What is Pine?

Note: Pine is not available on any central UITS systems. UITS does not support the use of Pine at Indiana University.

Note: The software discussed here is no longer in common use at Indiana University, and UITS may no longer be able to verify the document's accuracy. The UITS Support Center may no longer have the manuals and other materials required to support this software adequately.

Pine is a popular mail and Usenet client for Unix and Windows. Developed at the University of Washington, Pine is text-only and does not offer a graphical user interface. It does offer an intuitive, easy-to-use menu interface, and supports MIME, IMAP, and PGP.

Note: Pine's name was originally a play on "Elm", but has been redefined as the acronym "Program for Internet News and Email". Pine is not typically spelled in all capital letters, however.

Also see:

• What is Pico?