Subject: Re: how do you send a file?

From: Cyber-Babushka <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 07:07:03 -0500

On 3 Feb 1997, Don Krull wrote:

>In a previous article, [email-masked] (Jennifer May) says:
>
>>I use pine 3.95 and I was wondering if there's any way I can email a file
>>from my c: directory (for example, a Word document)
>>through pine as an attachment?
>>Thanks!
>>Jen
>
>Hmm... do you mean C: drive on your OWN computer????
>Gee... try uploading it to your remote system (UNIX machine of
>your university where your account is located) first.
>[ Are you a first year undergraduate student, by any chance? ]
>If you still don't know what I'm talking about, go ask your
>university's Computing Services Office.

You know, some people DO use Pine at home.  There's no point in being
rude.

To answer the lady's question:
Look in the headers in the composer.  You'll see one that says "Attchmnt".
Fill in the full path and filename of the file you want to send.  If you
filled it in correctly, then when you arrow up or down out of that field,
it will fill in with the approximate size of the file.  It will be
automatically MIME-encoded and sent with the note as a file attachment.

If you're using PC-PINE, I think you use standard dos filenames
(c:\whatever\whatever).  If you're using Unix or Linux Pine, you'll need
to use the mountpoint of your dos partition (/dosc/for/example).

hope this helps,
bonni
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From: "Robin S. Socha" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 23:51:50 +0100 (CET)

>On Fri, 7 Feb 1997, Cyber-Babushka wrote:
 >>On 3 Feb 1997, Don Krull crapped:

  >You know, some people DO use Pine at home.  There's no point in being

Jennifer, here's some extra information in case you need to upload to a
unix-machine:

   upload-command 
   	This option affects the behavior of the Composer's "Read
        File" (^R in the message body) and "Attach File" (^J in the header)
        commands. It specifies a Unix program name, and any necessary
        command line arguments, that Pine can use to transfer files from
        your personal computer into messages that you are composing.
        upload-command-prefix This option is used in conjunction with the

   Upload-command option. 
	It defines text to be written to the terminal emulator (via
        standard output) immediately prior to starting upload command. This
        is useful for integrated serial line file transfer agents that
        permit command passing (e.g., Kermit's APC method).

Check those in your S(etup) C(onfig). You'll need the necessary software for
that, too.

And Don, if you're out there... Get a life. From what I've read from you,
I'd gather the only thing you know about u*ix is how to spell the name (if
incorrectly). Come back when you've something meaningful to say or go to
alt.children.flamewar, will you?

Do we have some moderator here, by any chance? I think I've seen enough
of Don Krull's "behaviour".

Cheers,
Robin

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