Subject: Query

From: ASHWANTH FERNANDO <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 09:50:47 +0000 (IST)

Will anyone let me know or explain how to view an attachment in PINE?
I am a novice. Whenever I press 'view attachment' it says try Save. 
Please explain.                     Ashwanth Fernando,India

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From: Andy Malato <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 01:04:14 -0500

PINE only knows how to display text attachements, it cannot handel graphics,
Executable and other binary type files.  Save the file to your home directory (I
am assuming UNIX here).  It will ask you for a file name, just use the default. 
You will then need to ftp the file from your UNIX account over to your local PC.

hope that helps

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From: "Robin S. Socha" <[email-masked]>
Date: 28 Aug 1999 16:32:24 +0200

* Andy Malato <[email-masked]> writes:
> ASHWANTH FERNANDO wrote:
>> Will anyone let me know or explain how to view an attachment in PINE?  I
>> am a novice. Whenever I press 'view attachment' it says try Save.
> PINE only knows how to display text attachements, it cannot handel
> graphics, Executable and other binary type files.  

So what? All you need is the right entry in your mailcap, like:
   image/*; ee %s
to launch ElectricEyes to view any kind of image file. What is needed,
though, is an application that can handle a particular attachment. If
someone, e.g., sends you an MS-Word document, you need something like
mswordview or catdoc to view it.

> Save the file to your home directory (I am assuming UNIX here).  It will
> ask you for a file name, just use the default.  You will then need to ftp
> the file from your UNIX account over to your local PC.

He never said he was using Dildows, was he?
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