Subject: Re: H*E*L*P

From: Barry Landy <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 11:19:09 +0000

On 30 Jan 1997, Robin S. Socha wrote:

:>On Wed, 29 Jan 1997, Beth Protz wrote:
:>
:>  >I have already tried contacting my local support staff, and could not get
:>  >any help.
:>
:>Have them fired.
:>
:>  >Is there any way possible to get a manual on just HOW to use Pine?
:>
:>Pine Information Center:  http://www.washington.edu/pine
:>

There is also the source of two guides "Starting use of Pine" and a
"User's Guide to Pine", so you will have source material in plenty.

I give courses in Pine, and could be tempted to come to educate you :-)

:>       Source distribution:
:>       ftp://ftp.cac.washington.edu/pine/pine.tar.Z
:>       Pine Technical Notes, included in the source distribution.
:>              
:>
:>  >Most of us here using Pine are not used to this type of mailing system,
:>  >and reading the release notes and updates is like reading Greek!!!  We've
:>  >basically been learning by trial and error.  It's nice when you discover
:>  >something useful, but if you happen to do something wrong, you can create
:>  >your own personal nightmare!!!
:>  
:>Possible, but not very likely to happen. Read the online help in the S(etup)
:>C(onfig) Screen or have a look at the .pinerc. Everything is explained there
:>briefly. For Thorough information, turn to the above address. Get the faq,
:>make sure to read it thouroughly and there shouldn't be any problems.  
:>  
:>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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From: Jacek Kopecky <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 09:36:15 +0100

> Is there any way possible to get a manual on just HOW to use Pine?
 > 
 > Most of us here using Pine are not used to this type of mailing system,
 > and reading the release notes and updates is like reading Greek!!!

 In the Main menu type '?', it will show you basic help. You can omit first
couple pages, I think.

                                       Jacek Kopecky

E-mail: [email-masked]
WWW:    http://www.upol.cz/~kopeckyj