PMDF User's Guide
OpenVMS Edition

When accessing mail locally, Pine uses the same VMS MAIL mail file as VMS MAIL and PMDF MAIL, so you can use any of these programs interchangeably and access the same messages stored in a VMS MAIL mail file.

Pine uses your VMS MAIL profile settings as follows:

AUTO_PURGE

When AUTO_PURGE is set, expunged messages will be purged from your mail file, i.e., purged from your WASTEBASKET folder.

COPY_SELF

Your VMS MAIL COPY_SELF settings are honored by Pine when sending or replying to messages.

MAIL_DIRECTORY

The MAIL_DIRECTORY profile setting is used when you do not specify a filename with your folder specification.

Note Pine should not be used on an account whose login device is a search list and has MAIL_DIRECTORY defined as a subdirectory.

PERSONAL_NAME

Your VMS MAIL PERSONAL_NAME setting will be used if none is set in Pine's configuration file.

WASTEBASKET_NAME

As with VMS MAIL, the WASTEBASKET_NAME setting is used for your wastebasket folder name.