Subject: PC-Pine moving INBOX to mbox.

From: Chris Schafer <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 08:36:08 -0500 (EST)

I have set up PC-Pine for our system via IMAP and have a good amount of
experience with the UNIX version running of Solaris 2.51.  We have created
individual pinerc files for each user that are identical with the
exception of the "username=" line yet some individuals INBOX's are being
moved to $HOME/mbox.  Having been made aware of the problem I proceeded to
do a diff on each of the users pinerc files with my own (which works fine)
and the only difference indeed in the "username=" line.  Is there
some behavior of PC-Pine that would make it do this or should I proceed
to investigate user error as the cause for these problems.  This only
seems to happen to a small number of the 4000 users we have currently
using this program.  For those interested assisting with this problem I
have attached a copy of our default pinerc file.

Thanks,
Chris.

Note:  The users home directories are mounted via samba as M:\.

# Updated by Pine(tm) 3.96, copyright 1989-1996 University of Washington.
#
# Pine configuration file -- customize as needed.
#
# This file sets the configuration options used by Pine and PC-Pine.  If you
# are using Pine on a Unix system, there may be a system-wide configuration
# file which sets the defaults for these variables.  There are comments in
# this file to explain each variable, but if you have questions about
# specific settings see the section on configuration options in the Pine
# notes.  On Unix, run pine -conf to see how system defaults have been set.
# For variables that accept multiple values, list elements are separated
# by commas.  A line beginning with a space or tab is considered to be a
# continuation of the previous line.  For a variable to be unset its value
# must be blank.  To set a variable to the empty string its value should
# be "".  You can override system defaults by setting a variable to the
# empty string.  Switch variables are set to either "yes" or "no", and
# default to "no".
# Lines beginning with "#" are comments, and ignored by Pine.

########################### Essential Parameters ###########################

# Over-rides your full name from Unix password file. Required for PC-Pine.
personal-name=Chris Schafer

# Your login/e-mail user name
user-id=cjs

# Sets domain part of From: and local addresses in outgoing mail.
user-domain=egr.msu.edu

# List of SMTP servers for sending mail. If blank: Unix Pine uses sendmail.
smtp-server=mailhost.egr.msu.edu

# NNTP server for posting news. Also sets news-collections for news reading.
nntp-server=nntp.msu.edu

# Path of (local or remote) INBOX, e.g. ={mail.somewhere.edu}inbox
# Normal Unix default is the local INBOX (usually /usr/spool/mail/$USER).
inbox-path={mailhost.egr.msu.edu}INBOX

###################### Collections, Folders, and Files #####################

# List of incoming msg folders besides INBOX, e.g. ={host2}inbox, {host3}inbox
# Syntax: optnl-label {optnl-imap-host-name}folder-path
incoming-folders=

# List of directories where saved-message folders may be. First one is
# the default for Saves. Example: Main {host1}mail/[], Desktop mail\[]
# Syntax: optnl-label {optnl-imap-hostname}optnl-directory-path[]
folder-collections=M:\Mail\[]

# List, only needed if nntp-server not set, or news is on a different host
# than used for NNTP posting. Examples: News *[] or News *{host3/nntp}[]
# Syntax: optnl-label *{news-host/protocol}[]
news-collections=nntp.msu.edu *{nntp.msu.edu/nntp}[]

# List of folder pairs; the first indicates a folder to archive, and the
# second indicates the folder read messages in the first should
# be moved to.
incoming-archive-folders=""

# List of context and folder pairs, delimited by a space, to be offered for
# pruning each month.  For example: {host1}mail/[] mumble
pruned-folders=

# Over-rides default path for sent-mail folder, e.g. =old-mail (using first
# folder collection dir) or ={host2}sent-mail or ="" (to suppress saving).
# Default: sent-mail (Unix) or SENTMAIL.MTX (PC) in default folder collection.
default-fcc=M:\Mail\sent-mail

# Over-rides default path for saved-msg folder, e.g. =saved-messages (using fir
st
# folder collection dir) or ={host2}saved-mail or ="" (to suppress saving).
# Default: saved-messages (Unix) or SAVEMAIL.MTX (PC) in default folder collect
ion.
default-saved-msg-folder=M:\Mail\savemail

