Subject: How Do You?

From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 20:19:06 +0000 (GMT)

This system is very user-unfriendly, but I am stuck with it.  Please tell 
me how to attach a WORD file to a message that I am composing?  Thanks in 
advance.

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From: Norbert Koch <[email-masked]>
Date: 22 Jan 1998 16:03:29 +0100

>>>On Thu, 22 Jan 1998 20:19:06 +0000 (GMT), [email-masked] said:

Hi,

 k> This system is very user-unfriendly, but I am stuck with it.
 k> Please tell me how to attach a WORD file to a message that I am
 k> composing?  Thanks in advance.

I suppose by system you mean WinBlows XX, because who else would try
to attach a WORD document?

Anyway, while composing a message, press ctrl-j (attach file) and
either enter the name of the file or press ctrl-t (to files) in order
to get a directory tree which you can use to search for the file.

Btw, the pine online-help is *very* well written and able to answer
your question right away, afaik. Also it's a good idea to look for the
options, presently given.

I hope this is *not* offending and I haven't missed any details.

l8er, norbert.

-- 
Norbert Koch
a rattlesnake that doesn't bite teaches you nothing!

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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 09:09:53 -0600 (CST)

posted and mailed

>From: [email-masked]
>Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 20:19:06 +0000 (GMT)

>This system is very user-unfriendly, but I am stuck with it.

Try the context-sensitive help. There is a help topic for every function and
option, and each header in the composer. Just hit ^g.

>Please tell me how to attach a WORD file to a message that I am composing?

If you are using Unix pine via a shell account, upload the file to your home
directory. Enter the composer, put cursor in headers, ^j and name the file to
attach, fill in rest of headers, write an explanation in the body, send
message.

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From: Edward M Greshko <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 23:31:31 +0800 (GMT)

> me how to attach a WORD file to a message that I am composing?  Thanks in 

In addition to the other messages, which were helpful, it should also be
pointed out that VSNL has not seen fit to upgrade their version of pine.
You are using version 3.91 which is "old".  Pine is now at 3.96 which
offers the ability to so file uploads and downloads from within pine.

IMHO, a lot of the problems are created by VSNL.  They are a government
run ISP and they give little or no service to their customers....

Regards,

-- 
Edward M. Greshko                  Technical Manager, Electronic Commerce
GSM: +65-975-10860                 Control Data Asia/Pacific Region
PGPKey-ID:CA3AFA5D  Fingerprint: 2DE6 5527 144E D1BC  3C55 9FA5 518E 52EE

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From: Terry Gray <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 11:17:30 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time)

Note also that *PC*-Pine exists and was developed specifically to make
it easy to deal with attachments in a windows environment.

-teg

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 09:00:13 +0000 (GMT)

That's the way I tried to do it, but the command to go to files takes me 
to directories on a server somewhere, and will not allow me to specify a 
file on my own hard disk.  So I'm stuck!  Would appreciate any other 
suggestions you may have.  By the way, I received a WORD attachment 
perfectly from another system.

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 09:02:45 +0000 (GMT)

How do I upload a file?.  I think the problem is I am not familiar with 
UNIX systems.  The context-sensitive help said that there is no help 
currently available for attachments.

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 09:09:02 +0000 (GMT)

I entirely agree with your views on VSNL.  Hopefully, we'll soon have a 
choice on ISPs in India.  Meanwhile, thanks for your inputs.

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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 21:47:14 -0600 (CST)

>Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 09:02:45 +0000 (GMT)

>How do I upload a file?

If Z-Modem is available to you, use that. The sending side always invokes it
using "sz" and calling "rz" on the receiving side. You must closely examine the
communications program that you use to see what you have available.

Kermit is also commonly available, but it's more difficult to use.

>The context-sensitive help said that there is no help currently available for
>attachments.

It sounds like portions of the "help" file are missing. Complain to your system
administrator, and ask him to install the current pine, now at 3.96.

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 09:17:55 +0000 (GMT)

I have also not been able to figure out how to save things on my machine, 
instead of on the remote system (which seems to be the default)?