Subject: Pine and SMTP server

From: [email-masked] (Mike Arias)
Date: 30 Oct 1995 04:23:15 GMT

How can I make Pine connect quickly to an SMTP server.  The way it works 
now takes about a minute to connect.  There must be a better way of doing 
it, since Eudora, can connect much quicker and it's not even  a Unix program.

Thanks in advance,
Mike

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From: [email-masked] (Fredrick Backman)
Date: 31 Oct 1995 07:37:26 GMT

>it, since Eudora, can connect much quicker and it's not even  a Unix program.

Here is what I found in the Tech Notes (excerpts slightly edited by me), I
hope it answers your Q:

          Pine checks for new mail in the INBOX and  in  the
          currently  open  folder  at  least every two and a
          half minutes.  It used to be 30 seconds instead of
          150  seconds,  but  we  increased  it  in order to
          reduce the load on large systems with lots of Pine
          users.   The  value can be changed at compile-time
          in the pine/os.h file.  If you really  don't  want
          to wait you can force a new mail check by pressing
          N Next with the cursor on the last message of  the
          message  index  or  by redrawing the screen with a
          ^L.

          Most of Pine's  behaviors  are  set  in  the  file
          ./pine/osdep/os-xxx.h,   which  includes  comments
          that explain each setting.  Some of these can only
          be  set when you compile.  Others, however, can be
          overridden by command-line flags to Pine  or  set-
          tings  in  Pine's  user  or  system  configuration
          files.  Some of the options which can be set  when
          compiling:
 
               NEW_MAIL_TIME:   Interval  between   new-mail
               checks. Default is 150 seconds.

Enjoy!
/Phred

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