Re: [MiNT] Pine 4.20 (was: List-address)

[Robert Krenn <robertk@wombat.ludvika.se>]

On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, Martin-Eric Racine wrote:
> Speaking of which, anybody feeling brave enough to port 4.20, if
> possible with Configure options to use /etc/pine.conf and mail
> spools in /var/mail also? ;-)

For some bisarre reason, pine doesn't use configure!

There are alot of "compile time options" to use though... and frankly I
don't know many of them, feel free to investigate them and report your
results here.

> PS:  some ISP's POP servers nowadays can switch to IMAP mode,
>      even when accessed using the old Pine 3.96, which I found
>      out by accident.

??? Pine since waaaay back supports IMAP. Actually IMAP was invented by a
person working at washington edu... and the staff at washington edu is
responsible for Pine. 

//Robert