Subject: help

From: Kelly M Bowman <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 22:10:37 -1000

I am a student at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and this problem that
I have been having with PINE is reoccurring.  I'm not sure if it is the
school's hook up or if it is the PINE system.  But frequently when I am
using PINE, the system will bump me off, disconnect me, and sometimes the
message I am composing is saved and other times it can never be found
again.  Is there some place that I am not checking besides the "C" command
at the Main Menu to continue composed messages which is usually where the
other cut messages have been saved?  I am discouraged about using PINE if
getting cut off is a regular occurrance.  If it is a problem with the
school's system, what can be done about it?

Thank you for your assistance to a very frustrating problem.

					Aloha, Kelly

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From: Jeff <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 08:48:23 -0400 (EDT)

> message I am composing is saved and other times it can never be found

[...]

It is very unlikely that PIne is at fault where your connection woes are
concerned.

Pine saves your messages to a temporary file every few minutes. Sometimes
this file can be lost if: 1. You were not composing the message long
enough for it to be written out even once or 2. You were disconnected in
such a way that pine was forced to terminate during one of these times
where the message was being written out or... 3. you suffer a lack of
extremely good luck.

I have found Pine's past recovery of interrupted mail marginal at best...
There does seem to be an improvement with the latest versions, however.

Kelly, try contacting your school's support personnel
 regarding your disconnection problems.

-jeff