Getting Started with E-Mail at FMU (Pine)

Getting Signed On to ALPHA1

You must have an ALPHA1 userid to use any email program on ALPHA1.  You have two choices of email programs on ALPHA1 - PINE or VMS MAIL.

Your userid is the first four letters of your last name combined with the last four numbers of your Social Security number.  Your email address will be your userid combined with the “@” character and the university’s domain name which is fmarion.edu.

For example:

My name is Bugs Bunny and my SS# is 123-45-6789

                My User id                               :               Bunn6789

                My Email address                    :               Bunn6789@fmarion.edu

                Alternative Email address       :               Bunn6789@Alpha1.fmarion.edu

To access the ALPHA1, you will be required to enter a password after entering your userid.  The first time you access the ALPHA1, your password will  USER.  You will be prompted at this time to enter a new password and to verify it.  This will be your password the next time you use the ALPHA1.  The password must be at least 6 characters and no more that 32, and should consist of letters and numbers.

First time signing on to ALPHA1:

                UserID                     Bunn 6789

                Password                               User

                New Password       Carrots

                Verify                      Carrots

Note:  Your password will not appear on the screen for your safety.  Please remember your password.  If you forget it you must go to the Academic Computer Center main office and have it reset.  There may be a 24 hour waiting period for passwords to be reset.  To change your password at a later date, enter the command SET PASSWORD and follow the instructions on the screen.

REMEMBER:  Your password will be the newpassword from now on.

Next time signing on to ALPHA1:

                UserID                     Bunn6789

                Password                               Carrots

Signing on to ALPHA1

                Click on the icon Telnet to Alpha1 or at your Telnet prompt enter the machine name of ALPHA1.FMARION.EDU and press enter

                Type your userid and press enter

                Type in your password and press enter.

Getting Started with Pine on ALPHA1

Pine is a text-based, menu-driven mail program.  You can enter the letter or symbol of the command you want.  Certain features require the Ctrl key to be pressed along with the letter.  When you see ^ this means press the ctrl key along with the letter following it to initiate the command.

Sign on to the ALPHA1 with your userid

At the $ prompt, type PINE to start the Pine Mail program

You will see the following menu for pine

PINE 3.95   MAIN MENU                             Folder: INBOX  0 Messages

       ?     HELP                                          -  Get help using Pine

       C    COMPOSE MESSAGE                -  Compose and send a message

       I     FOLDER INDEX                           -  View messages in current folder

       L    FOLDER LIST                              -  Select a folder to view

       A    ADDRESS BOOK                       -  Update address book

       S     SETUP                                       -  Configure or update Pine

       Q    QUIT                                           -  Exit the Pine program

    Copyright 1989-1996.  PINE is a trademark of the University of Washington.

                    [Folder "INBOX" opened with 0 messages]

? Help                     P PrevCmd                                         R RelNotes

O OTHER CMDS      L [ListFldrs]             N NextCmd         K KBLock

To Compose and Send Messages

Press C to compose a message. You will see the following screen.

PINE 3.95   COMPOSE MESSAGE                       Folder: INBOX  0 Messages

To      :

Cc      :

Attchmnt:

Subject :

----- Message Text -----

 ^G Get Help  ^X Send       ^R Rich Hdr  ^Y PrvPg/Top  ^K Cut Line       ^O Postpone

^C Cancel      ^D Del Char  ^J Attach      ^V NxtPg/End  ^U UnDel Line  ^T To AddrBk

You will be required to fill in the To: prompt.  This prompt should contain the email address of the recipient of the message being composed.  The other prompts are optional.  The Cc: prompt is  where to send copies.  The Attchmnt: prompt  is  the name of an attached file.  Please remember that attached files must be on the ALPHA1.  The recommendation is for files to be of ASCII  (DOS Text) type.  The Subject: prompt is where a brief description of  the message to the recipient . Press enter after entering the information or  simply press enter to skip an option.  Type your message in the message area.  Then press Control  X to send the message.  To cancel the message press Control C. When composing a message press Control G  to access Pine’s on-line help.

When you send a message you will be prompted by Send message? type  Y

When you cancel a message you will be prompted by Cancel? type Y

To Read New Mail Messages

Press I to view messages in current folder INBOX.  The INBOX folder is where new messages will be located. Press the enter key on the INBOX, then you will see a list of your messages.  Use the up or down arrows to select the message to be read. 

To view the next message press N.  To view the previous message type P.  To delete a message type D.

NOTE:  Please remember to delete any messages not needed.  You will not be able to send or receive message if your library is full of old messages.  To delete messages, press D when the message is highlighted or being read.

To Read Old Mail Messages

Press L and choose the folder MAIL by highlighting it and pressing enter.  Choose the message to read.  To return to the INBOX.  Press L and choose INBOX. 

Please remember to delete old mail message you no longer need by pressing  D on the message.

To Exit Pine

Press Q to quit from pine.  If you have deleted messages, you will asked to confirm the deletion.  You may be asked if you would like messages moved from on folder to another folder.  You will also be asked to confirm that you want to quit Pine Really quit pine? type Y. 

The following are samples of question which may be asked when you exit pine.

Really quit pine? type Y

(This makes sure you wanted to exit pine.)

Save the read message in “MAIL”? type Y

(This will move a message from INBOX to MAIL folder.)

Expunge deleted message from INBOX? type Y

(This deletes the message from your INBOX folder.

NOTE: Remember to exit the ALPHA1 by typing  LOGOFF at the $ prompt.

To Create an Address Book

Press A to create or modify your address book.

To add an address to your address book, press A again.  You will be asked to fill in the following information.  Please be aware you do not have to  type something in every field.  You must enter something in the Adrress field.

                Nickname:                Should be short with no spaces in the name.

                Fullname:                 Full name to associate with the address.  Can be in form Last name, First name.

                Fcc:                         Normally omitted.  Where any copy will go.

                Comment:                                A brief description to help you remember the address.

                Addresses:             The actual Email address.

To remove an address from your address book, press D on the highlighted address to delete.

To use your address when composing a message, either press C when in address book or press Control T when in compose message mode.

On-line Help Sources

Press ? or Control G when composing a message, to access Pine’s on-line help.

You will find many sites on the Web with help on pine.