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["Wade E. Grimes" <wgrimes1@SERVICES.DESE.STATE.MO.US>]

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Forwarded Information:
                      File Transfers Using Pine
          (A file transfer does not erase the original file)

     Files can be divided into two kinds, according to what kind of
information they contain.

     Ascii (sometimes called text) files contain only textual information
such as letters, numbers, and the special characters above the numbers on
the top of the standard keyboard.

     Binary files contain textual information, and also codes, such as the
WordPerfect hard page, or Quattro Pro cell information codes.

     Most mail programs cannot send binary information, but those mail
programs that are compatible with the new MIME standard for information
transfer, can send and receive binary information as "attached files".

     Pine is MIME compatible.  It has a section called "Attachments" in the
header area of the "Compose" screen.

USING PINE TO SEND A FILE (either ascii or binary) AS AN ATTACHMENT TO A PERSON
              WHO ALSO USES A MIME COMPATIBLE MAIL PROGRAM:

1- Go into "compose" mode.
2- On the "Attachments:" line of the header, type in the name of the file
   you want to send.  The file should be located in your home directory, or
   else you must type in the relative pathname of the file.
3- When you cursor away from the Attachments field, watch the name you typed
   in expand.  You should see the size of the file in parentheses.
4- You can move your cursor to the double quotes, and enter a comment
   between those quotes. It is helpful to specify what kind of a file
   you are sending, eg: wp5, quattro 123, etc, so that the recipient knows
   how to deal with the file once received.
5- Send the "letter" as usual.
6- The letter that you sent, including the attachment, are saved in your
   folder called "sent-mail". If the attachment was a big one, you would
   be well advised to go into that folder and delete that message to save
   file space in your directory.

                 USING PINE TO RECEIVE AN ATTACHED FILE

1- "view" the message
2- Type "a" for attachments
3- You are asked:         Enter attachment number to view or save (1 - 2):
   you will type the number beside the line that specifies a filename and size,
   NOT the number beside the word "Shown".
4- You are asked:         Save or View attachment?  (s/v) [s]
   You should hit enter, which will select "save".
5- You are asked:         File (in home directory) to save attachment in: xxxxx
   where xxxxx will actually be the name of the file that someone sent you.
   If you want to save the file out to a file in you home directory with the
   same name as the name that was sent to you, just hit enter.  (If you already
   have a file there by that name, you will be asked if you want to overwrite.)
6- Now you have "saved out" the file. You can exit Pine, and deal with the
   file in whatever way is appropriate, eg, call it into WP or qcalc etc.
7- After you have seen that your "attachment save" procedure worked, you should
   go back into pine and delete the message that the person sent you, as it
   will potentially be a large file, and there is no sense in having that
   file exist both in your account and in your mailbox.

source :  Pine Manual via envirolink.org gopherspace directory search

Wade Grimes
H L Purdin High School
Elsberry, Missouri  63343 0106

voice  314 898 5553  -\-  fax 314 898 3140
internet  wgrimes1@services.dese.state.mo.us (main adrs)
          wgrimes@bigcat.missouri.edu (secondary adrs)

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