In the following subsections, some issues specific to Pine on
    OpenVMS are discussed.

1  –  Expunging

    When accessing mail locally, the Pine Expunge command moves all
    messages marked for deletion to the VMS MAIL WASTEBASKET folder.
    In addition, it performs the equivalent VMS MAIL PURGE command
    only when your VMS MAIL profile allows for AUTO_PURGE. If you
    have set NOAUTO_PURGE, then the deleted messages are left in the
    WASTEBASKET folder. However, should you expunge the WASTEBASKET
    folder, then the VMS MAIL PURGE function will be performed.
    Purged message space is not available for reuse until a reclaim
    operation is performed. When the amount of deleted message space
    in the mail file exceeds 32,767 bytes, a reclaim operation is
    automatically done by the Expunge command.

                                   NOTE

       Pine never compresses your mail file.

2  –  New Mail Updates

    By default, Pine automatically checks for new mail every 2.5
    minutes (150 seconds). This interval is settable per user as
    the MAIL-CHECK-INTERVAL configuration option (unless the system
    manager choose to fix its value in the PINE.CONF-FIXED file). You
    can also force a refresh of the folder by pressing the DOWN arrow
    key four times at the last message of the Index screen or by
    pressing CTRL/L. A folder is also refreshed whenever you expunge
    it. When you force a check, and you have no new mail, Pine will
    report the last message as new mail even though it is not new.

3  –  VMS MAIL Profile

    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.