Subject: Re: pc pine, Unix Pine IMAP server and inboxes

From: David L Miller <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 16:25:44 -0800

On 2 Apr 1997, Sandra Wald wrote:

> I am using default value for inbox on Unix Pine. But I no longer have 5
> messages that appear in box. We have determined that once IMAP server is
> used (i.e. when using pc pine to read Unix mail) the mail from the system
> inbox appears to be moved to mbox on unix. Pc Pine, and IMAP check seem to
> check both locations for inbox mail.

Unix Pine does not have the "mbox" driver compiled in by default, but
the latest IMAP4rev1 servers do.  However, the mbox driver should not
move any mail unless the mbox file already exists, and is in a valid
format.  The quick fix would be to rename the mbox file and copy the
messages back to INBOX.  To make sure this doesn't happen again, check
to see that Unix Pine and your IMAP server are compiled with the same
set of drivers.  If you compile both out of the same Pine
distribution, that is done automatically.

Hope that helps!

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From: [email-masked] (Sandra Wald)
Date: 2 Apr 1997 16:53:26 GMT

I am having a problem with inboxes that Pine uses. I have my mail on an
unix system. I have been using Pine for a couple of years, currently using
version 3.95 on unix. Yesterday I tried pc pine for the first time and
configured it to read my unix mail. Once Pc Pine had read the inbox, then
the Unix version of Pine no longer had any messages in its inbox. (I
originally had 5 read message in my pine inbox.)

Here is my setting for Pine on UNix:
personal-name            = Sandra J. Wald
user-domain              = <No Value Set>
smtp-server              = <No Value Set>
nntp-server              = news.doit.wisc.edu
inbox-path               = <No Value Set: using "inbox">
folder-collections       = mail/[]
news-collections         = <Empty Value> 
incoming-archive-folders = <No Value Set>
pruned-folders           = <No Value Set>
default-fcc              = <No Value Set: using "sent-mail">   
default-saved-msg-folder = <No Value Set: using "saved-messages">

default-fcc              = <No Value Set: using "sent-mail">
default-saved-msg-folder = <No Value Set: using "saved-messages">
postponed-folder         = <No Value Set: using "postponed-msgs">
read-message-folder      = <No Value Set>
signature-file           = <No Value Set: using ".signature">
global-address-book      = <No Value Set>
address-book             = <No Value Set: using ".addressbook">
feature-list             =

I am using default value for inbox on Unix Pine. But I no longer have 5
messages that appear in box. We have determined that once IMAP server is
used (i.e. when using pc pine to read Unix mail) the mail from the system
inbox appears to be moved to mbox on unix. Pc Pine, and IMAP check seem to
check both locations for inbox mail. If I configure Unix Pine as follows:
inbox-path               = {ssc.wisc.edu}inbox

ssc.wisc.edu is generic name for our mail server called duncan, and it
also houses an Imap server.

ssc.wisc.edu is generic name for our mail server called duncan, and it
also houses an Imap server.

When Unix Pine is started using this config then I get the following,
where I must login into the mail server called duncan:
   Copyright 1989-1996.  PINE is a trademark of the University of
Washington.
HOST: duncan.ssc.wisc.edu  ENTER LOGIN NAME: swald
^G Help
^C Cancel   Ret Accept

After I log in then I will see my 5 mail messages in the inbox.

So it seems IMAP Server checks both locations.

*******  the question *************

1. Is there some way to configure the IMAP server so it leaves mail in the
System INBOX and does not move inbox mail once retrieved to unix mbox?

We notice that Netscape also seems to have a problem retrieving inbox mail
once the mail has gone thru imap server.

thank you,
Sandra

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Sandra J. Wald
[email-masked]
(608) 265-4922

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Date: Thu, 3 Apr 1997 13:01:07 -0800 (PST)

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From: Terry Gray <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 08:22:44 -0800 (PST)

Sandra,
If messages disappear from your INBOX after running PC-Pine, look
closely at your *pc-pine* configuration... in particular, see if
there is a "read-message-folder" set. 

-teg