# Over-rides default path for postponed messages folder, e.g. =pm (which uses
# first folder collection dir) or ={host4}pm (using home dir on host4).
# Default: postponed-msgs (Unix) or POSTPOND.MTX (PC) in default fldr coltn.
postponed-folder=m:\.postponed-mail

# If set, specifies where already-read messages will be moved upon quitting.
read-message-folder=

# Over-rides default path for signature file. Default is ~/.signature
signature-file=M:\.signature

# List of file or path names for global/shared addressbook(s).
# Default: none
# Syntax: optnl-label path-name
global-address-book=

# List of file or path names for personal addressbook(s).
# Default: ~/.addressbook (Unix) or \PINE\ADDRBOOK (PC)
# Syntax: optnl-label path-name
address-book=M:\.addressbook

############################### Preferences ################################

# List of features; see Pine's Setup/options menu for the current set.
# e.g. feature-list= select-without-confirm, signature-at-bottom
# Default condition for all of the features is no-.
feature-list=enable-mouse-in-xterm,
	enable-newmail-in-xterm-icon,
	enable-tab-completion,
	enable-jump-shortcut,
	expanded-view-of-folders,
	quit-without-confirm,
	save-will-quote-leading-froms,
	show-selected-in-boldface,
	signature-at-bottom,
	enable-full-header-cmd,
	quell-dead-letter-on-cancel,
	tab-visits-next-new-message-only,
	expunge-without-confirm,
	enable-goto-in-file-browser,
	enable-alternate-editor-cmd

# Pine executes these keys upon startup (e.g. to view msg 13: i,j,1,3,CR,v)
initial-keystroke-list=

# Only show these headers (by default) when composing messages
default-composer-hdrs=

# Add these customized headers (and possible default values) when composing
customized-hdrs=

# When viewing messages, include this list of headers
viewer-hdrs=

# Determines default folder name for Saves...
# Choices: default-folder, by-sender, by-from, by-recipient, last-folder-used.
# Default: "default-folder", i.e. "saved-messages" (Unix) or "SAVEMAIL" (PC).
saved-msg-name-rule=

# Determines default name for Fcc...
# Choices: default-fcc, by-recipient, last-fcc-used.
# Default: "default-fcc" (see also "default-fcc=" variable.)
fcc-name-rule=

# Sets presentation order of messages in Index. Choices:
# subject, from, arrival, date, size. Default: "arrival".
sort-key=Arrival/Reverse

# Sets presentation order of address book entries. Choices: dont-sort,
# fullname-with-lists-last, fullname, nickname-with-lists-last, nickname
# Default: "fullname-with-lists-last".
addrbook-sort-rule=

# Sets the default folder and collectionoffered at the Goto Command's prompt.
goto-default-rule=

# Reflects capabilities of the display you have. Default: US-ASCII.
# Typical alternatives include ISO-8859-x, (x is a number between 1 and 9).
character-set=

# Specifies the program invoked by ^_ in the Composer,
# or the "enable-alternate-editor-implicitly" feature.
editor=C:\winnt\notepad.exe

# Specifies the program invoked by ^T in the Composer.
speller=

# Specifies the column of the screen where the composer should wrap.
composer-wrap-column=

# Specifies the string to insert when replying to  message.
reply-indent-string=

# Specifies the string to use when sending a  message with no to or cc.
empty-header-message=

# Program to view images (e.g. GIF or TIFF attachments).
image-viewer=j:\netscape\navigator\program\netscape.exe

# If "user-domain" not set, strips hostname in FROM address. (Unix only)
use-only-domain-name=

########## Set within or by Pine: No need to edit below this line ##########

# Your default printer selection
printer=

# List of special print commands
personal-print-command=

# Which category default print command is in
personal-print-category=

# Set by Pine; controls beginning-of-month sent-mail pruning.
last-time-prune-questioned=98.2

# Set by Pine; controls display of "new version" message.
last-version-used=3.96

# This names the path to an alternative program, and any necessary arguments,
# to be used in posting mail messages.  Example:
#                    /usr/lib/sendmail -oem -t -oi
# or,
#                    /usr/local/bin/sendit.sh
# The latter a script found in Pine distribution's contrib/util directory.
# NOTE: The program MUST read the message to be posted on standard input,
#       AND operate in the style of sendmail's "-t" option.
sendmail-path=

