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- pine_3.07.MAB.compressed.README
-
- The (single) pine MAB consists of five compressed pieces...
-
- -rw-r----- 250000 Aug 3 13:32 pine_3.07.MAB.compressed.1
- -rw-r----- 250000 Aug 3 13:32 pine_3.07.MAB.compressed.2
- -rw-r----- 250000 Aug 3 13:32 pine_3.07.MAB.compressed.3
- -rw-r----- 250000 Aug 3 13:32 pine_3.07.MAB.compressed.4
- -rw-r----- 151239 Aug 3 13:32 pine_3.07.MAB.compressed.5
-
- which if cat'ed together yield
-
- -rw-r--r-- 1151239 Aug 3 13:32 pine_3.07.MAB.compressed
-
- However, this is not really necessary. Actually you can use the following
- command to reconstitute the FAT compiled (FIP/m68k) executables... (all on
- a single command-line to your Terminal.app shell...
-
- > cat pine_3.07.MAB.compressed.1 pine_3.07.MAB.compressed.2 pine_3.07.MAB.compr
- essed.3 pine_3.07.MAB.compressed.4 pine_3.07.MAB.compressed.5 | zcat | tar -xvf -
-
- the leading ``>'' represents the prompt of your shell and should not be typed
- or pasted to your Terminal shell. Because of its size, I chunked it with
- the Installer.app chunk filter. After the pine_3.07.MAB/ directory is thus
- extracted you can delete the 5 pieces, and recompress it as a single unit if
- desired.
-
- pico -- a vt100 editor, easier to use than vi or emacs for non Unix-guru's
- pine -- the actual ``MIME'' E-Mail utility. This is comparable to a com-
- mand line NeXT-Mail, but is compatible with many ELM or other MIME
- mailers... it is NOT compatible with NeXT-Mail. It allows rich-
- text. sound/graphic/binary file attachments, and the like.
-
- imapd - a remote-use E-Mail daemon which is designed to run under inetd.
- mtest - a test program furnished with the pine source distribution.
- doc/* - documentation included in the source distribution, including
- RFC-1176 about imapd, and manpages, PostScript info files, etc.
-
- To install on NEXTSTEP 3.1, place pine (and optionally pico) in your
- /usr/local/bin utilities directory. imapd in your /usr/local/etc or
- other local daemon directory. lipo them if desired to remove foreign
- version (i386/m68k).
-
- Add the following line to /etc/inetd.conf
- imap2 stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/etc/imapd imapd
-
- (The Imap daemon operates as root to give login style access for
- remote users, and give access to any /usr/spool/mail/* mailboxes)
-
- Using NetInfoManager.app,
- Open the appropriate domain (if you have a stand-alone virgin
- system, the app will automatically open the right domain).
-
- Select the ``services'' directory
- Make a new Subdirectory with the Domain > New Subdirectory menu option
- Double-click the new entry to open it.
- Select the name property, -- change it's related value to ``imap2''
- Add a new value -- change it to ``imap''
- Insert a new property -- rename the PROPERTY ``protocol''
- add a new value -- change it to ``tcp''
- insert a new property -- rename the PROPERTY ``port''
- add a new value for port -- change it to ``143''
-
- SAVE your changes.
-
- Reboot or send a ``kill -HUP'' to the inetd
-
- PROBABLE/POSSIBLE PROBLEMS
-
- 1. My actual /etc/inetd.conf entry specifies /usr/etc instead of
- /usr/local/etc, but that is a soft link to the actual /usr/local/etc
- location of the daemon.
-
- 2. Pine uses the ^X (Control-X) key to SEND outgoing mail. This is trapped by
- csh and tcsh as a CANCEL key, and Pine asks if you want an emergency exit
- instead of sending the message. If you select the emergency exit, it does
- not restore your shell to normal operation. Use stty quit control-] or some
- comparable alternative to allow use of ^X as the send command. Do this stty
- before starting pine, each time. (or set an alias or script for it).
-
- 3. Though I compiled this as a MULTI-ARCHITECTURE BINARY (both black and
- white) I have not had the opportunity to test it under FIP.
-
- Despite these problems, it DOES give NeXT users a method to send RFC822 E-Mail
- complete with file-attaches to other MIME systems, and to automatically strip
- (or extract) such attaches so long as Pine gets to the mail before NeXT-Mail
- moves it out of the /usr/spool/mail queue.
-
- Also it gives REMOTE access to mail with a nicer interface than /usr/ucb/mail,
- though NeXT-Mail is not handled properly. NeXT-Mail may be left in the queue
- with Pine, and later fetched with the actual NeXT-Mail application.
-
- Complaints, lawsuits, and the like must be redirected to /dev/null. There are
- NO GUARANTEES WHATSOEVER for pine It may cause your monitor to explode, your
- disk to crash, or all of the bits on the disk to be inverted. -- use at your own
- risk. None of these things has happened to me.