• Start composing a mail message by selecting Compose Message or press the C key on your keyboard while viewing Pine's Main Menu.

• Pine will move you into the window where you will give header information (addresses, subject, etc.) and compose your message. Pressing Enter moves you down to the next header line or into the body of the message. You may also move up and down with the arrow keys.

• Type addresses (or Address Book nicknames) on the To and Cc lines.

• Specify any files to be attached on the Attchmnt line.

• Type a descriptive subject on the Subject line.

• After completing the subject line, start typing the message in the space below.

• When complete, Press Ctrl-X to send the message.

• Pine will ask you to verify that you want to send the message. Press Y.

• From home or on a network.
  • At the Main Menu go to Setup [S].

  • Then choose [P] for Printer Settings. Careful: This next screen can be confusing.

  • Select (highlight using the arrow keys) 'Attached-to-Ansi' and press Enter. It will say at the botom of the screen "Your default print is set to Attached to Ansi".

  • Now you can exit out of this screen by typing [E] for Exit Config. It will ask if you want to commit changes.

  • Select [Y] for Yes. Now you may go and read your mail as usual.

  • When you are ready to print a message that you are reading, press [Y] for PrYnt (the misspelling is deliberate).

  • It will ask you if you want to print message # using attached-to-ansi.

  • Select [Y] for Yes. The printer properties screen will pop up and you can verify the printer name. The current email message will then be printed on your local or network printer.

• From a Student Lab.
  • At the Main Menu go to Setup [S].

  • Enter [P] to go to Printer Settings. Careful: This next screen can be confusing.

  • Use the arrow keys to move down the screen to the section entitled "Standard VMS Print Command".

  • Under this section you will see several printer paths; all of which are for the lab laser printers.

  • Highlight the printer of the lab you are in. For eample the bus lab is: "busscc" print/queue=busscc.

  • Finally, select [S] the printer of the lab in which you wish to print.

  • Now you can exit out of this screen by typing [E] for Exit Config.

  • It will ask if you want to commit changes.

  • Select [Y] for Yes.

  • Now you may go and read your mail as usual. When you are ready to print a message you are reading, press [Y] for PrYnt (the misspelling is deliberate).

  • It will ask you if you are sure. Select [Y] for Yes. The current email message will them be printed to the lab laser printer.

• Before starting, let's get familiar with some terms that will be important.
  • Root Directory: Your root directory is the main area of your account where most actions take place. You can identify the root directory by the ICEMAN $ > or just $ > prompt. This prompt is also called the DCL prompt or Home directory. Many users are not aware of the root directory because, by default, the ACAD system takes a user to a MENU which overlays and hides the root directory. To get directly to the root from the menu, type 'Q'. This option is labeled "Quit to DCL" in the menu.

  • FTP: Short for File Transfer Protocol, an FTP program allows the user to log into a system and transfer files back and forth between their local computer and the remote server/system. UNI recommends using the FTP program WS_FTP for Windows machines and Fetch for Macintosh machines. Both WS_FTP and Fetch may be downloaded from the university web site http://www.uni.edu/its/us/software for free. Often, ftp is used as a verb and is distinguished in writing by lowercase letters. To ftp means to use the FTP program to contact and transfer a file from a remote computer.

• To Extract and View an Attachment from PINE mail:
  • Read the email message as normal.

  • While reading it, type a 'V' for View Attachment. Your screen will switch to show the Attachment Index Screen.

  • If there are multiple attachments, choose which one you want by using the up and down arrow keys. Type 'S' for save and at the bottom of your screen it will say: "Copy attachment to file in home directory: NAME "

  • Where NAME is the title of the attachment. You may rename the attachment to anything you wish, but remember the name so that you may find the attachment later.

  • Press ENTER to save your selection. You should see a return message saying that the attachment was correctly written to your root directory. If you encounter an error, see the PINE FAQ.

  • Now it is time to ftp the attachment onto your local computer. Start the FTP program and login to your ACAD account using ACAD.UNI.EDU as the host name.

  • The FTP program should default to your root directory where you will be able to see the attachment.

  • Transfer the attachment to your local machine being sure to take note of which folder you put it in.