# This names the root of the tree to which the user is restricted when reading
# and writing folders and files.  For example, on Unix ~/work confines the
# user to the subtree beginning with their work subdirectory.
# (Note: this alone is not sufficient for preventing access.  You will also
# need to restrict shell access and so on, see Pine Technical Notes.)
# Default: not set (so no restriction)
operating-dir=

# This variable takes a list of programs that message text is piped into
# after MIME decoding, prior to display.
display-filters=

# This defines a program that message text is piped into before MIME
# encoding, prior to sending
sending-filters=

# A list of alternate addresses the user is known by
alt-addresses=

# This is a list of formats for address books.  Each entry in the list is made
# up of space-delimited tokens telling which fields are displayed and in
# which order.  See help text
addressbook-formats=

# This gives a format for displaying the index.  It is made
# up of space-delimited tokens telling which fields are displayed and in
# which order.  See help text
index-format=

# The number of lines of overlap when scrolling through message text
viewer-overlap=

# Number of lines from top and bottom of screen where single
# line scrolling occurs.
scroll-margin=

# The number of seconds to sleep after writing a status message
status-message-delay=

# The approximate number of seconds between checks for new mail
mail-check-interval=30

# Full path and name of NEWSRC file
newsrc-path=M:\.newsrc

# Path and filename of news configation's active file.
# The default is typically "/usr/lib/news/active".
news-active-file-path=

# Directory containing system's news data.
# The default is typically "/usr/spool/news"
news-spool-directory=

# Path and filename of the program used to upload text from your terminal
# emulator's into Pine's composer.
upload-command=

# Text sent to terminal emulator prior to invoking the program defined by
# the upload-command variable.
# Note: _FILE_ will be replaced with the temporary file used in the upload.
upload-command-prefix=

# Path and filename of the program used to download text via your terminal
# emulator from Pine's export and save commands.
download-command=

# Text sent to terminal emulator prior to invoking the program defined by
# the download-command variable.
# Note: _FILE_ will be replaced with the temporary file used in the downlaod.
download-command-prefix=

# Sets the search path for the mailcap cofiguration file.
# NOTE: colon delimited under UNIX, semi-colon delimited under DOS/Windows/OS2.

mailcap-search-path=

# Sets the search path for the mimetypes cofiguration file.
# NOTE: colon delimited under UNIX, semi-colon delimited under DOS/Windows/OS2.

mimetype-search-path=

# Sets the time in seconds that Pine will attempt to open a network
# connection.  The default is 30, the minimum is 5, and the maximum is
# system defined (typically 75).
tcp-open-timeout=

# Sets the time in seconds that Pine will attempt to open a UNIX remote
# shell connection.  The default is 15, min is 5, and max is unlimited.
# Zero disables rsh altogether.
rsh-open-timeout=

# Sets the version number Pine will use as a threshold for offering
# its new version message on startup.
new-version-threshold=

# Extension used for local folder names (".MTX" by default).
folder-extension=""

# Choose: black,blue,green,cyan,red,magenta,yellow,or white (CAPS=BLINKING).
normal-foreground-color=black
normal-background-color=white
reverse-foreground-color=cyan
reverse-background-color=black

# Name and size of font.
font-name=""
font-size=-9
font-style=""

# Name and size of printer font.
print-font-name=""
print-font-size=""
print-font-style=""

# Window position in the format: CxR+X+Y
# Where C and R are the window size in characters and X and Y are the
# screen position of the top left corner of the window.
window-position=92x45+193+19t

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From: Terry Gray <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 09:52:05 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time)

Chris,
The place to look is in the users' home directory.  If there is an
mbox file, imapd will automatically move mail from the spool directory
into it.  You can recompile imapd without the mbox driver to avoid this,
or you can seek out and rename all of the mbox files you find in home
dirs. In the next release, we may make the mbox driver optional rather
than one of the default drivers to avoid this problem.

-teg