ARCHIVED: In Pine, how can I mail an entire mail folder?

Note: Pine is not available on any central UITS systems. UITS does not support the use of Pine at Indiana University.

Note: The software discussed here is no longer in common use at IU, and UITS may no longer be able to verify this text's accuracy; additionally, the UITS Support Center may no longer have the materials needed to adequately support this software.

Note: If you are using Pine as an IMAP client, you must first ensure that you have a local folder collection on your account, and then save the mail folder to your account. For more information, see ARCHIVED: In Pine, how do I make a folder collection?

Mail folders are files located in your ~/mail/ directory. You can mail them as you would any other file in your email account.

Note: The following instructions assume that you use Pico as your editor.

1. Compose a message as you normally would.
   
   
2. You can send the folder as the body of your message or as an attachment. If any of the messages in the folder contain binary information, send the folder as an attachment; if there is only text, you can include the folder in the message body.
   
   
   • To include the text of a file in your message, move the cursor to the location where you want the text to be inserted and press Ctrl-r .
   • To include the file as an attachment, move the cursor to the header section of your message and press Ctrl-j .
   
   
3. When prompted to enter a filename, do one of the following:
   
   
   • Enter: ~/mail/filename

     Replace filename with the filename of the folder you are sending. For example, if the mail folder is named jsmith, you can send this by including the file named ~/mail/jsmith.

   • Press Ctrl-t to see a list of files from which you can select the one you want. Using the arrow keys, highlight and select the mail directory, and then highlight and select the file (folder) you wish to mail.
   
   
4. Send the file.

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