Pine (Electronic Mail Reader)

Sending Mail with Pine

You can start composing a new mail message by using the 'c' command. Replying to a received mail message can be done with the 'r' command. For the 'c' command, you specify a recipient to your mail message. For the 'r' command, the recipient(s) is(are) automatically specified from the mail message being replied to. If the recipient has an alias or is a local user Pine will show the recipient's "real name" in the To: field of the Compose Mail screen.

Pine has a place for a Subject:. For the 'r' command, the subject field is automatically filled in, but you have to type return to enter it. Normally, for example, if a mail message was received with the subject "Invoice payment due", the subject for the reply would automatically be set to "Re: Invoice payment due". You can toggled between the fields using the or arrow keys.

There is also a Cc: field. This is useful when you would like to send copies of this mail messages to other people. If not, just leave it blank.

If you wish to include any attachments in your Email, use '^J' while the Attachment: field is highlighted to include the files you wish to attach. These may be text, graphics, or any other MIME-compatible file.

Afterwards you may editing your mail message in the space provided. Pine gives you a set of options while composing mail. You can choose to do one of the following: '^X' to send the mail, '^G' to get help, and '^C' to cancel sending mail.