pine
character-based email and news client
TLDR
Start Pine mail client
$ pine
Open specific folder$ pine -f [folder]
Send message from command line$ pine -I [address] -subject "[subject]"
Start in setup mode$ pine -conf
SYNOPSIS
pine [options] [address]
DESCRIPTION
pine (Program for Internet News and Email) is a character-based email and news client. Developed at University of Washington, it was widely used for its user-friendly interface.
PARAMETERS
-f folder
Open specific folder.-I address
Initial address.-subject text
Message subject.-conf
Configure mode.-n num
Start at message number.
MAIN MENU
$ ? HELP
C COMPOSE MESSAGE
I MESSAGE INDEX
L FOLDER LIST
A ADDRESS BOOK
S SETUP
Q QUIT
C COMPOSE MESSAGE
I MESSAGE INDEX
L FOLDER LIST
A ADDRESS BOOK
S SETUP
Q QUIT
Start Pine
pine
Compose to address
pine user@example.com
Read specific folder
pine -f ~/mail/inbox
$
# CONFIGURATION
Configuration stored in ~/.pstrinerc. Use S (Setup) from main menu for interactive configuration.
# CAVEATS
Pine is obsolete; use Alpine instead. Not all features work with modern mail servers. License issues led to Alpine fork.
# HISTORY
Pine was developed at the **University of Washington** starting in 1989 by **Mark Crispin** and later superseded by **Alpine** under Apache license.
# SEE ALSO
alpine(1), mutt(1), mail(1)
# CONFIGURATION
Configuration stored in ~/.pstrinerc. Use S (Setup) from main menu for interactive configuration.
# CAVEATS
Pine is obsolete; use Alpine instead. Not all features work with modern mail servers. License issues led to Alpine fork.
# HISTORY
Pine was developed at the **University of Washington** starting in 1989 by **Mark Crispin** and later superseded by **Alpine** under Apache license.
# SEE ALSO
alpine(1), mutt(1), mail(1)