[CentOS] (Al)pine on CentOS 6

Tue Mar 26 13:49:17 UTC 2013
SilverTip257 <silvertip257 at gmail.com>

On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 8:47 AM, Max Pyziur <pyz at brama.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 26 Mar 2013, me at tdiehl.org wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 26 Mar 2013, Max Pyziur wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Greetings,
> >>
> >> The alpine mail rpm indicates that it comes packaged with configuration
> >> files (/etc/pine*conf*). However, they aren't there.  Possible?
> >>
> >> Also, how did you get rid of the annoying alpine bug: a message that
> keeps
> >> flashing - [Folder vulnerable - directory /var/spool/mail must have 1777
> >> protection]?
> >
> > There is no alpine rpm in Centos 6. Where did you get that? Suggest you
> > ask for help on the correct mailing.
>
> I got it from @epel repositories:
> Installed Packages
> alpine.x86_64
> 2.03-2.el6
> @epel
>

Gotcha.
EPEL/Fedora would be the ones to ask.  Chances are you'll find someone
there who uses alpine.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo

There are many Fedora mailing lists -- the Users list is a good place to
start.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users


>
> It seems fairly common in the Fedora/CentOS realm to rely on packages from
> other key repositories. Rackspace recommends installing yum repo files for
> CentOS.


> As for (al)pine, it's an easier mail client (for me) than mutt.


> On CentOS 5, installations of the alpine rpm included the /etc/*conf
> files.
>
> > Regards,
> >
> >
>
>
> Max Pyziur
> pyz at brama.com
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