Subject: Pine problems

From: [email-masked] (Phoenix)
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 02:23:30 GMT

[X]  signature-at-bottom

I was wondering how you got the options screen or got the above listed options 
in Pine 3.89?  My provider hasn't upgraded to it yet so I am stuck with it.  
Is there a way (maybe in one of the .<filename> files that I could make an 
adjustment?  Or could someone send me the actual pine file that gives 3.89 the 
options screen.  I don't have that either.  It says that the options screen 
is not available yet and I have had the account for over 3 months!  Can 
someone please help?!

Plus does anyone know the name of the file pine uses to generate an autoreply? 
 I want people to know that I have switched accounts and to reset thier 
addressbooks to my new addy.  Anyone know the name or how it is written into 
the file?

Thanks for any help you can give me.

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From: Mike Brudenell <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 09:06:40 +0100 (BST)

> in Pine 3.89?  My provider hasn't upgraded to it yet so I am stuck with it.

Can you say "ark"?

Pine 3.89 is *ages* old: it was superseded by 3.90, then 3.91, and 3.92 is
now the current version.  The options screen was introduced, along with
lots of new options, in Pine 3.91.  3.92 includes even more options, and
is eminently configurable.  It is *well* worth upgrading to; nag your
service provider.

> adjustment?

You could try adding the variable name to the comma separated list forming
the value of the "feature-list" variable.  Edit the file called ".pinerc"
in your home directory and look through it for this variable, then add the
"signature-at-bottom" name to its list of values.

No promises... adding the name won't do _any_ good at all if your old
version of Pine doesn't recognise the keyword and know what to do with it!

> Or could someone send me the actual pine file that gives 3.89 the

You cannot add the Options screen to Pine 3.89 simply by adding a file:
you _must_ ontain the full release of the current version of Pine.  This
can be obtained using anonymous ftp from ftp.cac.washington.edu.

> addressbooks to my new addy.  Anyone know the name or how it is written into

Pine is a program for you to read mail after it has been delivered to you.

Pine is not responsible for any part of the mail delivery process itself
(including letting people know that you have moved).

Instead you need to persuade the operating system's mail delivery software
to do this.  On most UNIX systems this is done be creating a file in your
home directory called ".forward" and placing in it some very special
instructions.  Basically you need to use the .forward file to tell the
mail delivery system to feed the arriving message to an auto-reply program
_as well as_ deliverying it to you incoming mail folder (or redirecting it
elsewhere).

Most UNIX systems include a program called "vacation" that does this.  Its
name stems from the fact that it is most commonly used to let people know
you are away on holiday and so won't read their message for a while.
However you can place any text in vacation's file that it uses to reply,
including notification of change of e-mail address.

Try giving the UNIX command "man vacation" on your computers.  If you're
still stuck you will need to ask your service provider, as they may use
different software.

Cheers,

Mike Brudenell                                         <[email-masked]>
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