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PC Pine

With the disabling of interactive logins on Blue, users lost the ability to access Pine on the system.  There is a program called PC Pine which you can download on your computer and configure to check your Blue account there.  This will allow users who prefer a text based client to still be able to access their Blue account in their preferred method 

A couple of notes before you install PC Pine: 

• We now have instructions on how to access your other Blue mailboxes other than your Inbox through PC Pine.  The instructions on how to do this are at the bottom of the page.
• There are two ways to setup PC Pine, with your user information stored remotely on the Blue server or locally on your computer.  If you are storing the information remotely, as we explain in our instructions, you may run into some problems if you use a different internet service provider sending mail.  Because each internet service uses it's own SMTP server to send mail, you may have to change this setting if you change locations.  Instructions on where to change this setting are found in the instructions.

The following are the steps you need to take to setup PC Pine on your computer:

1. Download PC Pine.  The newest version is available for download from the PC Pine home page, http://www.washington.edu/pine/getpine/pcpine.html.  When you are at this page, you will see a link for the Latest 32-bit PC Pine.  After clicking this, there will be a number of files to choose from to download.  You will want to download the file called pmXXXw32.zip, where XXX is a number such as 444.
   
   
    
2. Once you have downloaded this file, you will need a program to unzip the file, such as WinZip.  A trial version of this program can be downloaded at http://www.winzip.com or http://www.download.com/.  Once you have this installed, you will need to unzip the PC Pine file.  You will want to choose a location to extract the files to, we would recommend c:\pine.
   
   
   
   
    
3. After you have extracted the files, go to the folder you extracted them to and run the file called Pine.
   
   
    
4. After starting Pine, you will see the PC-Pine Configuration Setup.  The Help Desk recommends choosing the option to store the configuration file on the IMAP server.  This way your settings will be saved on the server and wherever you use PC Pine, your settings will be retrieved.  Enter blue.weeg.uiowa.edu as the server and your Blue username.  Also make sure the default configuration folder name is checked.  If you want to save the setting for the server and your username on the computer, check that option at the bottom as well.  When this is completed, click Ok.
   
   
    
5. You will now be prompted to enter your password.  Enter it and click Ok.
   
   
    
6. The first time you start PC Pine, you will be prompted to create a Mail folder on your computer.  Click Ok to continue and create the folder.
   
   
    
7. Your first time using PC Pine, you will be presented with a Welcome screen.  Press E to exit the greeting and start PC Pine.
   
   
    
8. You will first be prompted to enter the location of your Inbox.  The full address you need is {blue.weeg.uiowa.edu}INBOX.  After this press enter.
   
   
    
9. You will now be asked to confirm your user name.  If it is correct, just press enter.
10. You should now be at the main screen for Pine.  You can go into your Inbox now and read your messages if you like.  To send messages, you will need to finish configuring PC Pine.  To do this, press S from the main menu to enter Setup.
    
    
     
11. You will now be at the Setup Menu.  Press C to Configure your settings.
    
    
     
12. You will need to change the following settings:
    Personal-Name: Your real name
    UserID: Your HawkID
    User-Domain: blue.weeg.uiowa.edu
    SMTP-Server: The SMTP server at your location.  If you are on campus or using Remote Access, it is ns-mx.uiowa.edu.
    
    
     
13. When you are finished entering this information, press E to exit the setup.  You will be asked to confirm the changes, press Y or just press enter.
14. You should now be able to send and receive messages through PC Pine on your computer.

Accessing your Blue mailboxes through PC Pine:

To access your Blue mailboxes other than your Inbox, you will need to add a new collection list in PC Pine.  This can be done by taking the following steps:

1. Go to the Setup Menu and press L for Collection Lists.
   
   
    
2. You now need to add a new collection list.  Press A to do this.
   
   
    
3. Yow need to enter the following information
   Nickname: You can enter whatever you want, probably something descriptive, such as Blue Folders.
   Server: blue.weeg.uiowa.edu
   Path: Leave blank
   View: *
   
   When you are done entering this information, press Ctrl-X to save and exit.
   
   
    
4. Now when you go your folder list, you should see your /Mail and your Blue Folders.  You can move messages to and from your folders by using the commands at the bottom of the screen as you would normally in Pine.
   
   

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Last Updated: 04/24/2008