1. Getting to Pine
To access Pine, first login into your Acad account via SSH.
After you have logged into your Acad account: type pine at the UNIX prompt and hit enter/return. You will then be asked to login again with your GWMail username and password.
Once you are in Pine, the available commands are given on the bottom of the screen. The only computer jargon that you will have to remember is that the ^ character stands for the control key (labeled Ctrl on some keyboards).
Once in Pine, you can type the ? at any time to get help.
The Main Menu lists Pine's main options. The key or keys you must type to enter your choice is to the left of each option or command name.
From the Main Menu you can choose to read online help, write (compose) and send a message, look at an index of your mail messages, open or maintain your mail folders, update your address book, configure or update Pine, and quit Pine. There are additional options listed at the bottom of the screen as well.
After you type C at the Main Menu, you will be presented with a screen that looks like this:
At the To: prompt, type in the email address of the addressee and press enter.
At the Cc: prompt, you may type in the email addresses for carbon copies (Cc), if any and press enter.
At the Attchmnt: prompt, provide the path to your attachment file if any.
At the Subject: prompt, type in the subject of your mail
In the -- Message Text -- area type your message. You can use arrow keys and the backspace/delete key to edit your message. Other commands at the bottom of the screen are available to move around on the screen and edit your text.
To send a message type Ctrl-X.
