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Pine Attachments/Macintosh

Before you begin:

Fetch (the file transfer program) is available on all the Macintosh computers in the Information Room and in the CRL.

It is best if you know what type of file you are receiving and what version of the application it was created in (for example, a word document created with Office 97 or an Excel spreadsheet created with Excel 5 for the Macintosh). If you send an attachm ent make sure that you inform the recipient what the file is, and the application (and version) that you created it with.

Receiving Attachments

First view the attachment, then save it. It will be saved to the root directory of your Biomed account.

Use Fetch to move the file to a floppy.

  • Open Fetch
  • Fill in or select:
Biomed
  • Host: biomed.med.yale.edu
  • User ID: Your Pine user name
  • Password: Your Pine password
  • Everything else should be blank
Omega
  • Host: omega.med.yale.edu
  • User ID: Your Pine user name
  • Password: Your Pine password
  • Everything else should be blank
  • Click on OK
  • The left side of the dialog box displays the root directory of your account on the remote computer (Biomed/Omega).
  • Select the file you wish to move from the Pine directory by highlighting it.
  • Click on the Get File button.
  • A new dialog box appears, asking you where you would like to save the new file. To save to a floppy disk, click on the desktop button and then double click on your disk. Once you have located the desired destination for the file, click on the < b>Save button.
  • The file will be transferred to your disk.

Sending Attachments

The file that you want to attach is on a disk. Use Fetch to move it from the disk to your Biomed/Omega root directory.
  • Open Fetch
  • Fill in or select:
Biomed
  • Host: biomed.med.yale.edu
  • User ID: Your Pine user name
  • Password: Your Pine password
  • Everything else should be blank
Omega
  • Host: omega.med.yale.edu
  • User ID: Your Pine user name
  • Password: Your Pine password
  • Everything else should be blank
  • Click on OK
  • The left side of the dialog box displays the root directory of your account on the remote computer (Biomed/Omega).
  • Click on the Put File button.
  • A new dialog box appears, asking you for the location of the file that you would like to attach to an email message. If your file is on a floppy disk, click on the desktop button and then double click on your disk. Once you have located the des ired file, click once on the Open button. Select BinHex as the format and click on the OK button.
  • The file will be transferred to your Biomed/Omega account root directory.

Move to Pine, and choose to compose a message. Fill in the Attchmnt: with the file name.