[ViewVC] Annotation of: mports/trunk/mail/alpine/pkg-descr

Alpine is a screen-oriented message-handling tool for news, and POP, IMAP,
and local e-mail.  In its default configuration it offers a limited set of
functions geared toward the novice user, but it also has a large list of
optional "power-user" and personal-preference features.

Alpine's basic feature set includes:
        * View, Save, Export, Delete, Print, Reply and Forward messages.
            Compose messages in a simple editor with word-wrap and a
            spelling checker.  Messages may be postponed for later completion.
        * Selection and management of message folders.
        * Address book to keep a list of long or frequently-used
            addresses.  Personal distribution lists may be defined.
            Addresses may be taken into the address book from incoming mail
            without retyping them.
        * New mail checking/notification occurs automatically (configurable).
        * On-line, context-sensitive help screens.

Alpine supports MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions), an Internet
Standard for representing multipart and multimedia data in email.

WWW: http://www.washington.edu/alpine/
Revision:	3797
Committed:	Fri Dec 21 14:59:34 2007 UTC (16 years, 4 months ago) by laffer1
File size:	1077 byte(s)
Log Message:	Add alpine (part one of two). Alpine is a NNTP, IMAP, POP3 and local mail client. It is the natrual successor to PINE. This port was based on Doug Barton's port for FreeBSD. It is a master port for editors/pico-alpine (coming soon)
#	User	Rev	Content
1	laffer1	3797	Alpine is a screen-oriented message-handling tool for news, and POP, IMAP,
2			and local e-mail. In its default configuration it offers a limited set of
3			functions geared toward the novice user, but it also has a large list of
4			optional "power-user" and personal-preference features.
5
6			Alpine's basic feature set includes:
7			* View, Save, Export, Delete, Print, Reply and Forward messages.
8			Compose messages in a simple editor with word-wrap and a
9			spelling checker. Messages may be postponed for later completion.
10			* Selection and management of message folders.
11			* Address book to keep a list of long or frequently-used
12			addresses. Personal distribution lists may be defined.
13			Addresses may be taken into the address book from incoming mail
14			without retyping them.
15			* New mail checking/notification occurs automatically (configurable).
16			* On-line, context-sensitive help screens.
17
18			Alpine supports MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions), an Internet
19			Standard for representing multipart and multimedia data in email.
20
21			WWW: http://www.washington.edu/alpine/