the 
: network I'm trying to run it on does not have an Imap server installed.  
: If I want to send one to the system administrator to be installed, which 
: one would I use for BSDI unix?  I looked through the archive at 
: ftp.cac.washington.edu in directory /pine/unix-bin-compressed, and I 
: didn't see an Imap program for bsdi.  Also, is there any way possible to 
: run pine over a pop3 server?  If so, I'd appreciate knowing how.  Lastly, 
: is Imap pretty easy to install?  If anyone can answer these questions for 
: me, I'd greatly appreciate it.  Thanks a bunch.

1.  Your sysadmin will need to get the source and recompile.  Not a big
deal for most machines. Source is freely available.

2.  Pine doesn't do POP.  Good explaination on the www server about the
differences between IMAP and POP.  I agree with the developers choice.

3.  Installing it is not rocket science.

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