Subject: Saving a group in the address book

From: Maria <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 14:46:13 -0900

Is it possible to create a group in pine to whom you want to send
regular e-mail messages?  I would like to be able to save several e-mail
addresses under one name and be able to write to them all just by
pulling that one name out of my addressbook.  Is this possible?  If it
is, what do I need to do?

Please reply to my e-mail address as I don't always get to check news.  

Thank you,

Maria
[email-masked]

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From: "Robin S. Socha" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 13:24:25 +0100 (CET)

>is, what do I need to do?

Do you want an honest answer? >;-> Let's put it this way: the following
passage is from pine's on-line help for the address book...

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The only difference between a distribution list and a simple entry with a
single address, is that a distribution list has more than one address
listed in the Addresses: field, whereas a simple personal entry has just
one address.

For individual address book entries, if there is a full name in the
Fullname: field (filling in the Fullname: field is not required), it is
used.  If the full name is specified in the Address: field and not in the
Fullname: field, then the full name from the Address: field is used.

If you type the nickname of a distribution list from one of your address
books in the Lcc: field, then the full name of that list is used in the
To: field.  If you put a list in the To: or Cc: fields, that list will be
expanded into all of its addresses.  If the list has a full name, then
that will appear at the beginning of the addresses.

Sewing Club <john@somewhere>, [email-masked], Sal <[email-masked]>

If the first address in the distribution list also has a full name, then
the list full name and that full name are combined into something like the
following:

Sewing Club -- John Smith <john@somewhere>

If you specify a list via Lcc, the full name is used in the To: line.  If
you specify a list in the To: or Cc: fields, then it uses the same method
as for individual entries for filling in the full name.

For help with editing and navigation commands, check the Help for the
Nickname: field.
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*bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz*

Cheers,
Robin

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   Robin S. Socha	 Political Science Dept.	Tel: +49(0228)22217-8
   Bonner Talweg 56	 Bonn University		Fax: +49(0228)22217-9
   53113 Bonn		 email: [email-masked]
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       On the package it said: "Requires MS Windows 3.11 or better"  
	       			      ...  so I got myself Linux. 
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