1 Alpine is a screen-oriented message-handling tool for news, and POP, IMAP,
2 and local e-mail. In its default configuration it offers a limited set of
3 functions geared toward the novice user, but it also has a large list of
4 optional "power-user" and personal-preference features.
6 Alpine's basic feature set includes:
7 * View, Save, Export, Delete, Print, Reply and Forward messages.
8 Compose messages in a simple editor with word-wrap and a
9 spelling checker. Messages may be postponed for later completion.
10 * Selection and management of message folders.
11 * Address book to keep a list of long or frequently-used
12 addresses. Personal distribution lists may be defined.
13 Addresses may be taken into the address book from incoming mail
14 without retyping them.
15 * New mail checking/notification occurs automatically (configurable).
16 * On-line, context-sensitive help screens.
18 Alpine supports MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions), an Internet
19 Standard for representing multipart and multimedia data in email.
21 WWW: http://patches.freeiz.com/alpine/