PINE PINE is the e-mail program found on many Unix systems, including bama.ua.edu. Available commands are always listed at the bottom of the screen, and the context-sensitive help is written in plain English. For these reasons, many beginners find PINE relatively easy to use, and its many features make it attractive to serious e-mailers as well. If you spend a lot of time on bama using other programs, you may find PINE to be very convenient to use. However, if you aren't on bama for anything else, or if you want windowing and graphics capabilities, you may want to explore using BamaMail or an IMAP mail client instead.
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