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Sending Plain Text E-mail Messages

Pine 4.x (Windows)

• Start Pine and Login
• From Main Menu, select "S" (SETUP- Configure Pine Options)
• Select or type "C" (Config)
• Type "w" (Word to find:) and enter "character-" to find Character-Set. Leave as <No Value Set>. It defaults to US-ASCII or set it explicity to "US-ASCII"
• Type "w" (Word to find:) again and enter "include-" to find Include-attachments-in-reply. Leave or set the box to unchecked
• This feature controls an aspect of Pine's Reply command. If set, any MIME attachments that were part of the original message will automatically be included in the Reply.
• Select or type "E" (Exit) and type "Y" to commit changes
• Select or type "Q" (Quit), type "Y"

Original material courtesy of Gerald E. Boyd.