pine

At the shell prompt, type pine to start the program.

Press to visit the main menu.

Press to summon the setup menu.

Press to access the configuration setup menu, which is shown in Figure 11.9.

Scroll through the configuration list using the and keys.

pine offers you gobs of options to configure. Table 11.1 describes the ones you might find most useful.

Table 11.1. Commonly Used Configuration Options

OPTION	DESCRIPTION
initial-keystroke-list	Specifies key commands for pine to use when starting, just as if you’d typed them in directly.
nntp-server	Sets the news server name so you can read Usenet news in pine, as mentioned in Chapter 12.
quit-without-confirm	Allows you to exit pine without the “are you sure?” message.
signature-at-bottom	Puts your automatic signature at the end of the message you’re replying to, rather than above it.
saved-msg-name-rule	Sets pine to automatically file your saved messages in a specific folder, based on the characteristics (sender, etc.) of the message.
fcc-name-rule	Sets your file copy of outgoing messages to be saved in a particular folder. We like the by-recipient option, which files messages according to whom we sent them to.
use-only-domain-name	Sets pine to send all outgoing messages with just the domain name and not the machine name on the From: line. For example, our messages come from @raycomm.com, not from @frazz. raycomm.com.

Press to select the option you want to change.

Make your selection or fill in the necessary information.

Press to exit the configuration menu and return to the setup menu. You’ll be prompted to save your changes. If you want to do so, press ; if not, press . You’ll then whiz back to the main menu.