  • Go to that folder and try to open the attachment. If you can not open the attachment, try the whole process again; otherwise, you may exit out of PINE and FTP.

  • Be sure that you delete the original message and the saved attachment. You may delete the original message as normal and may delete the saved attachment by going into your root directory and typing at the $> $> DELETE NAME

  • Where NAME is the title of the saved attachment. Deleting both of these will help keep your account

• From Pine's Main Menu, select Folder List, or press L, to see a list of folders where messages can be stored. To see the contents of the current folder select Folder Index from the Main Menu or press I.

• When reading a message or when you have it highlighted in a list of messages, press S to save it to a folder. You will be prompted to type the name of the folder to save the message in. Keep in mind that folder names are "case sensitive," therefore, if the folder name displays in all capitals, you must type it in all capitals. Bob, BOB, and bob would all be different folders.

• If you set up Pine to be a news reader, the Folder List will contain separate lists of mail and news folders. Each list can be collapsed or expanded to show all folder names.

Pine's address book allows you to create "Nicknames" for complete email addresses or for mailing lists. Instead of typing a full address when addressing a message, you can simply type the nickname.

• Log in to the VMS System

• Start Pine by typing Pine at the $ prompt or selecting Pine from the menu system.

• Select Address Book from Pine's main menu (or press A).

• When you enter the Address Book you will see the list of address book entries. If none have been entered, the list will be blank. Press the A key to add a new entry.

• Pine will ask for five pieces of information.
  • The first item, Nickname, is a shorter name you will type in stead of the complete address when addressing a message.

  • The second field, Fullname, is the full name of the owner of the address.

  • Fcc, the third item, stands for "File Carbon Copy." Here, specify a mail folder in which to store a copy of messages sent to this address. When you move down to this third item, an option will appear at the bottom of the screen (Ctrl-T) labeled To Fldrs which will show you your folder list so you can select one to save a copy of the message in.

  • Comment is a field where you can enter a note to yourself concerning the address. If you have two addresses for a particular person, you may want to enter a brief explanation of the difference here ("work" as opposed to "home").

  • Finally, enter the address in the Addresses field. Multiple addresses may be included to make the nickname represent a mailing list instead of a single address. Multiple addresses must be separated by commas.

  • When you have entered the address, press Ctrl-X to save the entry and exit the screen. Pine will ask you to confirm that you want to do this by pressing Y. Do so and you will be taken back to the Address Book.

• Once back in the address book, you can press A to add more new entries or M to return to the Main Menu. You can also send a message to the highlighted entry (address or list) by pressing C.

In Pine, a mailing list is simply a Nickname that represents more than one address.

Pine automatically encodes files you attach to messages. Anyone you send an attached file to will need to decode it. Their email program may do this for them automatically or it may not. If the file you want to send is pure text, you may want to use Pine's Read File feature and make the text part of the mail message.

Attach File

• Log in to the VMS System

• Make sure the file you wish to attach is in your VMS directory.

• Start Pine by typing "Pine" at the $ prompt or selecting Pine from the menu system.

• Select "Compose Message" from Pine's main menu (or press C).

• Address the message as you ordinarily would.

• On the "Attchmnt" line type the name of the file you would like to attach to the message or press Control-T to view a list of files in your VMS account you can attach; highlight the file you want and press Enter.

• Finish typing the message and send it as you usually would.

The Read File command puts the contents of a text file into the body of an Email message.

• Log in to the VMS System

• Make sure the text file you wish to send is in your VMS directory.

• Start Pine by typing "Pine" at the $ prompt or selecting Pine from the menu system.

• Select "Compose Message" from Pine's main menu (or press C).

• Address the message as you ordinarily would.

• After addressing the message, use the arrow keys or press Enter to move into the body of the message.

• At any time after you start typing the message, press Ctrl-R for the Read File command to insert the text of a file at the point where your cursor is.

• Type the name of the file you would like to attach to the message or press Control-T to view a list of files in your VMS account you can attach; highlight the file you want and press Enter.

• Finish typing the message and send it as you usually would.

• Send the message as you ordinarily would.