An alias, is a nickname that pine resolves to an email address. A mailing list is an alias for a list of email addresses, nicknames or even other mailing lists. You can create a nickname or list by hitting A for add new entering a one word nickname and putting in the email address that you want the nickname to point to. If you want to have the nickname point to a bunch of email address simply separate the email addresses with commas when you enter them in the address field. Pine will look it up in your address book.
Attachments are binary files sent with an email message.
They present all sorts of problems. The first attachment you ll see will be the message itself. If the attachment is a word-processor file or a binary file you will probably have to retrieve it to a PC or a Mac using an ftp client before you can use it. Quotas There are quotas on all of the systems. On gladstone there is a 500k quota on your inbox and a 5MB quota on your home directory.