Subject: Re: PINE on VMS

From: [email-masked] (Ramanuj Basu)
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 1997 22:07:30 GMT

There's a mailing list for VMS-Pine users.  (I'm not one; I just happened
to notice it.)  To subscribe to the list, send e-mail to

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with the message body containing the word "subscribe" only.

(Or send e-mail to [email-masked] with "subscribe VMS-Pine" in the
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On 2 Jun 1997 04:10:59 GMT, [email-masked] (L. J. DICKEY) wrote:

>I was wondering if anyone has ever successfully configured PINE
>to run correctly under VMS?  I know that it's more at home on
>a UNIX platform, but since I only have access to a VAX machine,
>my only alternative is to try and modify it to work as best as 
>possible under VMS.  The greatest obstacle is the coexistence
>of the MX program.  Well, more on the lines of "the dominance" 
>of MX mail and the quirky way it handles folders and files.  
>
>What I would like to do is, either, disable MX mail or make
>PINE my primary (dominant) mail program.  Something tells me 
>that this might no be possible, but I thought there may be 
>some sort of way around it.  If not, then at least a way of 
>configuring PINE to have better control over my e-mail.
>
>If anyone knows the ins-and-out or know where I can gain 
>information on setting up PINE under VAX/VMS, please e-mail me.

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From: [email-masked] (Andy Harper)
Date: 3 Jun 97 14:58:41 BST

>>information on setting up PINE under VAX/VMS, please e-mail me.

  I'm afraid I must claim responsibility for porting PINE to VMS (well, to be
  fair, Yehavi Bourvine did the original dirty work and I finished it off).

  At present the port is for 3.91. See:
     http://alder.cc.kcl.ac.uk/fileserv/pine-vms/

  I think there's also a link somewhere in the washington home page for pine:
     http://www.washington.edu/pine/
  under 'unsupported ports'

Regards,

Andy Harper
Kings College London