Subject: Help!

From: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 17:20:27 -0400 (EDT)

Hello. 

I am new at using pine, and I really want to know if there is any way to
download my incoming messages (all together) into a file that I can open
with Microsoft word. 

I have searched forever for a 'capture' or 'download' command, but I'm
lost. Can anyone help? 

Thanks! 

Kristen Guida
New York, NY
[email-masked]

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From: Robin S Socha <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 3 May 1997 01:37:57 +0200 (CEST)

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  >download my incoming messages (all together) into a file that I can open

Yes, but there are a couple of things you need to specify first:

1. You seem to working on BSDi, so: Are you familiar with ftp? Can your
   windows do it?

2. Have you set a path for your read messages in the setup? If so, you can
   use this file. If not, you need to check where your inbox is and use that
   file.
   
3. Are you aware of the fact that email messages look kinda strange? You
   should consider piping the file through printmail before raping it with
   word. (This won't work with the procedure I'm suggesting below)

4. Why on earth do you want to "postprocess" *giggle* your email messages
   with word?

While 1-3 are somewhat essential, 4 is not that important :-)

  >lost.

Oh yeah? Although I do like "capture", try saying something like this next
time...

	grep -i download Read_Me/Pine-docu/*

which will tell you this...

	download-command
This option affects the behavior of the Export command. It specifies a Unix
program name, and any necessary command line arguments, that Pine can use to
transfer the exported message to your personal computer's disk.

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

I didn't bother trying what those do, but I could imagine that using this in
connection with the aggregate-command stuff might also lead to a result.
Which result exactly, I cannot say...

[1 minute later...]
Yup, that's what you want. Enable aggregate-command in the setup, too, then
say:

	;      a          a     e

i.e.:	select select All Apply Export

Now, you need to tweak the download commands according to your needs and
you're there.

  >[email-masked]
Is that your reply-to address? Then you should put it in the header...
HTH,
Robin

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