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Pine(tm) --a Program for Internet News & Email-- is a tool for reading,
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sending, and managing electronic messages. It was designed specifically
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with novice computer users in mind, but can be tailored to accommodate the
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needs of "power users" as well. Pine uses Internet message protocols
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(e.g. RFC-822, SMTP, MIME, IMAP, NNTP) and runs on Unix and PCs.
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The guiding principles for Pine's user-interface were: careful limitation
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of features, one-character mnemonic commands, always-present command
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menus, immediate user feedback, and high tolerance for user mistakes. It
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is intended that Pine can be learned by exploration rather than reading
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manuals.
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Pine's message composition editor (Pico) and its file browser (Pilot) are
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also available as separate stand-alone programs. Pico is a very simple
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and easy-to-use text editor offering paragraph justification, cut/paste,
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and a spelling checker.
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WWW: http://www.washington.edu/pine/
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- Doug Barton
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DougB@FreeBSD.org
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