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Creating a Mailing List in PINE

DESCRIPTION

You may have a small group of people you regularly correspond with via e-mail. Instead of typing in all their addresses each time you want to mail the same message to everyone in the group, you can create a "nickname" to refer to the entire group. Then just type this nickname in the "To:" line and your message will be sent to the entire group.

PROCEDURE

  1. When the main menu of PINE is on your screen, type "a" to enter the address "book."

  2. Type "a" again to AddNew address.

  3. Type the nickname that you will use to refer to the people on this list, e.g., "group3". This name should be short and easy for you to remember.

  4. Press <Return>.

  5. Type a description of your list, e.g. "DO-IT Team 3". The description can be up to 50 characters in length.

  6. Press <Return>.

  7. Use the tab or down arrow keys to go to the "Addresses:" line and type in the address of each group member. Enter the addresses as one long string separated by commas (with no blank spaces between addresses) e.g., "smith@u.washington.edu,jones@u.washington.edu".

  8. When you are finished adding names to your list, press <CTRL> and "x" to eXit the address book, and "y" to save your mailing list.

  9. Press "m" to return to the main menu. Now you can use the nickname you published to send electronic mail to the entire list of names.

  10. If you wish to add, delete or edit names in the list, select "a" from the main menu of PINE. Move the arrow key to the appropriate list. Press <Return>. Use the arrow or tab keys to select an address, then change as needed. To delete an address, press <CTRL> and "k". To add an address, move to the last entry, add a comma, and type in the new address. When you are finished editing your list, press <CTRL> and "x" to eXit the address book, and "y" to save the changes.

This lesson is part of the series "DO-IT Lessons" developed by the University of Washington. Creation of the series of lessons is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant numbers 9255803 and 9550003. The lessons are now maintained through funds from the State of Washington. The University of Washington holds the copyright to the series of lessons, however ownership of the Internet resources referenced in the lessons may be found at the resource site. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed at these sites are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation, the University of Washington or the State of Washington.

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