Program for Internet News & Email, or Pine, is a terminal based email client developed by the University of Washington. These instructions cover basic viewing, writing, and printing only. UW has full instructions avaliable at http://www.washington.edu/pine/tutorial.4/index.html
Accessing Pine
To access Pine, connect via SSH, type pine and press Enter.
For instructions on connecting via SSH, click here.
The first time you run pine, you will be presented with greeting text. Press "e" on your keyboard to skip the greeting.
You should now see the main menu.
Viewing Email
Press "I" on your keyboard to view the message list of the current mailbox. When you first log in, your INBOX is the current mailbox.
To select a message for viewing, use the "P" key for previous and "N" key for next to move up and down the list of messages.
Press your Enter key to open the message.
Press the "I" key to switch back to the INBOX list or press "R" for reply, "F" for forward, or "D" for delete. Note that when a message is marked for deletion, from the message list ("I") press "E" to expunge the deleted messages. Once a message hs been expunged, it cannot be recovered. Pine does not use a Trash mailbox.
To quit using pine, press "q" and then "y" to confirm quiting.
Sending Email
From the message list, or "I" screen, or from the main menu, press "C". This should open a compose mail window.
Type the recipient's email address and press Enter.
Press Enter two more times to access the subject line. Type your subject
Press Enter one more time to access the message body area. Type your email message
To send the message, press and hold down the "Ctrl" key and press "X". Press "Y" to confirm your send command. You should see "Message send and copied to "sent-mail" at the bottom of your screen.
Printing Email
Note: You can only print to printers within your department
From the main menu (to return to the main menu, press "M") Press "S" for setup.
Press "P" for printer.
Press "N" repeatedly until you highlight "Personally selected print command".
Press "A" for Add Printer. Type the name of the printer (ie. "osh_pr275") and press Enter. Usually the name can be obtained either checking the label on the printer, or by contacting the helpdesk.
You should now be prompted for a command. Use "lp -d PRINTER" where PRITNER is the name of the printer you entered in the previous step (ie. "lp -d osh_pr275"). Press Enter once you've typed the command.
Press "S" to select the printer you just added to be your default printer in Pine.
Press "E" to exit setup and answer "Y" to commit the changes.
Open the email that you wish to print using the instructions above under "Viewing Email".
Press "%" on your keyboard. This should present your printer request as "printername-request" (ie. osh_pr275-112)
