1. Three stages are involved in reading a Pine Mail attachment.  These directions will list the three stages and then present step-by-step directions for doing all three stages.
 

1. You must save the attachment  to your UNIX directory where it becomes a UNIX file
2. You must download the attachment (now a UNIX file) to your PC where it becomes a PC file
3. You must open your PC file in the appropriate software such as Word for a doc file or Netscape for a jpeg, jpg, bmp or gif file.

1.  Log onto UNIX (ie. copland or strauss).  Go into Pine mail.  Bring up the message that contains the attachment.  It might look like this:

    Notice that two Parts/Attachments are listed.  Part 1 is highlighted, and labeled "Shown  8 lines Text".  This is the text of the note, which you can read.  Part 2 is labeled "        5.2 KB   Image,""" and is not highlighted.  This is the attached file.  It cannot be viewed in Pine.  To save it as a UNIX file, press V and then S, to save.  The screen will change and your cursor will be at the bottom of a mostly blank page, where you are prompted to save the file.  In our example, since the attachment was named "arrow.jpg", the save prompt will look like this:

      SAVE: Copy attachment to file in home directory: arrow.jpg

2. The cursor will be blinking at the end of this save prompt. Press the Enter key to save the file with the suggested name (eg. arrow.jpg) or type in a new name and press Enter.
Remember the name of the file. You will need to recognize it when you download from UNIX to your PC.

3. Press the   <key twice to exit back to the mail index.  Then exit Pine mail.
 

II. Downloading a File from UNIX to your PC

• Start  File Express:
1. Double-click the File Express icon, located in the Communications folder or on the desktop. It looks like this: 

 
2. The FTP window appears.  If the Host Name box is empty, click in it and type the name of the UNIX computer you want to access (e.g. copland.udel.edu).
3. Click in the User ID: and Password: boxes and type your Unix name (e.g. myname)and password (it will appear as *****).  The screen will look like this: 
4. Click the OK button.
1. The FTP window shown below that appears when you connect is divided into two parts. The area on the right represents your home directory on the remote host (e.g. copland) and lists the files in it. Similarly, the window on the left gives information about the drives and directories or folders on the local computer (your PC).

• Downloading files: Your UNIX directory is listed under Remote System (right column).   Locate the file you want to download. It will have the same name as when you saved it in step 1.
 
1.  Highlight the file to be transferred by clicking on its name on the appropriate side of the FTP window. The UNIX file "arrow.jpg" has been selected in the following example:





1. Under the two columns, you will see three radio buttons, marked ASCII, Binary and Auto.  It should be set to Binary or Auto.
2. The transfer buttons are located between the two columns and look like this: . The arrows indicate the direction in which the transfer takes place
1. The left arrow button transfers or downloads files from the remote computer on the right to the local computer on the left. (The right arrow button transfers or uploads files from the local computer on the left to the remote computer on the right.)
2. Click the left arrow or download button to transfer the file to UNIX.which the transfer takes place
3. The transfer usually takes a matter of seconds.  Sometimes it is instantaneous and you hear only a melodious sound to indicate that the file has been transferred. You can click the Refresh button on the  Local System (left column) to see if you have successfull downloaded the file. If you see the file listed under Local System after you have clicked Refresh, you know that you have been successful.
 
• Closing File Express:
1. Click the Exit button in the lower right hand corner of the File Express box to close.

There is no hard and fast rule about what software will read your attachment from Pine mail, which by this point is a file on your local PC.  The most common types of attachments sent are word processed files (journal articles, chapters from textbooks, etc.), pictures (photographs and images) and sound files.  Each attachment (now a PC file) needs to be opened in software that will read that particular type of files.  In general:

1. Open journal articles, chapters, and other word processed files in a word processor on your PC such as Microsoft Word.  A file that ends in .doc is almost certainly a Word file and can be opened in Word.  A file that ends in .wpd is probably a Word Perfect file and can be opened in Word Perfect.

1. Open photographs, pictures and other image files in Netscape, Photo Shop, Paint Shop, Lview, or other software that can read picture files.  A file that ends in .jpg, .jpeg, .gif, or .bmp is an image file.  To open an image file in Netscape, Click on File, then Open Page, then Choose File.  Find the file on your hard disk by selecting All files in the Files of type: prompt in the Open dialog box,  and looking through your hard disk using the Look in feature.