Subject: Question

From: Dale Choi <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 14:37:38 -0500 (EST)

Dear Sirs/Madams:
	Sometimes, I receive e-mail with attachments and cannot read 
them.  I am prompted by the Pine system to save them.  Where should I 
save them?  How can I read attachments, especially image files?

	The Pine system is going to phase out in my university for an
unknown reason.  Is there a way to forward my e-mail in the Pine system 
to my new e-mail address which is not in the Pine system?

	Thank you.

Sincerely,

Kin Man Choi

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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 14:04:00 -0600 (CST)

>From: Dale Choi <[email-masked]>
>Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 14:37:38 -0500 (EST)

>save them?  How can I read attachments, especially image files?

If you want them, save them in your home directory, or on your machine at home. 
It's off topic, but someone may advise you on what to use for viewing if you
provide details of file formats. You could check the archives.

>to my new e-mail address which is not in the Pine system?

You will have to discuss with your system administrator what format mail will
be stored in. pine doesn't use proprietary formats.

Is your university eliminating Unix shell accounts? Really, we cannot know what
is in the mind of your system administrator. You must make further enquiries.

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From: "Robin S. Socha" <[email-masked]>
Date: 19 Jan 1998 22:53:41 +0100

> Dale Choi wrote on Mon, 19 Jan 1998 14:37:38 -0500 (EST):

> Sometimes, I receive e-mail with attachments and cannot read them.
> I am prompted by the Pine system to save them.  Where should I save
> them?

On a unix system? Do this:

   mkdir ~/Pics

then save the files there.

> How can I read attachments, especially image files?

Read? "cat <filename> | more" or simply "less <filename>". If you
want to view images, you need X (unix's window system) and an image
viewer, e.g. xv, xli, display or even netscape.

> The Pine system is going to phase out in my university for an unknown
> reason.  Is there a way to forward my e-mail in the Pine system to my
> new e-mail address which is not in the Pine system?

Sure, those are just emails. Two options:

1. Copy your old files to disk and put them on the new system.
2. Go to M(ain) S(etup) C(onfig) and "enable aggregate commands". Make 
   sure to read the instructions by hitting the "?" key. Then mark all 
   old mail and forward it.

Did I mention that pine does not support digests, guys? Or soup
packages for that matter? Gnus rocks, duhhhhhh }:->

Cheers,
Robin

-- 
Robin S. Socha
There comes a time when you put your lives
Into the hands of the gods