Subject: more info than films have

From: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 08:18:11 -0700 (PDT)

Hi-
I ordered and watched your films on PINE.  I liked the way it was
presented.  I felt they were excellent for the beginning user.  However, I
did not see answers to some questions I have.  I am writing an on-line
help reference guide for our company for our intranet and I do have a few
questions.

1.  What is the difference between ^G and Help choice from the main menu?
I think that ^G is help for the immediate screen you are on and the help
choice is the whole manual.  Is this correct?

2.  The tech guys want to know if when mail comes in and you are on line
are you prompted.  I know that there is a prompt message from when you are
in the compose screen because I have had it come in, but does this appear
anywhere else?  
I would write something like, you are prompted that you have new mail if
you are on-line; otherwise it's put into your inbox.

3.  Does Pine automatically erase or prompt anyone when the inbox of a
user is huge?  or does the user have to delete their own messages?

Thank you for any help you can give.

Linda Wright
Education Specialist, Training Dept.
Symitar Systems, Inc.
5151 Murphy Canyon Road
San Diego, CA 92123
email [email-masked]

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From: Matt Simmons <[email-masked]>
Date: 27 May 1997 14:38:21 -0500

> help reference guide for our company for our intranet and I do have a few

They're making videos on the use of Pine?  THat's one of the signs
that the end is coming, right? =)

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From: Terry Gray <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 18:57:57 -0700 (PDT)

> that the end is coming, right? =)

Yes, absolutely!  
Glad someone else noticed the irony, (or our failure to achieve
the ease of use goal... :)

-teg

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From: Robin S Socha <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 10:18:26 +0200 (CEST)

>> > presented. I felt they were excellent for the beginning user.
  >> > However, I did not see answers to some questions I have. I am writing
  >> > an on-line help reference guide for our company for our intranet and
  >> > I do have a few questions.
  >> They're making videos on the use of Pine?  THat's one of the signs that
  >> the end is coming, right? =)
  >Yes, absolutely! Glad someone else noticed the irony, (or our failure to
  >achieve the ease of use goal... :)

Two days ago, I installed windows on her system. I told her at least 10
times not to hit the big red switch. The system started with xdm and had a
"nuke" button in the WM. I disconnected the big red and the reboot button. I
disabled gpm -S"" and c+a+d. I made a 25 digit root password.

Then she pulled the plug. System crash, data loss. 

U*ix can never be made easy enough to use for *some* people.

Just my DM.02

Robin

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