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| 6 | AristotlePagaltzis | 1 | [PINE | http://www.washington.edu/pine/] is an [Acronym] for __P__rogram for InterNet __N__ews & __E__mail. |
| 7 | DavidHallett | 2 | |
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| 4 | The name [Pine|PINE] was the obvious choice, being a tree like [Elm], being prominent in the Pacific North West and with many possible acronyms. The first acronym choice was __P__ine __I__s __N__early __E__lm as that was the case. It has ''never'' stood for __P__ine __I__s __N__ot __E__lm as we were happy to have Elm as a starting point. For more naming history, visit [What "Pine" really stands for|http://www.island-resort.com/pine.htm]. | ||
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| 6 | AristotlePagaltzis | 6 | |
| 7 | It's a console based mail client written at The University of Washington but licensed under non-[Free] terms, so that many [LinuxDistribution]s (such as [Debian]) do not contain it. Features include | ||
| 1 | MattBrown | 8 | |
| 9 | * Support for Roles - This allows you to easily assume different Roles (ie. From Addresses / Signatures) when composing mail. | ||
| 4 | StuartYeates | 10 | * Excellent [IMAP]/IMAPS Support |
| 11 | * It's very quick and can be used over any [SSH] connection, unlike other graphical [MailClient]s. | ||
| 6 | AristotlePagaltzis | 12 | * Very simple menu and key configurations unlike other console mail clients such as [Mutt] which take a lot more learning. (Of course this can also be construed as a weakness.) |
| 1 | MattBrown | 13 | * It's not MozillaMail |
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| 6 | AristotlePagaltzis | 15 | A major disadvantage is that it will not check for new email in multiple INBOXes automatically: you need to press Tab. |
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