Re: Pine IMAP configuration

[Jesse Trucks <jesse@cyberius.net>]

On Mon, 25 Jun 2001, Steve Wingate wrote:

> Has anyone seen a complete Pine IMAP client configuration walk through?
> I can only find bits & pieces here and there. I have IMAP setup but I'd
> like to save my password so I don't have to re-enter it everytime.

It is pretty simple to do. I have used this setup with multiple clients
before.

In the .pinerc file, you will want to define inbox-path to include your
hostname and username like this: 
inbox-path={imap.server.com/yourname}INBOX

It will still prompt you for a password at this point. In order for you to
have pine log in without a password, it needs to use rsh or ssh with RSA/DSA
authentication, or you compile it with the PASSFILE option that will allow
for a file to store the password in (barely)encrypted format.
See http://www.uvm.edu/~ashawley/pine/faq/sysadmins.html#save_password for
details on that.

> Also, when I make IMAP folders from Pine I can't see them from Outlook
> Express and when I make them in Outlook Express I can't see them from
> Pine. Without this I can't setup procmail rules because I won't be able to
> see all my messages. TIA.

This is simple. In OE, you go into the properties and the IMAP tab. Enter
"mail" as the IMAP mail folder just like PINE uses.

http://www.washington.edu/pine has a great variety of resources for you.
-- 
Jesse Trucks
jesse@cyberius.net
Cyberius' Network
http://www.cyberius.net/