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> Try Pine/Alpine, since it uses almost all of IMAP's facilties and does so 
> in advanced ways that many other IMAP clients do not.  Pine/Alpine is the 
> closest thing we have today to an IMAP server "acid test".  Be sure to try 
> searching, complex filters, and detaching of nested attachments.

Alpine 0.83 cannot be coaxed to build on my system (Mac OS X 10.4.8
with the latest code tools from Apple), so I downloaded the pine
binary distribution from the Pine site.  Now I've spent 20 minutes
looking through the documentation trying to figure out how to
configure Pine to speak to an IMAP server on a particular host/port
combo.  Unsuccessfully.  Not in the FAQ.  Not on the man page.

Anyone want to disclose the answer?

Bill

On Mon, 12 Mar 2007, Bill Janssen wrote:
> Alpine 0.83 cannot be coaxed to build on my system (Mac OS X 10.4.8
> with the latest code tools from Apple),

I don't understand why, since we build Alpine all the time on Mac OS X 
10.4.8.

> so I downloaded the pine
> binary distribution from the Pine site.  Now I've spent 20 minutes
> looking through the documentation trying to figure out how to
> configure Pine to speak to an IMAP server on a particular host/port
> combo.  Unsuccessfully.  Not in the FAQ.  Not on the man page.
> Anyone want to disclose the answer?

To change it the default mailbox that is opened, from the Main Menu, do 
"S" (Setup) then "C" (Configure).  Scroll down to inbox-path.

To see what you can put in the inbox-path, from the Main Menu, do "?" then 
select Folders, then Explanation of Valid Folder Names.

You probably want something like:
 	inbox-path = {myserver.example.com:1234}INBOX

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> You probably want something like:
>  	inbox-path = {myserver.example.com:1234}INBOX

Excellent, thanks, that's what I'm looking for.  Would help to put
that in the FAQ.  Did I just miss it?

Bill