ARCHIVED: At IU, how can I set up PC-Pine for Windows to read my IMAP email?
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.
To install and use PC-Pine for Windows, a Pine desktop client that you can use to access your Cyrus mail account, you first need to download it from the Pine Information Center.
Click
to download PC-Pine to your computer. Make sure you know to which directory you are downloading the program (saving it to your desktop is probably the most convenient option).Note that in Windows NT, 2000, and XP, you must be logged in with administrative privileges to install software.
Once you've downloaded PC-Pine, continue with the following steps:
- Navigate to PC-Pine and double-click it to run setup (its icon should be named ).
- If you see a window stating "The publisher could not be verified. Are you sure you want to run this software?", click or .
- In the window stating "This will install PC-Pine. Do you wish to continue?", click .
- The Setup-PC-Pine Wizard will open. Click to proceed.
- On the next screen, you will need to read and agree to the license agreement. Click the radio button next to and click . If you do not agree to the license agreement, you will not be able to install PC-Pine.
- Confirm that the install directory is set to
C:\Program Files\PC-Pine
. You will find this information in a text box below the statement "Select the folder where you would like PC-Pine to be installed, then click Next." If the install directory is not correct, click in the text box and then edit the directory path as needed. - Click
Directory Exists
, click . (This occurs only if you have previously installed PC-Pine.) . If a window opens with the title
- Under "Select the Start Menu folder in which you would like Setup
to create the program's shortcuts, then click Next", enter the name of
the shortcuts to be stored. By default, this is set to
"PC-Pine", but you can change this without affecting the operation of
PC-Pine.
Click
to continue the installation. menu folder where you want the PC-Pine
- You have the option of creating a desktop icon and a Quick Launch icon. Check or uncheck each option as you wish and click .
- Click to continue the installation. The installer will copy files to disk, and the first part of the configuration will begin.
Part 1 of configuration: While still running the installer
A window titled "PC-Pine Configuration Setup" will open after you click
. Follow these steps:- Select the radio button next to .
- Confirm that the file in the "Configuration file name:" field is
C:\Program Files\PC-Pine\pinerc
by clicking in the field and using the arrow buttons to view all of the field's contents. - Make sure that the option is checked, and click .
- In the "Personal Name:" field, enter the name you want to have displayed in the "From:" field of email you send.
- In the "Email Address:" field, enter your email address
(e.g.,
username@indiana.edu
). - In the "Mail Server:" field, type:
imap.iu.edu/ssl/novalidate-cert
- Make sure that the radio button labeled is selected.
- In the "Login name (optional):" field, enter your username.
- In the "SMTP Server:" field, enter
mail-relay.iu.edu/ssl/novalidate-cert/user=username
.Replace
username
with your IU username. For example, if your username isdvader
, you would enter:mail-relay.iu.edu/ssl/novalidate-cert/user=dvader
- If you would like PC-Pine to be your default email program, click the appropriate checkbox. Then click to finish this part of the configuration and go to the final screen of the install process.
- Uncheck the boxes next to and . None of the three checkboxes should be checked when you click the button.
- Click to complete the installation and quit the installer.
Part 2 of configuration: After the installer is finished
- Click the button and select or , then , and then .
- From the menu, select .
- In the
Open
window, from the "Look in:" drop-down menu, select . From the "Files of type:" drop-down menu, select . - Double-click the folder
Open
window will close and the filepinerc
will appear in Notepad ready to be edited. , and then
double-click the folder . Double-click the file
. The - From the menu, select .
- In the
Find
window, in the "Find what:" field, enterinbox-path
. - The line beginning with "inbox-path" will be highlighted. Click at
the end of that line. Change the last word from
inbox
(lowercase) toINBOX
(all uppercase). - Click the
Find
window again to select it, and in the "Find what:" field, enterfolder-collections
. - The line beginning with "folder-collections" will be
highlighted. Click at the end of this line and enter:
{imap.iu.edu/ssl/novalidate-cert/user=username}INBOX.[]
Replace
username
with your IU username. For example, if your username isdvader
, you would enter:{imap.iu.edu/ssl/novalidate-cert/user=dvader}INBOX.[]
- From the menu, select to save your changes.
- From the menu, select to close Notepad.
- From the menu, select or , then , and then again to open PC-Pine.
- Press
e
to exit the opening welcome message. This will be the only time you will need to complete this step. After you quit PC-Pine this time, you will not see the welcome message again. - Type your IU Network ID passphrase and press
Enter
.
You will need to enter your passphrase each time you open PC-Pine. (PC-Pine may also ask for your passphrase at other times. Simply enter your IU Network ID passphrase when asked for it.)
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Last modified on 2018-01-18 14:29:04.