Please note that, by default, all new CS accounts are configured so that your CS email is
automatically forwarded to your @indiana.edu email address so you will not have email delivered
on the CS mail server. Please see the
associated FAQ for information about email forwarding on the CS systems
and information on how to have your @cs.indiana.edu email delivered locally on the CS mail server.
Pine
is a popular cross-platform mail client that is
freely downloadable and is installed on all the CS systems.
In order to read your CS email using pine all you need to do is just run pine and
it should just work. However, if you are using a mail server other than the default CS mail server
(mail.cs.indiana.edu) then you will need to change the mail server as follows:
- Start pine. If you are using a CS Linux machine, you can just enter
pine at any command prompt. If this is the first time you
have run pine, you will see a welcome to pine greeting. Just hit
'E' to exit the greeting.
- By default, pine on the CS systems will try to log you into mail.cs.indiana.edu.
If this is not correct, then
just hist ^C to cancel and continue with the next step in the configuration.
- Hit 'S' to enter Setup
- Hit 'C' to enter Config:
- Scroll down using the arrow keys until "inbox-path" is highlighted
and hit 'C' to Change the value.
- Edit the current values to be:
Name of Inbox server: SERVER/ssl/novalidate-cert/user=USERNAME
Folder on "SERVER" to use for INBOX: inbox
You will need to replace SERVER and USERNAME with
the name of your mail sever and your username, respectively.
For most CS users, your mail server will be mail.cs.indiana.edu.
- When prompted for the Folder name, just hit 'Enter' to accept
the default of "inbox"
- Hit 'E' to exit setup and hit 'Y' to commit the changes
At this point, pine is configured properly. Just select "Folder List"
and then INBOX to read your email. You will be prompted for your
username to login.
While we do not recommend it, it is also possible on the CS systems to
configure pine to read your mail spool directly via the filesystem.
This will allow you to read your email without having to enter
a password each time you start pine. To do this, follow the steps
above to set your inbox-path and use the following values:
Name of Inbox server: This must be empty
Folder name to use for INBOX: /nfs/SERVER/var/spool/mail/USERNAME
You will need to replace SERVER and USERNAME with
the name of your mail sever and your username, respectively.
For most CS users, your mail server will be mail.cs.indiana.edu.
Please note that we do not guarantee that this access method will
continue to be supported in the future.
