Re: PINE problem

On 03/02/2010, Matt Ackeret <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Feb 2010, Bret Busby wrote:
>>To install and use alpine, to replace pine, the only way that I can
>>see of doing it, is buying a new computer, and building a new system,
>>with alpine instead of pine, then copying all of the mail folders and
>>the .pinerc file, to the new system, in addition to my web browsers'
>>data (bookmarks, etc), and, it would be such a waste, if the same
>>problem persists within alpine.
>
> This makes no sense.  Why can't you compile, or get someone else to compile,
> alpine to run on your existing computer?
>

The way that I have described, ensures that what I have at present, is
not lost as with previous data, as I have described.

It is parallel implementation, which is the only way to protect
existing data and the existing system.

>From looking at the Debian package repository search facility, alpine
exists for Debian 5.0, that I am currently using, but, if I simply
install it over the pine that I am currently using, and things go
wrong, I stand to lose alot.

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Bret Busby
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