Address Book Screen

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| PINE 3.90   ADDRESS BOOK             Folder: INBOX  Message 3 of 4 NEW  |
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| Ross       Armstrong, Ross                   rossa@elsewhere.edu        |
| pine-help  Nowhere U Help Desk               help@art.nowhere.edu       |
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| art151     Art 151 TAs                       DISTRIBUTION LIST:         |
|                                              sbe@art.nowhere.edu        |
|                                              mmm@art.nowhere.edu        |
|                                              gilmore@art.nowhere.edu    |
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| ? Help       M MainMenu P PrevField   - PrevPage  D Delete  S CreateList|
| O OTHER CMDS E [Edit]   N NextField Spc NextPage  A Add     Z AddToList |
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The addressbook screen shows you all the currently existing addressbook entries -- both simple entries and list entries. If your system has a global address book, then you will be able to see it, but you won't be able to change its entries.

The address book screen columns reflect the three parts of an address book entry -- a short nickname (the part you type in), a real name (the part Pine shows on the message), and address. A simple entry has only one address. A distribution list has two or more entries and is always marked "DISTRIBUTION LIST" on the screen.

Address Book Commands

Navigating the Address Book: Previous Entry (P), Next Entry (N), Previous Screen (MINUS), Next Page (SPACE), Where Is / Search for Word in Address Book (W)

Address Book Operations: Edit (E), Delete (D), Add Simple Entry (A), Create List (S), Add to List (Z)

Global Pine Commands: Help (?), Show Other Commands (O), Main Menu (M), Compose Message to Selected Address (C), Show Folder List Screen (L), Goto Folder (G), Show Folder Index (I), Print (Y), Quit (Q).

Compose From Address Book

When you are looking at the address book and press "C" to compose a message, Pine not only brings up the composer, but also inserts the current address book entry as the recipient of the message. You can delete the name, but you cannot override this feature.

Address Book from Compose

The normal way to get to the address book is to press "A" for address book from Pine's main menu. You may, however, browse the address book by pressing the to-addressbook (Ctrl-T) combination with the cursor in the To: or Cc: fields of a message you are composing. In this situation, the only commands available are those which help you select an entry for the particular message. You cannot add to or modify the address book in this mode.

Deleting and distribution lists

When the cursor is positioned on the name of a distribution list, pressing "D" tells Pine to remove the entire list. If the cursor is positioned on a single address within the list, then "D" only removes that address from the list.

Lists in the Address Book

Pine allows you to create list entries in the address book. These entries usually contain two or more addresses, all linked to the same nick name. You can use an address book list entry to manage a small distribution list. When sending out a message, you just enter the nickname and Pine types out all the addresses on the list in a format ready for sending out.

Editing an Entry: There's More there than Meets the Eye

Even though you can't see them on your screen, the address book contains optional fields to specify an Fcc and Comment for each address book entry. The comment is just for your information and was added into Pine 3.90 due to popular demand. The Fcc field is used to specify a special folder carbon copy that should be used for all outgoing email addressed to the person/list shown in the address book entry.