Pine is a text-based mail service on K-State's central Unix system. It stores e-mail messages in mail folders in a K-Stater's home directory space on the central Unix system (a K-State Computing ID/account). IMAP is an Internet Message Access Protocol. It allows graphical, friendly e-mail programs to access e-mailboxes on K-State central systems. In order to use IMAP, your e-mail folders must be stored on K-State's IMAP server.

WebMail is a popular e-mail program that lets you use the Web to access your e-mail on K-State's central Unix system. If you can get to the Web, you can get to your e-mail.

When you change your Pine setup to use IMAP,
the results will be:

• You can continue to use Pine as you did before.
• You can also use different e-mail programs at different locations -- on campus, at home, while traveling -- without messing up your mail folders.
• You can use any graphical e-mail program configured for IMAP -- such as WebMail, Netscape Messenger, Outlook Express, and Pegasus Mail -- to access your e-mail.
• Pine will have slight delays when accessing the IMAP e-mail folders.
• Pine will prompt for your computing ID and password every time you run it, just like other IMAP e-mail clients.

Fill out and submit this form to apply the following changes:

1. Your Pine e-mail folders will be moved from your Unix home directory (~/mail/computingID) to the IMAP server ({imap}computingID).

2. Your Pine setup will be reconfigured to access the IMAP-related folders and incoming mailbox.

This is a secure form and requires a password to confirm your identity.

      K-State Computing ID   @ksu.edu  
                  Password