Subject: Re: Can i chat using pine?

From: Mike Harris <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 2 Nov 1996 17:53:12 -0500

On Fri, 1 Nov 1996, Gonzaga Santesteban wrote:

# i'm a Pine's newuser, and i'd like to know if chatting is posible. And if
# it isn't, what should i do? Change the server?

PINE is strictly for electronic mail, and has nothing to do with chatting.
There are three ways you may be able to chat with another individual:
either through Internet Relay Chat (IRC), through the Unix 'talk' command,
or through a chat board you can usually access through 'telnet'.  You'd
probably want to speak to your system administrator to determine which is
the most viable option for you.

Mike

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From: Paul O Bartlett <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 10:27:55 -0500

On Fri, 1 Nov 1996, Gonzaga Santesteban wrote:

> i'm a Pine's newuser, and i'd like to know if chatting is posible. And if
> it isn't, what should i do? Change the server?

    No, you cannot use chat with Pine.  Pine and chat are two entirely
separate functions that have nothing to do with each other.  As for how
to chat, I suggest contacting your Help Desk, if there is one, or
looking for a newsgroup that deals with chat-type functions.  (I do not
use chat myself, only ytalk, so I am not familiar with it.)

Paul                             <[email-masked]>
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