alpine

alpine [options] [address]

alpine is an email client and Usenet newsgroup program with a pico/nano-inspired interface. It supports most modern email services through IMAP and is designed for ease of use with a menu-driven interface.Alpine is the successor to Pine and was developed by the University of Washington.

address

Open directly to message composition screen to send to specified address

Start up in the FOLDER INDEX screen instead of the main menu.

Open folder instead of INBOX (in the first folder collection).

Folder collection number for the -f argument.

Output diagnostic information at debug level 0 to 9.

Use config-file as the personal configuration file instead of ~/.pinerc.

Start with the message numbered number as the current message.

Enable use of suspend (Ctrl-Z) to put Alpine in the background.

Configuration is normally edited interactively with the Setup command (S) from the main menu, which writes changes back to the personal configuration file.~/.pinerc

Personal configuration file for Alpine. Stores mail server settings, folder collections, display preferences, and feature flags.

Personal address book.

System-wide default configuration.

System-wide non-overridable configuration set by the administrator.

Configuration is stored in ~/.pinerc by default. Alpine may require additional setup for OAuth2 authentication with modern email providers like Gmail.

Alpine was developed by the University of Washington as a successor to Pine (Program for Internet News & Email). First released in 2007, it was designed to address licensing concerns with Pine.

mutt(1), mail(1), pico(1), nano(1), pine(1)

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