If you want to use one e-mail package that let you maintain your e-mail messages and folders centrally at UB, and access them off-campus (home, work, travel) and on campus you have three alternatives: VMSMail, Simeon and Pine.

• VMSMail (for more information see the VMSMail tutorial) requires only a dial-in connection, but it is not so simple to use (see also a more advanced tutorial), and does not let you use all the resources of your PC.
• Simeon is the best choice on campus, for it is a full Windows (16 and 32-bit) implementation, but it is an expensive ($40.00 for faculty and students, and $75.00 for business) alternative off-campus.
• Pine has a DOS-like GUI, but let you use the mouse and other PC resources under Windows (16 and 32-bit) and is free to off-campus use. Pine is also available on campus through UBMail, or directly in a shell window in the SGIs. See the Pine Introduction. You can have more information on Pine from University of Washington's Pine Information Center.

• Pine for Windows

  1. Windows 16-bit. This is the last version for 16-bit Windows. Version 4.0 and above are only for 32-bit.
  2. Windows 32-bit To be used with Windows 95/98 and NT, including spell checking in version 4.1. You can also obtain the latest version from the Pine Information Center.
  3. The Readme file for both, with instructions for installation.

• Downloading the Spell Checker

  1. The program and US English dictionary files, or
  2. other dictionary files.

• Installing Pine for Windows

  1. create a directory C:\Pine (you may replace C: with any other drive).
  2. copy or move there the file pcp_w16.exe (or pm410w32.exe) and double-click on it to uncompress (this is a self-extracting file) its components.
  3. after you expand (self-extract) the above file you can delete it.
  4. in Windows 95 create a desktop shortcut for the Pine.exe file, or
  5. in Windows 3.x create a group and add the Pine.exe file to it.
  6. start a SLIP/PPP connection to your Internet Provider.
  7. double-click on the Pine icon to start it.
  8. answer the questions (the basic setup) as follows:
     • user-id or login-name: your UBMail user name (generally first initial and last name)
     • personal-name: your real name, e.g. Jacel Doe
     • domain: ubmail.ubalt.edu
     • SMTP server: ubmail.ubalt.edu
     • Inbox: {ubmail.ubalt.edu}INBOX
     • It should then log you to UBMail. As soon it does it,
     • double-click SETUP, and select CONFIG,
     • click on folder collections, press C, and enter {ubmail.ubalt.edu}[]
     • press Enter and E , and respond Yes to save the configuration
  9. You have finished installing Pine. You should exit and re-start it to see if all is working.

• Installing the Spell Checker

  1. create the directory c:\windows\pcpspell (that is create a pcpspell subdirectory in c:\windows).
  2. copy or move spelusen.exe file to this new directory.
  3. double-click on it to uncompress (this is a self-extracting file) its components.
  4. after you expand (self-extract) it you can delete the spelusen.exe file.
  5. copy, do not move, spellch3.dll and useng.scd files to c:\windows\system
  6. double-click in c:\pcpspell\spell.exe to setup the speller.
  7. when an Options dialog box appears, ensure that the language in the dictionary box is the one you intend to use, and close Options, and Readme, if open.
  8. this concludes the installation of the speller. You should start Pine and test if it is working (remember only the 16-bit version can for now use the speller).
  9. if after a reboot the speller stop working double-click on c:\pcpspell\spell.exe

• Read also my PC-Pine FAQ.