How to start the Pine e-mail program
- Use SSH or Telnet software to open the host acs.bu.edu. If you are not sure whether you have this type of software on your computer, or if you have never used it, see the additional information at www.bu.edu/pcsc/unix/software.
- Next log in and enter your password
- After logging
in, you may be asked to give the terminal type, in which
case you should enter vt100 and press Enter to
proceed.
- Next you may be asked whether or not you want to read system news. You can press y, n or q as appropriate.
- Then at the %, type pine and press Enter.
If you have never used e-mail on the UNIX system, you will find that Pine is an easy-to-use, menu-driven program. Most likely you will pick up the basics without any instruction, but here is some on-line documentation in case you need it.
