PINE - MOVING AROUND FOLDERS, ADDRESSBOOKS and SETTINGS

31 October, 2002 - GEST

Just some short notes to help you move your mail and mail info from system to system.

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The critical trick in PINE is the ability to select multiple objects and carry out the same commands on them.

	Step 1.  Fire up Pine.  Got to  <MAIN> - <SETUP> - <CONFIG> 
	  Find the setting,  (probably best done with (<CONTROL-W>, aggregate, )
		[ Advanced Command Preferences ]
            	[ ]  enable-aggregate-command-set
	  and turn it on
            	[X]  enable-aggregate-command-set
	
	Step 2.  You can now select multiple addresses, messages, etc. with
			";" - Select, "A" - ALL (or other options)
		The ones you pick are marked with Xs.

	Step 3.  To apply a command to all the selected messages use the sequence,
 			<A> (Apply Command)
			<F> (Forward), <S>, etc.
			
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Moving your Address Book

	1.  On your old account, go to you address book <MAIN>-<Address>
	2.  Select all your addresses.  Done with - ";", "a". They'll all be marked with Xs.
	3.  Forward the lot.  Do this with,
		<A> (Apply Command)
 		<F> (Forward)
		<E>  (Expand Nicknames)
    	    You forward it to the mail address where you want to have the addressbook.
      4.  Create an address book where you want to put all your messages.
		<S> - Setup
		<A> - Addressbook
		<A> - Add personal Addressbook
	    There are two kinds.
	    Local machine that is only accessible to that PC-PINE.
		Server Name :
		Folder Name : c:\PC_PINE\My_addresses
		NickName    : my_addresses
	    World accessible PC-PINE book
		Server Name :
		Folder Name : {128.253.36.10/user=dumbo/ssl/novalidate-cert}my_addresses
		NickName    : my_addresses
	5.  Put the cursor on the message.
		<T> - Take email address
		Yes - Take all 100000 email addresses at once.
		Select the address book you want to put them in.

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Moving folders, setting files, etc.
	A couple of ways.
	1.  Make the folder an attachment.  For example, suppose you've a folder "Boring_Email_Messages".
	    Send a message to your new account with /home/your_name/mail/Boring_Email_Messages attached.
	    Go to your new account.  Open the message, save the attachment to your mailbox.
	    There are lots of things that can go wrong.
  	    If your mail archive is only accessible via IMAP this is not a valid excuse.  You can still get to
	    folders via the command {mail.server.address/user=account_name/ other options}/directory.

	2.  Enter the folder.  Select all messages.  Forward them to your new account.