Address Book Screen

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| PINE 3.94   ADDRESS BOOK            Folder: INBOX  Message 5 of 20 NEW  |
|                                                                         |
| Ross       Armstrong, Ross                   ross@elsewhere.edu         |
| help-desk  Nowhere U. Help Desk              help@nowhere.edu           |
|                                                                         |
| Panel      1996 Conference Panel             DISTRIBUTION LIST:         |
|                                              abc@somewhere.edu          |
|                                              Ross                       |
|                                              niako@xyz.co.jp            |
|                                              heinz@math.uni-irgendwo.de |
|                                                                         |
|                                                                         |
| ? Help       E Exit        P PrevEntry   - PrevPage D Delete C ComposeTo|
| O OTHER CMDS V [View/Edit] N NextEntry Spc NextPage A AddNew W WhereIst |
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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: -
Next Page: SPACE
Where Is [Search for word in address book, or go to first/last address]: W

Address Book Operations:

View/Edit Entry: V
- Shows two additional fields not visible when all addresses in address book are displayed: Fcc, for designating a folder to which messages sent to that entry will be saved; and Comment, for annotating the entry.
Delete Entry: D
Add new Entry: A

Compose From Address Book

When you are looking at the address book and press Cto compose a message, Pine not only brings up the composer, but also inserts the current address book entry as the recipient of the message.

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:, Cc: or Bcc: 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 ona single address within the list, then D only removes that address from the list.

Lists in the Address Book

Pine allows you to create distribution list entries in the address book. These list entries usually contain two or more addresses, which can be either complete email addresses, or nicknames defined elsewhere in the Address Book. In the example at the top of this page, the distribution list named 1996 Conference Panel contains - in addition to three "fully qualified" email addresses -- the nickname Ross, which is defined in the first entry of that Address Book. You can use an address book list entry to manage a small distribution list. When sending out a message, you just enter the nickname of the list in the To:, Cc: or Bcc: fields, and Pine fills in all the addresses on the list.