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Typing ‘Q’ from most places in Pine will exit Pine and return you to the “[username]$” prompt.
Pressing ‘^Z’ in Pine will temporarily suspend Pine. Typing “fg” at the “[username]$” prompt
will resume a suspended Pine session. This is useful for users that often use the unix command
line for programming, viewing files, and other tasks.
Reading Your E-Mail
The INBOX message index is the first screen
you see when entering Pine. This is where any
new mail will appear. Any mail you have read
will remain here until you either file it to another
folder or delete it. A “+” in the first column of
the message index means that the message
marked is addressed specifically to you. If no
“+” is shown, you are not the primary recipient
of the message. The two most common reasons
for receiving a message not addressed specifically to you is if the message is from a mailing list
you are a member of or if the message was CC’d (carbon copied) to you.
Choose the message you wish to read by highlighting it using the up or down arrow keys. Once
the appropriate message is selected, press the ‘>’ or ‘<ENTER>’ key to view the message. To
scroll through the message, you may use the arrow keys, or the ‘-‘ key for the previous page and
the space bar for next page of a long message.
While you are either reading the message, or while you have the message highlighted in the index,
you may press ‘R’ to reply to the message, ‘F’ to forward the message, or ‘D’ to delete the
message. Messages marked for deletion will not be purged until you exit Pine. You may undelete
a message that hasn’t been purged yet by pressing the ‘U’ key. If you do not delete the message,
or move it to another folder, it will remain in your INBOX folder.
To return to the index of mail, press ‘I’. Pressing ‘P’ will move you to the previous message and
‘N’ will move you to the next message in your INBOX.
Creating/Using Folders
Pine gives you the opportunity to create folders to store your messages in other than the INBOX
folder. To create a folder, press ‘L’ to list your folders. At this point, a new screen will appear
with the word “Mail” highlighted. Pressing the ‘<ENTER>’ key will list on the folders in your
Barney account. If you wish to add a new folder, press ‘A’ for Add. Pine will ask you the
“Folder name to add:.” Type in the name for the folder and press ‘<ENTER>.’ You will see the
name of the new folder added to your expanded folder list.
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