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diff --git a/mail/pine4/pkg-descr b/mail/pine4/pkg-descr index 1fa7653efe05..f89eceffc92b 100644 --- a/mail/pine4/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/pine4/pkg-descr @@ -1,12 +1,14 @@ -Pine for FreeBSD 2.x is a tool for reading, sending, and managing -electronic messages. It was designed specifically with novice -computer users in mind, but can be tailored to accommodate the needs -of "power users" as well. Pine uses Internet message protocols (e.g. -RFC-822, SMTP, MIME, IMAP, NNTP) and runs on Unix and PCs. This -package also includes the Pico editor, the IMAP daemon, a POP2 server, -and a POP3 server. +Pine (Program for Internet News & Email) is a tool for reading, sending, +and managing electronic messages. It was designed specifically with +novice computer users in mind, but can be tailored to accommodate the +needs of "power users" as well. Pine uses Internet message protocols +(e.g. RFC-822, SMTP, MIME, IMAP, NNTP) and runs on Unix and PCs. -If you want to use the spell checking feature of pine, set the +Besides Pine this package includes the Pico editor, the Pilot file browser +and also the IMAPv4r1 daemon and POP2/POP3 servers (these daemons are not +built by default). + +If you want to use the spell checking feature of Pine, set the environment variable SPELL to "/usr/local/bin/ispell -l". An optional configuration file "pine.conf" can be put into /usr/local/etc @@ -16,3 +18,8 @@ to set system wide defaults. The format of this file is identical to the Also included in dot.pinerc.pgp.sample are example entries needed to add to your .pinerc to activate the pgp add on scripts pgpdecode, pgpencode, and pgpsign. + +Pine on WWW: http://www.cac.washington.edu/pine/ + +- Adrian Penisoara (Ady) +pine@freebsd.ady.ro |