UNC Linux Users Group

["Todd M. Lewis" <utoddl AT email.unc.edu>]

http://www.ii.com/internet/messaging/imap/isps/#setupPine (Setting Up 
Pine for Multiple IMAP Accounts)



Kevin Scott Sumner wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Dan's inquiry brought up something I've been wondering for a loooong time:
> Does anybody know how to setup multiple IMAP servers in Pine w/o having 2 
> configs?  I've seen references to this online, but the document everybody 
> references isn't around anymore.  Iirc, the guy used to work for Math at 
> UWash, but isn't there anymore and the admins pulled his page.
>
> Ultimately, I'd like to have my Gmail, Isis, and Physics emails in one 
> place (forwarding isn't an option).
>
> Thanks!
> Kevin
> -----
> Kevin Sumner
> ksumner AT physics.unc.edu
>
>
> On Mon, 12 Nov 2007, Dan Blanchette wrote:
>
> > I figured out how to use Pine to access Gmail on my
> > Ubuntu Linux box.
> >
> > Instructions:
> >
> > First enable IMAP on your Google account!!!
> > -Log into Google and click "settings",
> > -Click "Forwarding and POP/IMAP"
> > -Under IMAP Access click "Enable IMAP"
> >
> >
> > Your .pinerc needs to be like this:
> >
> > user-id=your.username AT gmail.com
> > user-domain=gmail.com
> >
> > smtp-server=smtp.gmail.com:587/tls/user=your.username AT gmail.com
> >
> > (all on one line)
> > inbox-path={imap.gmail.com:993/ssl/novalidate-cert/user=your.username AT gmail.com}INBOX
> >
> > (all on one line)
> > incoming-folders=your.username AT gmail.com 
> > {imap.gmail.com:993/novalidate-cert/ssl/user=your.username AT gmail.com}
> > (you probably have to check "enable-incoming-folders" in your Pine Setup, 
> > Config as well)
> >
> > (all on one line)
> > folder-collections="your.username AT gmail.com" 
> > {imap.gmail.com:993/ssl/user=your.username AT gmail.com}[]
> >
> >
> > You can invoke pine using an alternate .pinerc like so:
> >    pine -p .pinerc_gmail
> > You can't use /afs/isis/pkg/pine/bin/pine because it's configured to fix
> > settings for smtp-server and user-domain back to UNC's.  So you can read
> > your Gmail with it but when you send e-mail things get confusing.
> >
> > Let me know if you find anything wrong with these instructions.
> >
> > Dan Blanchette
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