Pre-requisites

$ sudo yum install alpine

Start-up

You can start alpine from the shell prompt using:

$ alpine

The following is a screenshot of the Main Menu:

alpine-email-images/1-alpine-main-menu.jpg

Configuration

To configure for POP3 or IMAP in Incoming-Folders, one needs to first enable "Enable Incoming Folders Collection" in Main Menu→Setup→Config→Folder Preferences.

The following is a screenshot of the Setup menu (accessed from the Main Menu):

alpine-email-images/2-alpine-setup.jpg

alpine-email-images/5-alpine-enable-incoming-folders.jpg

You need to exit Alpine and open it again.

IMAP

To create a new incoming folder for IMAP, use Main Menu→Folder List→Incoming-Folders→Add.

It will prompt to ask you the Name of server to contain added folder:

Name of server to contain added folder : mail.domain.com/novalidate-cert/user=email@domain.com

It will then prompt to ask for the 'Folder on 'mail.domain.com…" to add:

Folder on "mail.domain.com..." to add: INBOX

Fill in a nickname:

Nickname for folder "INBOX" : INBOX at domain.com

It will then connect to the domain mail server and will prompt for the email@domain.com password. Enter it, and the INBOX will open.

POP3

This is an example of using POP3 from Gmail. You will need to enable POP3 from your Gmail account under Settings→Forwarding and POP/IMAP.

To create a new incoming folder for POP, use Main Menu→Folder List→Incoming-Folders→Add.

It will prompt to ask you the Name of server to contain added folder:

Name of server to contain added folder : pop.gmail.com:995/novalidate-cert/user=username@gmail.com/pop3/ssl

It will then prompt to ask for the 'Folder on 'pop.gmail.com…" to add:

Folder on "pop.gmail.com.." to add: INBOX

Fill in a nickname:

Nickname for folder "INBOX" : INBOX at gmail.com

It will then connect to gmail server and will prompt for the username@gmail.com password. Enter it, and the INBOX will open.

Role

When you have multiple e-mail accounts, it is important to define a Role for each, so you decide from which From: does your e-mail is sent and to use which SMTP server.

To create a Role, navigate through Main Menu→Setup→Rules→Role, and press A to Add.

Enter a nickname

Nickname  = domain.com

  1. In the Current Folder Type enable Specific, and Folder List to your Incoming Folder, say, INBOX at domain.com if you have used the IMAP account above.

  2. You can set the Recip pattern which matches the To: and CC: from your incoming e-mail. For example: email@domain.com.

  3. Under ACTIONS BEGINS HERE section set the Set From field. For example: User <email@domain.com>.

  4. Update the Use SMTP server. For example: mail.domain.com/novalidate-cert/user=email@domain.com

  5. In the OPTIONS BEGIN HERE section, set Without confirmation for Reply Use, Forward Use, and Compose Use.

Exit Setup (E) and confirm to save the settings.

The following is a screenshot of a compose message: alpine-email-images/3-alpine-compose-message.jpg

The following is a screenshot of the INBOX with emails: alpine-email-images/4-alpine-inbox.jpg

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