Subject: PINE and the MAIL-environment-variable

From: Peter Duempert <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 09:47:39 +0100

Hi,
1. ELM makes use of the MAIL-environment-variable, i.e. at our site the 
   path to a user's mail is determined during login by e.g.
      export MAIL=/net/rzserv0/usr/spool/mail
   By this means we're able to access a user's mail not only from ONE place,
   but ( as it is on my site ) at an arbitrary location in a multiserver-
   environment
2. To my knowledge PINE has a similar feature 
   with the
     inbox-path=
   in the .pinerc-file.
   But this requires at least ONE PINE-Setup-run, which is not wanted for
   a novice user.
3. WANTED:   If inbox-path='' then use the MAIL-environment-variable (if not
             empty)
4. QUESTION: Where is the right place to make the required mod(s) in the 
             sources.
Thanks

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From: Terry Gray <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 21:58:55 -0800 (PST)

You don't need to modify any code; just put the env. variable on the right
side of the inbox-path variable in your system-wide pine.conf file.

-teg