Subject: Re: How to include a text file?

From: hino truet hoesli <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 10:20:01 -0700

On Wed, 16 Apr 1997, hino truet hoesli wrote:
 
> Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 21:27:23 -0700
> From: hino truet hoesli <[email-masked]>
> To: Albert Hardy <[email-masked]>
> Newsgroups: comp.mail.pine
> Subject: Re: How to include a text file?
> 
> On Wed, 16 Apr 1997, Albert Hardy wrote:
> 
> > Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 16:34:15 -0400
> > From: Albert Hardy <[email-masked]>
> > Newsgroups: comp.mail.pine
> > Subject: How to include a text file?
> > 
> > I'm not a Pine user.  My sister needs to know how to compose a message
> > off-line (as in a Windows Notepad or DOS .TXT file, for example) and
-> > then include it into a message in Pine or (second choice), attach
it to
> > a Pine message.
> > Thanks for the help or pointer to the FAQ.
> > Albert Hardy

Hello --

I should have added that your recipient MUST also have PINE which
is free and available at various addresses listed in the FAQ.

I apologize for the omission.

hinotru

> I assume then your sister uses PINE [re: 3rd line]:
> 
> This is how I do it and I grant you it is a unique system but it
> works wonderfully in that I can send text or bitmap files.  One needs
> to distinguish between the two so that PINE can do its thing.
> 
> 1/ I compose text file.  DOS works fine.  I suspect Windoze Notepad
> may add extra curlicues and thingamajigs that louse up display and/or
> printing.  Just plain ASCII text will satisfy PINE immensely.
> 
> 2/You must have FTP dir access sp you can _PUT_ your text file into
> FTP' directory.  This is a _staging_ step and you verify receipt
> of your text file by typing DIR-Enter.  Once you see your file as you
> scroll down the directory listing you quit FTP and,
> 
> 3/ Compose message in PINE or whatever your ISP offers.  Your ISP
> help desk must assure you that you can insert [NOT ATTACH] to
> your PINE or whatever message.
> 	Note: If you are in PINE, just scan down to the menu where
> it offers ^R [Ctrl-R].  It will then ask you for the filename.
> Enter file name, and don't blink, as it is over and done with, like
> _phhhhhhtttttttt_, really!
> 
> 4/ Finish you message if need be, and do ^X [Ctrl-X] to send.
> 
> 5/ Congratulate yourself on a job well done by you and PINE.
> 
> --------
>  hinotru
> 
> 
> 
>

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From: [email-masked] (Orjan Johansen)
Date: 19 Apr 1997 01:19:16 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>,
>is free and available at various addresses listed in the FAQ.

No, the recipient merely needs to use any mail program.

However, if Attach is used, the recipient's program must be MIME
compatible.

Greetings,
Ørjan.

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From: [email-masked] (Dana Booth)
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 23:51:17 GMT

Albert Hardy ([email-masked]) wrote:
: I'm not a Pine user.  My sister needs to know how to compose a message
: off-line (as in a Windows Notepad or DOS .TXT file, for example) and
: then include it into a message in Pine or (second choice), attach it to
: a Pine message.
: Thanks for the help or pointer to the FAQ.
: Albert Hardy

Albert, tell your sister that when she chooses to compose a message in
Pine, she'll see in the options at the bottom of the screen a choice to
'Read File' by hitting [ctl]+r. (that's listed in the options as ^R)

Once she hits [ctl]+r, she'll see another option at the bottom of the
screen, [ctl]+t, (listed as ^T) and this option is called 'go to files'.
By doing that, she'll start up Pine's disk browser, 'Pilot', where she
can use the highlight bar to maneuver her way through the directories,
highlight the file she'd like to insert into her text, and hit [enter].

I hope this is what you were looking for.

--

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Dana Booth <[email-masked]>
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