Alpine
Alpine (Alternatively Licensed Program for Internet News and
Email) is a fast, easy to use console based email client, developed at
the University of Washington. It is suitable
for both the inexperienced email user as well as for the most demanding
power user.
Alpine is a screen-oriented message-handling tool.
In its default configuration, Alpine offers an intentionally
limited set of functions geared toward the novice user, but
it also has a large list of optional "power-user" and
personal-preference features.
Alpine is based on the Pine
Message System, which was also
developed at the University of Washington. Alpine can be learned by
exploration and the use of context-sensitive help.
Alpine uses the c-client messaging API to access local and
remote mail folders. This
library provides a variety of low-level message-handling functions,
including drivers
for a variety of different mail file formats, as well as routines
to access remote mail and news servers, using IMAP (Internet Message
Access Protocol) and NNTP (Network News Transport Protocol).
Features include:
- View, Save, Export, Delete, Print, Reply and Forward
messages
- Compose messages in a simple editor (Pico) with word-wrap
and a spelling checker. Messages may be postponed for later completion
- Full-screen selection and management of message folders
- Address book to keep a list of long or frequently-used
addresses. Personal distribution lists may be defined. Addresses may be
taken into the address book from incoming mail without retyping them
- New mail checking and notification occurs automatically
every 2.5 minutes and after certain commands, e.g. refresh-screen
(Ctrl-L)
- On-line, context-sensitive help screens
- Support for MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
- Save MIME objects to files
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