Subject: Configuring Pine for ISP use

From: [email-masked] (Robert D'Attilio)
Date: 30 Mar 1997 19:02:45 GMT

Hi there:
I would like to configure pine running under Linux to be able to retrieve and 
send mail via my ISP.  1)  how do I map my username on my linux machine to my 
email name on the ISP so that it shows up correctly in the From: field?
2) How do I configure pine to read the mailbox on my ISP.  I've tried using 
IMAP but I don't think my ISP provides this, can I use POP and if so how?

Thanks

Robert

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From: Robin S Socha <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 22:19:04 +0200 (CEST)

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On 30 Mar 1997, Robert D'Attilio wrote:

Hi, Robert,

you *really* ought to be ashamed of yourself! >:-> Being a Linux--user, you
*really* should know this...

  >IMAP but I don't think my ISP provides this, can I use POP and if so how?

1. Is a faq.
2. Is one of the mfaq.

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ad 1.:
Domain Names

Domain names are used to uniquely name each host on the Internet. A domain
name has a number of parts separated by periods. Each label represents a
level in the hierarchy. An example of a name is:
              olive.cac.washington.edu
In this domain name the top-level label is edu, indicating it is at an
educational institution, the second-level label is washington, indicating
the University of Washington. cac is a specific department within the
University of Washington, and olive is the host name.
The top-level names are assigned by Internet organizations, and other names
are assigned at the appropriate level. The Domain Name Service, DNS, is the
distributed database used to look up these names. Pine relies on domain
names in multiple places. A domain name is embedded into the message-id line
generated for each piece of email. A domain name is needed to contact an
IMAP server to get access to remote INBOXes and folders. Most importantly,
domain names are needed to construct the From: line of your outgoing
messages so that people on the Internet will be able to get email back to
you.
On UNIX systems, you can set the domain via the user-domain variable in the
Pine configuration file, or rely on the file /etc/hosts which usually sets
the name of the local host. While Pine can often deliver email without the
domain name being properly configured, it is best to have this set right.
Problems can usually be solved by adjusting the system's entry in the
/etc/hosts file. The fully-qualified name should be listed before any
abbreviations.
        128.95.112.99 olive.cac.washington.edu olive
is preferred over
	128.95.112.99 olive olive.cac.washington.edu
                
(From the Pine FAQ)

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ad 2.:
Can Pine be used with a POP server?

As of version 3.95, PC-Pine cannot be used with a POP (Post Office Protocol)
server. Pine for Unix can be configured to access the message INBOX on a
POP3 server using the folder definition syntax
	{pop3server/pop3}INBOX
where pop3server is the hostname of the POP3 server. However, this method
accesses the POP server in quasi-online mode, not in offline mode, which POP
was designed for. Accessing the inbox on a POP3 server with Pine does not
preserve changes to message flags (New, Answered, Deleted, etc.) between
sessions.
As an alternative, a program such as popclient can be used to download email
from a POP server to a local Unix account, where it can then be accessed
with Pine. One location from which popclient can be obtained is:
         ftp://ftp.mal.com/pub/pop/
         
(From the Pine QandA)

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*argl* RTFM (in your case, that's translates to Read The Fine Manpage) and
get the FAQ. Using Linux, you're supposed to answer these questions, not put
them >:->

Happy Easter and stuff!

Cheers,
Robin

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  Political Science Dept. | 53113 Bonn        | Fax:   +49 228 22217-9
  Bonn University  	  | Germany           | email: [email-masked]

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