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Sending an E-Mail with an Attachment using Pine

You can use pine to send an attachment along with your email. However, the file must be located within the home directory of your account. To transfer a file from a local computer to your remote account (WAM/GLUE) you must use a Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) client.

  • Log into your WAM/GLUE account and start pine.
  • Once you are in the pine main menu select "C" to compose a message and fill in the To: field and the Cc: field if you need to, otherwise skip down to the Attchmnt: field. Once you have reached the Attchmnt: field hold down the "Ctrl" and the "J" keys at the same time and then release them immediately.

    Compose Message Screen

  • Once you have released both keys, a message appears at the bottom of the screen. The message reads: File to attach:. If you know the name of the file you wish to attach, type it in and press return.

    NOTE: files with names that have spaces within the filename cannot be attached. A file named My resume.doc cannot be attached, but a file named My_resume.doc or My-resume.doc CAN be attached.

    File to Attach

    If you do not know the name of the file you can hold down "Ctrl" and "T" keys at the same time and let go immediately. The display will change from composing a message to a list of all the file in your home directory. You use the arrow keys to scroll up, down, left, and right to highlight the file desired to be attached. Once the file is highlighted, press the "S" key to select the file.

    Select Appropriate File

  • The file is now selected and regardless of which of the two methods were used to select the file, a message, Attach comment should appear. This can be left blank, or a short message can be typed in. The purpose of the message would be primarily to describe the file being attached. For example if the file being attached is a resume, the message typed could be:

    Attachment comment: This is my resume in MS WORD format then press enter.

  • A message appears at the bottom of the screen confirming that the file has been attached. the Attchmnt: field is filled in with information about the attached file.

    Attached File

  • Fill in the subject line and type a message in the body if wanted.
  • To attach more files to the same email you must do it one-by-one following the instructions above.
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