Physics Computing Services

Recommended Pine Configuration

Configuring Pine as a secure IMAP client under UNIX/Linux

The following procedure has been tested on pine, version 4.33 and above.
Navigate to the "Collection List" setup as follows:
```
(M)ain menu -> (S)etup -> collection(L)ist 
  
```
Add the following values

      Nickname  : [Choose a name] 
      Server    : mail.physics.ucsb.edu/ssl     
	   Path      : mail/ 
      View      :

then press ^X (control-X) to save the changes.

Navigate to the "Setup Configuration" as follows:
```
(M)ain menu -> (S)etup -> (C)onfig     
```
Add/edit the following value:
```
     inbox-path               = {mail.physics.ucsb.edu/ssl}INBOX
```
to securely read your inbox. You can also edit the default-saved-msg-folder, postponed-folder, read-messages-folder, etc by adding /ssl/novalidate-cert after mail.physics.ucsb.edu to force pine to use SSL to read those folders. So, any folder can be made to use SSL by setting it as follows:
```
     [pine-folder]    =    {mail.physics.ucsb.edu/ssl}[IMAP-FOLDER]
```

Sending mail

You must also make sure to set the proper SMTP server for sending mail. This will send your mail through our server via an encrypted connection.

 [smtp-server]    =    smtp.physics.ucsb.edu:587/tls

Mail forwarding from your local machine

You must also make sure that the file ~/.forward forwards your mail from your local machine to our IMAP server. To do this, create the file ~/.forward with the following line:

username@physics.ucsb.edu

How to save e-mail and attachments locally:

View the e-mail you would like to save locally. Select View (V), which will first list the message of the e-mail, and then all attachments. Use the up and down arrow keys to navigate, and save (S) to write to your local hard drive. Use (ctrl-t) to browse the destination directory.

Composing mail with alternate editors

From the Main Menu, select Setup (S) and then Config (C). Set (X) the following options:

```
enable-alternate-editor-cmd   
```
```
enable-alternate-editor-implicitly
```

Now, everytime you compose a message, Pine will prompt you for "Which alternate editor?" The default will still be pico, but you can enter vi, emacs, etc.

Physics Computing Services, pcs@physics.ucsb.edu
Last updated October 27, 2005 by Jennifer L. Mehl