I've received a word-processed file as an attachment in a Pine message. How do I view it with my word-processsing program?

If you've received a word-processed file as an attachment in a Pine message, to view the file, you must have access to the word-processing program in which the file was created. In general, these are the steps you need to follow:

1. Use the Pine Mail program to save the attachment as a file in your UNIX account on the central e-mail server.
2. Save the file to your desktop computer using a file transfer program (e.g., WS_FTP LE on a Windows system or the Fetch program for a Macintosh computer.)
3. Open the file in the word-processing program in which it was created.

Saving an attached word-processed file from Pine Mail program to the central e-mail server

For example, you would follow these steps to transfer an attachment in an e-mail message to the central UNIX server:

1. Start the Pine Mail program.
2. At the Main Menu screen, press I to select Message Index.
3. Use the ARROW key(s) to highlight the message with the attachment.
4. Press ENTER (or the > character key) to select ViewMsg.
5. Press > to select ViewAttch.
6. Use the ARROW key(s) to highlight the attachment you want.
7. Press S to select Save. This option allows you to save the attachment as a file on the central e-mail server.

8. You will see the following program message:

   Save: Copy attachment to file in home directory 
   filename

   You can accept the filename given or give the file a new name.

9. Press ENTER.
10. Press M to return to the Main Menu screen.
11. Quit the Pine Mail program.

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Downloading a word-processed file from the central e-mail server to your desktop computer

After you use the Pine Mail program to save the attachment as a file in your account on the central e-mail server, you can download it to your desktop computer using either the WS_FTP LE (FTP) program for a Windows computer or the Fetch program for a Macintosh computer.

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Opening the file in a word-processing program

After you download the file to your desktop computer, you can open it in the word-processing program in which it was created. The file should have retained all of its formatting.